I think that arriving to a place that is so much wetter and more humid than home made my senses much stronger. When I was walking around the Chihuly Garden and Glass museum, I read that Dale Chihuly, the artist that revolutionized glass blowing and made his home in the Pacific Northwest, noted that colors appear much brighter against a grey background, and indeed, there were colors everywhere. The city was covered in flowers that stood out so much more because the rainy environment.
I really don't have too much to say about the Chihuly exhibit. The art speaks for itself. It was a great to have so much of it in one place and it was curated amazingly. The visual of the Space Needle in the rain juxtaposed with the bright orange glass installation was incredible.
There was a ton of really awesome public art. In Capital Hill, an artsy neighborhood we visited on our last day, there were really creative murals painted on a wooden fence erected temporarily around a construction site.
Mom, looking cool in her moto-boots, in front of her favorite painting.
Another great aspect of the Seattle trip was the cuisine. The seafood was very fresh, obviously. The salmon, halibut, and clam chowder were very tasty.
On display at Pike Place Market
We also had some local upscale cuisine. I didn't take any pictures of the doughnut holes at Dahlia's -they disappeared too quickly. But I did manage to photograph my brunch plate. I wanted to rearrange the potatoes and sausages on my plate to make a funny photo (wink wink), but I restrained myself in a high-class environment.
