Thursday, December 16, 2010

A Day in Seattle

My friend Cathie and I headed to Seattle for a day filled with fun. We started by having lunch at the Seattle Art Museum. While we were eating Amber called and told us we needed to go to the Sheraton to see the gingerbread houses. Since we had some time after lunch and before we could enter the Picasso Exhibit (the tickets are for specific times) we headed that way. These houses were huge! Take a look and you'll see what I mean.


After the Gingerbread Houses we were off to SAM to see the Picasso Exhibit. Ah, from one type of art to another. It was amazing to see the "real work" of one of the masters that I had studied in college. I wish I could show it to you, but due to museum rules no pictures were allowed. We couldn't even take a picture of the sign as we entered the exhibit. However, if you would like to see some of the work on display you can click on http://www.picassoinseattle.org/.
Next we met Jennie and Ann, the lady she rents from in Seattle, for dinner at a fun little Italian restaurant within walking distance of Jennie's Seattle house. Mmmm, delicious dinner. After dinner we were ready for a little shopping at University Village. The lights and decorations were so festive and we had a great time. Here are Cathie and Jennie just as we were heading to the car. As you can see they both have packages. I believe those are Christmas gifts.