Weekend Getaway.

Over the weekend, my husband and I went to Seattle for a quick weekend getaway.  We like taking at least one big/long trip a year, but our favorite thing to do is take lots of quick weekend getaways!  There's nothing better than getting out of town and re-charging and exploring another city with your husband - especially if its just a quick 1 hour flight to get there.

Our hotel was only a block away from the Market - perfect location!

The original Starbucks.  I had to be a tourist and take a picture :)

I'm lucky to have a husband that allows one of our first stops be Nordstrom.  We are so deprived to not have one where we live!

Sushi dinner date the first night. 

Nothing better than a TV in the bathroom mirror while getting ready :)

Our hotel (Four Seasons Seattle) was in the perfect location - we were able to walk everywhere and never had to take a taxi.  The view of the water and ferris wheel was nice too!

Headed out Saturday for more exploring.  We love walking as much as we can on trips like this.  There's no better way to explore a city than on foot!  We walked sooo many miles across the city.

We walked through the Seattle Aquarium.  Unfortunately, we decided that the big aquarium in Atlantis in the Bahamas has ruined all aquariums for us.  The Atlantis aquarium was SO big and amazing that this one felt pretty boring to us...

Next we walked to the EMP (Experience Music Project) Museum.  After the boring aquarium we were happy that this was a LOT more interesting.(We are museum geeks)  The museum was filled with props and costumes from lots of famous movies, original JRR Tolkien book transcripts, a big exhibit on Nirvana (I knew nothing about them when we walked in and now I'm pretty much a Nirvana expert), and guitars from people like Jimi Hendrix. We definitely recommend this museum! 

Movie costumes from the original Wizard of Oz.

Walking down into the Horror Movie exhibit.

Props from the Blair Witch Project movie.

Original Superman costume.

 On Saturday night we went to dinner at the Alibi Room. We shared my three favorite foods: pizza, mac & cheese and bruschetta :)

 

Mini-cupcake stop!  I am always chocolate & he is always vanilla.

Cozied up by the fire & enjoying the view at our hotel before dinner.

Late night room service :)