A day in DC: Evans Go East pt 1

We spent a whirlwind but wonderful day in DC as part of our big Evans Family Vacation (hereafter known as "Evans go East"). We started with a tour of the US Capitol Building (GORGEOUS and we learned so much) and then a little sight-seeing of the monuments. One day + 8 littles means we didn't get to do or see a ton, but we sure enjoyed visiting our nations capitol.

Argosy Harbor Cruise

In order to get the most Seattle for our money, we purchased a City Pass which let us do most the main attractions at what ended up being about half the price. Included in this pass was the Argosy Harbor Tour, a boat ride around Seattle that we probably wouldn't have done other wise but ended up being a lot of fun.

Pikes Market

Of all the places we visited in Seattle, I think Pike's Market was my favorite. Fresh produce and flowers (and fish, yuck) direct from the farmer to the buyer, all day, every day. We sampled the yummiest fruit I have ever had in my entire life. Ever. I still think about that delicious pear ... it tasted like heaven on earth.

As per one of my friend's suggestions, we ate at Le Panier for breakfast (an authentic French pastry shop) and it was so nice we went there twice!

Norah was a fan of Starbucks steamed milk, she was hitting the bottle pretty hard ...

Experience Music Project

One of our favorite places in Seattle was the Experience Music Project, or EMP. It was so nice, we went twice! We enjoyed going behind the scenes in Avatar, rocking out to Nirvana and learning to play various instruments. To sum it all up, it rocked.

(how much do you love that little Elvis lip curl?)

Hello Seattle

We love Seattle. Like, totally love. We arrived early in the morning and hit the ground running. We loaded our gear into our rental car, a sleek brand-spanking-new Jetta (thank you for the basically free upgrade, Alamo) and headed into the city. Jason flipped on the radio and the first station we found was playing one of his favorite songs by one of his favorite band, Built to Spill. We were off to a great start. We visited the EMP (twice!), the Space Needle (twice!), Pike's Market (twice!), Argosy Harbor Cruises, the science museum, the aquarium and a Starbucks every few hours for Norah's favorite -steamed milk. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, but the bottom line is this: we love Seattle.

First up, our first trip to the Space Needle! We ate at the rotating restaurant at the top. Yummy. Like, wow yummy.

So ... enough pictures for now, right? I'll split this vacation up into a few different posts so it isn't such a picture overload.