Seattle Synopsis

August 4-12, 2009 Tuesday, August 4

: Arrive at SEATAC International Airport, 8:45 pm PDT

See Marissa‟s rented place for the first time!

Wednesday, August 5

:

First exploration of the city-

Bus to EMP/SFM(Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame) featuring

Jim Henson‟s Fantastic World

; Muppets and StarTrek, yay!, not to mention the guitar tree, Michael Jackson and JimmyHendrix artifacts among other thought-provoking pieces of the roots of

rock „n roll

“Why is this woman wearin

g a sweater & jeans in August???

”

-

Pike Place Marketto take a picture of THE sign from

Sleepless inSeattle

movie; get world famous cheese (Blank Slate Honey) from

Beecher‟s Handmade Cheese

and eat award winning piroshky (Smoked SalmonPate and Potato Onion Cheese)from the Russian bakery

Thursday, August 6

:

Seattle‟s First Thursday –

day of art-

Started out with one of our favorite mother-daughter things to do

–

“treasure hunt” at the local Goodwill (I think of it as a museum of

real life.) Wow! This one seemed like

acres

of stuff

–

even abobblehead of Jesus

! We found a candle holder and “matching” art for

the bathroom, dress shoes for 3.99 and a really hot dress and a top by

the UK‟s

Hooch(for her, of course!)-

Bus to SAM(Seattle Museum of Art)featuring

Andrew Wyeth Remembrance

and

Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-78

; Also, participationart: Marissa nailed a photo from her wallet to the wall!-

Art Walkaround Pioneer Square(open studios, craft vendors, public participation art featuring a fence to write on and even a live bandthat caused strangers to dance in the square); stopped in Elliot BayBook Companyand Fireworks

, a store that “Celebrates

Art in Life”

chalk art street wisdom participation art

Friday, August 7

:

Fascinating road trip to Pacific (and Geocaching)-

A

very slow

drive through Aberdeen/Hoquiam where everyone

really

obeysthe speed limit of 30!;we were fascinated by all the Tsunami EvacuationRoute signs; also fascinating was the gravel surfacing project alongthe coast route that required long intervals of waiting for an escortvehicle (one guy stands rotating a Slow/Stop sign and another loopsaround with the van/truck - Note: we were the only vehicle in line on

our side for a good 10 minutes); the “Big Cedar Tree” sign we couldn‟t

resist following

; buying sushi (funny after my fascination with „beachsushi‟!)at a 24

-hour Safeway on our return trip through Aberdeen at 8pm

-

My daughter introduced me to Geocachingand I found my first one in a clearing of stumps at the side of the road! Fun! We signed our names inthe little book. (Not so fun was the first attempt when it was mistingin the woods and we spend 45 fruitless minutes

–

the clue said a childcould do it!

–

I did find a tiny white plastic bear in the dirt and

regretted not picking it up to put in the next Geocache, but I didn‟t

know what it was all about yet.)-

Olympic National Park: the trees!!!!! And two of us squealing as ourfirst sight of the ocean flickered through them! (and

phone booths??)

-

Ruby Beach(my first footfall into the Pacific!), Kalaloch

(clay‟lock)

Lodge and several beaches in between where of the 300+ digital photos Itook on my adventure, 200 of them seem to be of driftwood and seaweed(I was fascinated by the images of dolphins, dogs, giraffes, etc. Ikept seeing in the wood and rocks, and the wash-up on the shore looked

like “beach sushi” to me

- nature-as-artist/the art of nature

–

Marissa

says I “

see

too much” but I take

that as a compliment.) Amazed by theSea Stacks and piles of Sea Logs. LOVED the meditative sound of theocean and the rarity of a wild and undeveloped coastline

…sigh…

“giraffe”

“Scottish terrier”

“beach sushi”

sea logs my first view of the Pacific