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Yum! Piroshky Piroshky! One of my favorite places in Seattle. I get hungry for this place about the time the plane sets down at SeaTac!
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Yum! Piroshky Piroshky! One of my favorite places in Seattle. I get hungry for this place about the time the plane sets down at SeaTac!

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  • Yum! Piroshky Piroshky! One of my favorite places in Seattle. I get hungry for this place about the time the plane sets down at SeaTac!
  • The place is always totally packed. True, it is a small place, so it doesn't hold many people, but the line continuously flows through, so that there are always folks coming in, and most people take their piroshky out. Anyhow, the turnover (I'm using the word to indicate the flow of goods, not the type of pastry) is fast, so all the goodies are quite fresh. For anyone in the Seattle area, I HIGHLY recommend this place!<br /> <br /> Especially delectable are the orange cardamom rolls and the salmon pate piroshkies, but we've had several of their other pasties, and have found all of them to be wonderful.<br /> <br /> For more, see the following website: <a href="http://www.piroshkybakery.com/">http://www.piroshkybakery.com/</a>
  • Across the street and down about a block or so from Piroshki, Piroshki is a nice park where you can either sit on the grass or (if you are lucky) find a table overlooking the waterfront.
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  • The Pacific Northwest (PNW) is where the American "microbrew" movement started. Even though the non-mainstream beers still account for only about 5% of the market share (It's my understanding that Anheuser-Busch-InBev and Miller-Coors together make about 75% of all beers sold), some of the places which started out as "microbreweries" have grown so much that the label no longer fits. So, these places are now referred to as "craft breweries." Even with the amount of time we have spent in the PNW over the past several years, we had not really taken advantage of the offerings much until this trip. Armed with a book on PNW breweries, we decided to make up for this deficiency.
  • As you step into Hale's, you see the brewery to your right (to your left in this photo, since the entrance is to your right from where Bri is standing. I have no idea what Zac and Bev are doing in the phone booth.
  • Hey, we had our priorities straight!<br /> <br /> In case you can't read the book title, it's 1001 BEERS YOU MUST TASTE BEFORE YOU DIE.<br /> <br /> Hale's specializes in traditional English ales (of course, with hallmark American characteristics, such as use of copious American hops in their IPA's). I really liked their Super Mongoose IPA and their Rudyard's Rare barley wine.
  • Gee, Zac: What kind of crap are you rummaging through?
  • Oh: Free wood SCRAP from a bookcase manufacturing place!
  • Sign on the back of one of Seattle's buses. We had a long discussion on what it may mean. I think it may have remained a bit of a mystery.
  • Looking south from just behind Pike Market. The Ferris Wheel on Seattle's waterfront is new this year. For $13 per person you can go 3 revolutions, which usually takes about 20 minutes. Each gondola (except for one) holds 6 - 8 people (which gives you some size perspective -- it's larger than what it looks like from here). If you want to go in class, you can take the VIP gondola, complete with 4 leather bucket seats and a glass floor for only $50 per person. There are 42 fully heated and air-conditioned gondolas which take you to a height of 200 feet. The western-most aspect of the wheel (to your right in this photo) is 40 feet out over the water.<br /> <br /> More info at <a href="http://seattlegreatwheel.com/">http://seattlegreatwheel.com/</a>
  • Pike Brew Pub has been one of our favorite spots since Bri discovered it a few years ago. They have a large restaurant and this adjoining pub / museum, which has one of the most well-respected collections of beer-related photos and artifacts in the country.
  • Pike seems to have a bit more of a Belgian-style leaning than does Hales, although they do also have some mighty fine English-style ales, too. Monk's Uncle Tripel Ale (a Belgian Trappist style) is one of my favorites, but they have some nice stouts and IPA's, too.<br /> <br /> And, I must say, their food is always first rate!<br /> <br /> Take a look at <a href="http://www.pikebrewing.com/">http://www.pikebrewing.com/</a>
  • This is NOT in Pike Brewery!<br /> <br /> Here, in Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Zac visits with "Sylvester," one of the world's most well-preserved mummies. Found in 1895 in the Arizona dessert, no one knows who this fellow was. There is no notation in the store as to when he lived, but from the posted description I take it that he was likely alive shortly before he was found, and that the dessert conditions combined to desiccate and mummify him very shortly after his death of a gunshot wound. In fact, scientists supposedly have said that bodies can naturally mummify in about 24 hours given the conditions likely prevailing at the time and place of his death.<br /> <br /> For more on Ye Olde Curiosity Shop (in business since 1899), see the following: <a href="http://www.yeoldecuriosityshop.com/catalog/yocs-home.php">http://www.yeoldecuriosityshop.com/catalog/yocs-home.php</a>
  • Bev and Bri enjoy shopping and talking among the rest of the treasures at Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe.
  • Bev, Bri, and Zac among the wave sculpture at Ballard Locks.
  • I know, it seems like we just ate at Pike Brewery. But how can one contain his appetite after gazing at Sylvester?<br /> <br /> Actually, in "real" time we got a motel and slept for the night after the Pike and Ye Olde Curiosity Shop photos, so here is breakfast in a new day.
  • Ballard Locks are along a man-made canal connecting Puget Sound with Lake Washington. The actual locks raise and lower boats to accommodate for the fact that the water surface of Lake Washington is about 20 feet higher than the low-tide surface of Puget Sound. A salmon ladder allows fish to navigate up river in an attempt to return to their spawning grounds.
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  • This is after I was home for a couple of days. We had obtained several beers to sample, as you can see. Keep in mind that these had been opened over 2 or 3 evenings, each evening with about 7 people or so sampling -- so no one really drank that much in one setting. Some of our favorites are the 4 in front. In fact, for a desert beer I can't say enough about the one to your right: Southern Tier Imperial Creme Brulee Stout. Amazing!
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