Best Shot Monday ~ Where I want to be on Saturdays

For my BSM, I have three shots from Pike's Place Market from my visit last week to Seattle. With the weather so gorgeous there right now, I can see why people want to spend their Saturdays outdoors. Grab a cup of coffee, shop for local produce, veggies, seafood, and flowers, and enjoy the waterfront. And they can stay out all day because the weather is not scorching hot. *sigh*

We almost moved to Seattle a year ago. There was discussion with Mike about a promotion with the company. I had never been to Seattle, so I didn't get too upset when corporate dropped the topic like a hot potato (now, it all makes sense since CompUSA went out of business early this year). But can you tell I'm now mourning the fact that we didn't move there?







For more images from this amazing Farmer's Market, see my post directly below this one.

And for more BSM, head over to Mother May I.

Seattle: Pike Place Market

I'm posting these today because I won't have time tomorrow since Mike's family is in town.

This was probably my favorite place in Seattle. Pike Place Market. Oh, the sites at this place. Located on the waterfront and talk about an AWESOME farmer's market. I absolutely love, love, LOVED it. The fish market, where employees throw fish to each other rather than passing them by hand, was fun to watch. When a customer orders a fish, an employee at the Fish Market's ice-covered fish table picks up the fish, and hurls it over the countertop, where another employee catches it and preps it for sale. The crabs were enormous. Fresh Seafood everywhere.

Add to that, produce and fruits in masses like I've never seen. Blueberries and cherries are local! And the rows and rows of gorgeous flowers ready to sale (and tons out just for decoration, and they don't die). Everywhere I turned, there were flowers. And when Dawn told me her husband's office is right up the street and he can come by and easily pick stuff up, I thought that was the coolest thing ever, and almost envious.