Sunday in Seattle

Sunday we woke up early to head back to Seattle. The day was cloudy and rainy again, so we didn't make it down to Dungeness Spit. Oh well, I will have to put it on my list for our next visit to the area.

We decided to take the northern ferry back to Seattle, so we drove East to Kingston. This route was a little faster, and we made it just in time for the 10:25 AM ferry. 20 minutes later we were back on land on the Eastern side of Puget Sound. We dropped off my parents at my sister's house, and headed into Seattle for our downtown adventure.

We stayed at the Alexis Hotel, which is a Kimpton, one of my favorite hotel chains. We arrived about 12 pm, and our room wasn't ready yet, so we stored our bags, dropped off the rental car, and set off in search of some Seattle beer and food.

Living Room, Alexis Hotel Room

Dining Room, Alexis Hotel Room

With the help of Yelp and google we stumbled upon the Taphouse. This place was amazing! They had over 100 beers on tap - yup - on tap, not in bottles. We both decided to start off with a beer sampler. I got the Northwest Sampler and Tim tried the local seasonal sampler. Then we switched to pints. Keeping up with the theme of the trip, I had the Snoqualmie Steam Train Porter. It was delicious! Tim had a cream ale and an ESB. With our bellies full and feeling slightly tipsy, we returned to the Hotel after walking through Pike Place Market.

It was past 3 pm (the designated check in time) when we arrived back at the hotel, so when we our room still wasn't ready, the very nice front desk attendant said she would give us an upgrade. Imagine our delight when we strolled into our ginormous suite with a living room, dining room and separate bedroom.  The room was huge - and possibly bigger than our condo in Salem! It was past 3 pm (the designated check in time) when we arrived back at the hotel, so when we our room still wasn't ready, the very nice front desk attendant said she would give us an upgrade. Imagine our delight when we strolled into our ginormous suite with a living room, dining room and separate bedroom.  The room was huge - and possibly bigger than our condo in Salem!

After a nice nap, we woke up feeling hungry and a little antsy. Tim discovered he had left his credit card at the Taphouse, so we walked back over there and then headed over to Serious Pie, a Tom Douglas restaurant. It is supposed to be some of the best pizza in Seattle, but there was a long wait for a table so we got a pizza to go.

On the way back to our hotel with the pizza, we had 3 different people ask us if they could have our leftovers. That was interesting. I would have been happy to give the food away if it was in fact leftovers, but I was feeling pretty hungry at this point! We enjoyed our pizza back in the room while watching the Hunger Games. The pizza was very good, but I do think I preferred Pagliacci's, which we had at my sister's house last week.

All in all, it was a great Seattle day.