Seattle (Day 2)

April 23rd
Seattle, WA (Day 2)

For our only full day in Washington, we had a lot to cover and the perfect way to start was with donuts. We went back to Unique Sweets for ideas. Top Pot Doughnuts was only a block away from the hotel so it was the obvious answer for a great breakfast.

The best travel advise we ever received was to ask the people working what they like and what is there best seller. We ended up getting a blueberry (based on there recommendation), chocolate covered and a cinnamon roll. The blueberry was the best. Wise chose to listen to the lady that helped us.

After breakfast, we headed back down to Pike's Place Market. We had a lot of unfinished business down there. On our way down there, we stopped for a pack of grape bubblegum. Our mission was the Gum Wall. Before we made it to the Gum Wall, we stopped to check out the very first Starbucks.

After a little confusion, we were able to stumble upon the Gum Wall and it was glorious! It was so cool and so gross. As long as you didn't think about what you were looking at, it was great.

We added our contribution to the wall and we headed to our next stop, The Underground Tour. The tour was a really fun. We had a great tour guide, Richard that was fantastic. I would highly recommend this tour. It was amazing to see and hear why there is a city under the city.

After the tour, we headed back to Pike's Place Market to find a fun lunch. Jed was looking for fish and chips and found them at Jack's Fish Spot. They were good, I even tried them! I chose to go with fresh bread and cheese. We found great bread from Three Girls Bakery and headed back to Beecher's for cheese. It was a perfect lunch.

After lunch we decided that we wanted to get on the water so we headed to the docks and hopped on the WSDOT Ferry. It only too about 45 minutes to get over there and we had a great time hanging out on the deck and checking out skyline on the city.

We took the ferry to Bainbridge Island. It was a cute little island and after checking out all the things we could do over there we decided on hanging out at a coffee shop and take in the views for a little while. We only had an hour before we had to catch the ferry back to Seattle.

We found a super cute coffee shop called Pegasus. It looked perfect, great location, perfect atmosphere, disappointing baked goods and terrible chai. We got our drinks and sat outside for a little while but the disappointing chai and lack of baked goods was just too much for me. Don't think I would venture back there.

When we got back to Seattle, it was time to go find pie! Once again we found a great looking place using Unique Sweets called High 5 Pie. It was quite a walk to get to High 5 Pie. It took us about an hour but it was absolutely worth it! First, High 5 Pie's was amazing. Jed and I tried a marionberry pie. It was GREAT! We also got an apple pie on a stick for the road.

And secondly, on our way to get pie, we found this.....

I was so incredibly excited. This place was AMAZING!! I can not say enough great things about this place. The shop was super cute and the cupcakes were to die for. Just so good. We got a red velvet pop and Compost cupcake. It had coconut, coffee grounds, potato chips and chocolate. It sounds so weird and gross but it was AMAZING!!  If you are ever in Seattle, this place is a must in my book.

After our long trek back to the hotel, we decided it was time to head to dinner. I know it sounds ridiculous since we just came from pie and cake, but it was true. We decided that we were going to try a Diners, Drive-In and Dives place. We found a place called Bizzarro Italian Cafe. It absolutely deserves that name. It was such a unique restaurant. Crazy decor, and bathrooms you have to see to believe. It was a really fun place and the food was superb! We loved it.

After a talkative cabbie's gave us a ride back to hotel we spent the rest of the evening in the hotel lodge working on all the things we were going to do tomorrow. It is going to be a crazy last day in Seattle!