The Blizzard

 

One of the main reasons to travel to Seattle was to be able to walk around outside, and not have to experience freezing temperatures.

Well, the temperatures were not exactly Alaska freezing but it was cold, and the sidewalks were iced to perfection.

The Space Needle

They do not have sidewalk plows here, instead they have a guy with a plastic shovel, and he did not bother to show up for work.

They did dump tons of ice melt on all the sidewalks creating a crusty slushy, slippery sort of walking experience.

We did fair better than people driving wheeled vehicles, and on more that one steep hill it was exciting to watch delivery vans trying to negotiate the grade sideways.

Ice Water

The busses chained up, so they were running on schedule, and we did see one small city plow attempting to move slush back on to the sidewalks.

  On our first day we borrowed ice axes from the hotel concierge and after trekking up a steep ice-covered trail, we found Kaladi, and had espresso just a good as home.

Hotel Concierge

The Marriott Courtyard was not exactly amenity free, but it was close. The shower worked and after picking up some good coffee beans at Kaladi I was able to use my new press using the hotel one cup coffee maker for hot water.

 We found some excellent food in Seattle. The fisherman restaurant on Alaska way served up the best seafood of our stay and Café Paloma served up some of the best lamb I have had in a while. Both places as did Kaladi asked for proof of covid vaccination if you wanted to dine in.

 Luckly on our last full day in Seattle the SAM or Seattle Art Museum was open and besides the fantastic displays of artifacts we took in an exhibit of Imogene Cunningham, whose photographs still dazzle today.