A couple weekends ago, Nick and I drove up to Seattle (which is only a 2.5 hour drive for us) and spent the weekend in the city. I was taking my certification exam up there all day on Saturday so we drove up Friday after work and spent a lovely Spring evening wandering around downtown Seattle. We ate at one of our favorite restaurants and took in the gorgeous warm evening. Saturday, I was at the Art Institute of Seattle all day for my Practicum exam (basically 8 straight hours of drafting), followed by dinner at Palomino downtown, one of our favorite Seattle spots, and a quick stop through the brand new Zara before heading back to our hotel for an early night in after a very long day. Sunday we had brunch with my brother who lives in the area at the delicious Toulousse Petit in Queen Anne (thanks for the recommendation Erica!), which was delicious and then got on the road to head home.
It was a quick weekend but a lovely one at that. I always enjoy visiting Seattle and we got lucky with beautiful Spring weather and a nice little escape. We stayed at the recently renovated Kimpton hotel Vintage Park, which was fantastic and a hotel review will be on the horizon for that, but for now, here are a few photos from the weekend and some that Nick took while I was at my test all day and he wandered around the city!
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| The gorgeous view from our hotel room including a view of the Seattle Public Library designed by Koolhaus. |
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| The Experience Music Project by one of my favorite architects : Frank Gehry. |
Lauren Percival says
Looks like you had a lovely time! Great photographs!
Lauren x
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Casey Martin says
It was a lovely weekend (aside from my exam)! 🙂
Krystal R. says
Great photos. Looks like such a lovely place to visit!
Casey Martin says
It really is a lovely city!
Amy Jo Pendergrass says
Yep, this just reaffirms my belief that I need to get to Seattle for a visit sooner rather than later.
Casey Martin says
It is a great spot to visit! Make sure to visit Portland too while you’re out here, personally I think Portland is a nicer city but I may be biased 🙂
Nadya Zim says
Seattle is on my list!
Casey Martin says
Well deserved to be!
Kaelene Spence says
I still need to get out and explore Seattle. Can’t believe I have only been in the airport. Looks like such a beautiful city!
Casey Martin says
Yes you do! It’s a pretty cool NW city! Not as great as Portland, but you know 🙂
Brianne @ Lamm to the Laughter says
I haven’t been to Seattle, yet, but it’s an inevitable stop one day! I love that last photo.
Casey Martin says
IT’s a great city to visit for sure!
emilyabernathy.com says
Beautiful pictures! I love Seattle. We visited last Spring, and this makes me really want to go back. 🙂
Casey Martin says
Oh yes, Spring there is so beautiful!
Melissa Kaylene says
Love the pictures!! I actually just wrote a post a few weeks back about our Seattle trip 🙂 http://www.melissakaylene.com/2014/04/7-things-to-do-in-seattle.html
Casey Martin says
Loved your post on the things to do there! Some of them I haven’t done yet but I’ll have to try them out next time!
totravelandbeyond says
so jealous you live so close. I really hope to make it there this year!
Casey Martin says
It really is nice to be that close. We do day trips up there sometimes in the Summer and it’s such an easy drive.
Rachel Richter says
Seattle is definitely on my America bucket list! Your pics are fab!
Rachel @ Me, Myself and Atlanta
Casey Martin says
Thanks! It’s a fantastic USA city!
Ella Morgan says
Looks fab! Great photos
Ella | http://www.towanderandtoroam.blogspot.com
Casey Martin says
Thanks!
Jessica @ Team Wiking says
Wonderful photos! We just returned from a 5 day trip to Seattle and had a blast! Nice to see someone elses perspective too. 🙂
Jessica Doll / http://www.teamwiking.com
Casey Martin says
Oh wow! It really is a lovely city!
Melissa Williscroft says
Fantastic photos! It’s about 2.5 for us too, so I love whipping down there for the weekend 🙂
Casey Martin says
Yea! It’s like right half way between us! Sometime we’ll have to meet up there 🙂
Cynthia says
Wow, Nick really captures the downtown at night essence. Beautiful! I used to work across the street from the Roosevelt… love that neon sign. My heart swells :)) Thanks for sharing, glad you had fun after your exam.
Casey Martin says
Yes, I love that night photo of his! And how funny, small world that you used to work right there!
Nathalie G.M. says
Ooh I love Seattle! Definitely going to write down those restaurant recommendations 🙂
Casey Martin says
Oh yes! Try all of them, they are all amazing!
Erica says
Glad it looks like you were able to sneak in some sight seeing while you were here- and AMAZING view of the library, btw. It’s such a beautiful (and quirky) building- which I think is very reflective of Seattle. Fingers crossed that it’s a bit sunnier next time you visit!
Thanks for the shout out- I’m always happy to give restaurant recs. We all know how much I like to eat. People still ask me how my food blog is going… #travelbloggingfail 🙂
Casey Martin says
Yea, it was nice to have a little bit of free time 🙂 That library is huge in the design world, Koolhaus the architect who designed it is like a “great” so I always enjoy seeing it.