Over a year ago, I penned this post in which I equated my first brush with a Seattle as a brief flirtation. Continuing that analogy, the seven days I just spent in Seattle are the start of a full-blown love affair.
I’m still wrapping my head around the last three weeks. Relishing how much I enjoyed myself and wishing I could do it all over again, right from the start. At the moment, my head and heart are full of memories. Allow me to share some of those from the last week with you.
- Blue skies in Seattle? You betcha. Need proof? Here ya go
- Getting soaked by the International Fountain in the shadow of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle
- The incredibly modern and hip Seattle Central Library
- Art and poetry (or is it prose?) in transition
- Wow! factor at the new Dale Chihuly museum (or is it a gallery? hmm…)
- Bainbridge Island. I LOVE YOU
- Let’s not forget the people–T., who I met on the light rail on my way back to the city after returning my rental car to the airport, and with whom I shared a wonderful dinner, conversation, and eventually contact info. And K., a kindred spirit I met on Bainbridge Island–a five-minute conversation turned into a Facebook friend. And D., who shared her heart with me, even though we’d only known each other for only half an hour. And the many other people who simply made my week in Seattle so memorable.
When I fall in love with a place, I always want to return at some future date but how I feel about the Seattle area goes beyond that. I want to go back right now. And stay for a long time. I’m not sure how to shake this feeling yet. I’m not sure I want to.
I’ve already starting working on posts detailing my three weeks-long West Coast escape; look for them to begin going live next week. Hoping I can do justice to everything I’ve seen and heard and tasted and smelled and, most important, felt.
xoxo,
Marsha
Seattle is a great city. I have family there so I visit often. I have been there so many times but there is still so much that I have not done yet. It sounds like you had a great trip.
Lovely love letter to Seattle. I still can’t get over how much you sound just like me a few years ago. I went back to the East Coast feeling the same. And then it festered, festered, festered and never really went away. Not sure if our stories will continue to sound the same, but either way, Seattle is here for you–for visiting or for life–and we’re happy to have you back anytime!!
P.S. Not only are we alike in the Seattle thing, but the alone-travel thing. I travel alone all the time, really embraced it after a terrible boyfriend-vacation experience in my early 20s. People don’t always get it, how enjoyable it can be. Looking forward to reading your blog!
KATY!!!!!!!!! I’ve decided that we are twins separated at birth. Seriously. Thanks so much for your encouragement and lovely sentiments. And I will be back to Seattle, sooner rather than later.
I love traveling solo and somehow I’m not surprised you love it too, although you’ll have to tell me all about that terrible boyfriend-vacation sometime… 🙂
Glad you love Seattle!
Sorry we didn’t get to see you 🙁 Did we miss out or what!
I’m bummed too. I think you guys were road tripping the same time that I was, but I’ll definitely be visit Seattle again soon (already-looking-at-flights soon).