This year Valentine’s Day was extra special. We went into Seattle to the Experience Music/Sci Fi Museum. Becca and I have been there before, but Jim and his mom hadn’t. The Sound Lab is a blast! It was cute playing with Gramma on the Jam-O-Drum. And she was so impressed with the Jimmy Hendrix exhibit, such a part of her own history.
We ate lunch a few blocks away at a vegan (except for a little egg in the fortune cookie) restaurant called Bamboo Garden. It was delicious! Even the serious carnivores in our group enjoyed the meatless sweet & sour “chicken”. (I thought the Mongolian “beef” was the best.) Next we had to try the doughnuts at Top Pot because we saw them on TV. (That’s a good enough reason for me.)You might wonder how any doughnut could actually be superior to a fresh Dunkin or Krispy Kreme, but Top Pot pulled it off, with a dash of Seattle’s typical urban charm.
We took Becca to Magic Mouse Toys (our favorite) where we managed to avoid being hit by the flying monkeys, this time. We ended with our family tradition of fudge from Rocky Mountain Chocolate. We were so sleepy we stayed in the car on the ferry ride home, and were still too full at the end of the day for any special Valentine’s dinner! A good time was had by all.
