Sights of Seattle (pt 3)

We ended up getting books for the boys for souvenirs (the other one is several pictures down). We searched the market high and low and ended up with these. They can be purchased in other places besides Seattle, but we knew the boys would love them. They still think talking about bodily functions is hilarious. Can't wait to hear them giggle:) If you ever want to borrow them ,let us know. They are very informative.

The Original Starbucks.....yah!

Brandon got a drink from there but said it tasted just the same as in Oklahoma. Good, now we won't have to wonder.

They had live music right out front. The blue grass band that played was so impressive that we bought their CD! (Wish we had live music at our Starbucks)

Enjoying the atmosphere (and the 'Bucks!)

The other souvenir for the boys

The famous Pike Place Market

Look at all those yummy fruits and veggies. Wish we had a huge market like this. I resolved to visit our local farmers market now!

And, you can't forget the dessert! They also had fresh donuts they were making on the spot. The line was pretty long though so we opted not to wait and try them.

The fish part of the market was impressive. We did get to see the guys throw the fish like they do on TV. We wanted to buy some and have it shipped (they do that!) but didn't have an extra $200 to spare.

More of the beautiful colors of the market. By the way, they did have lots more than food but these are the pics we ended up with :)

Sights of Seattle (pt 2)

Taken from the top of the Space needle

The sign on the bathroom door at the Science Fiction Museum. They had memorabilia from Star Wars, Star Trek, Terminator and many more. They also had a robot exhibit with 200 robots which was my favorite!

A nighttime view the from the Space Needle. What a gorgeous city!

The sun is starting to set. The water quickly began filling up with sailboats wanting to watch the sunset.

This was taken at the Experience Music project, a really cool place where we spent hours. They had info and memorabilia on Seattle artists as well as many others. They also had an area where you could try to learn to play the guitar, drums, keyboard, scratching, and much more. This was us in the recording studio recording a Nirvana song.

On top of the Space Needle looking out over the city. We went during the day and at night.

A big screen from the experience music project. Do you see Christi standing at the bottom?

The Infamous Space needle. You can see this landmark from all over the city. It's pretty cool to be up there and be able to see the Seattle landscape.

One of the views of the sunset from the Space Needle.

Gotta brag on our friends for a bit (pt 3 of 4)

Gotta brag on Matt Doane for a bit....Matt was one of our "youth kids" back in the day. He turned out to be one of our best friends. He recently moved out to Los Angeles and is doing great out there (although we miss him!). I don't know all the technical terms for what Matt does but I know he is a smoke artist/colorist, and did editing on "End of the Spear" (by the way if you haven't seen this movie yet, rent it on DVD- we loved it!), "Beyond the Gates of Splendor", and "Miss HIV". The photos on the right were taken when he was on location filming "Miss HIV".

Here are his FLICKR photos, they are amazing!

Here is his editing reel. Pretty cool, huh?

Can't believe all that talent is bottled up in one guy!:)