Pike Place Market

Loads of interesting shops to roam around on the different levels. I waited around in the hope of seeing the famous flying fish, but the guys only throw them to each other when people buy them.

apparently the lower levels are haunted. there are some weird stores there, but they are really cool too. this one place had this little puppy named bella. smart dog. adorable too.

if you go i suggest parking by the park and ride near seattle center. there is usually parking and you just walk the rest of the way.
or take the bus. the bus is good too.

One of the fish throwing guys was hit in the face with a fish while we were there. My 2 year old thought that was the best part of the day, he laughed so loud that all the guys noticed and where laughing at him laughing…..we had a great day.

You know that produce they sell? Nothing makes me feel more smug than actually buying it for cooking a meal at home. Yeah, eat it you tourist bitches and get out of my way, I’m here to actually buy something :-)

But yes. Good, cheap produce is to be had—especially in the red/green pepper department.

Everyone knows Starbucks, and the first one is really cool, although a bit small. There are sometimes small folk bands playing outside the Starbucks, and it is just a nice environment. It is also cool to see the different logo that the Starbucks has compared to the mainstream, one on every corner Starbucks.

What a cool market place.. I wish we had the flower stands in my town! I wanted to take some home with me. Great little restaurants tucked away here. I found a reproduction of an old German lithograph downstairs in one of the shops.

I had just arrived in Seattle from Phoenix the night before. A friend of mine that lives here took me out to see the sights and we nanchalantly drove by when I noticed it.

I didn’t have much history on Pike Place until I called my sister back home. She related to me that I was standing in front of an American icon. Also that this had been the backdrop in a scene from the movie Sleepless in Seattle.

It was a Saturday afternoon and overcast the last week of December 2006. We had lunch at Lowells, one of the restuarants inside the market, at a table that looks over Elliot Bay.

This place is a hodgepodge of activity and people with a county fair feel to it. This is a great place to watch people and spend an afternoon.

My best memory of Pike’s Place is buying paper bags full of cherries there and sharing them with new found friends as we roamed around taking in the scene and spitting out the pits.

lots of fun!

It was very entertaining watching the guys throwing and catching fish. :D

Here’s a pic of the guys checking out a hot girl. :-p