Quick trips hold me over and whet my appetite for longer versions of the same. And they are delightful in and of themselves.
Seattle is just a day away and offers the feel of a different country with American outlet shopping, plain dollar bills, touch of southern drawl and its own brand of boutique experiences. We always walk through Pike Place Market and the World Spice Market. A good variety of buskers hang out near Beechers or the original Starbucks, playing hill-billy banjo or Mozart on strings. Fran’s Chocolates serves up the best chocolate-infused fig I have tasted and used book stores are plenty. My kind of town.
We took a chance with Hot Wire, where the buyer chooses a catchment area, a price range and a star rating while the random draw finds a hotel that meets the criteria. We scored a deluxe King suite on the corner of Pike and 7th, a 7 minute walk to Jazz Alley, where we had concert tickets to see Fourplay perform that evening.
Gotta love Tapas Travel!
