Showing posts with label Seattle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seattle. Show all posts

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Spooky Seattle




  Look who greeted us when we arrived for our training day as Innsitters at the Sleeping Bulldog B&B  in Seattle. OK, I was a little nervous... Well, it turns out it's a lovely B&B and a pleasure to take care of but the owner, Korby just goes all out for Halloween. There are skeletons walking bulldogs by the front door, cobwebs on the stairway, a witch by the cookie jar, crows on the chandelier and a huge spider hanging over the dinning table. It's SPOOKY in SEATTLE!




















Here are two witches in the morning... spooky, huh? We had a guest with a gluten intolerance this morning so I had made some gluten free muffins. One of my innkeeping tricks is to make a batch of gluten free muffin batter and then divide it into several small bowls and add different ingredients to each so that you end up with two cranberry, two blueberry, two chocolate chip etc.. That way you have more options to meet guests dietary needs.

These are my Halloween Brownies [not gluten free] - made with Blood Orange Olive Oil- they are really SPOOKY!





So, even though it is Spooky here in Seattle, we love being Interim Innkeepers at the Sleeping Bulldog and hope to come back. I wonder what Korby does for Christmas? How do you decorate for the Halloween season?

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Seattle Sights


  SEATTLE is a great city with many great sights. Kirk and I try to visit as often as possible even if we are not working here. Partly because of all the fun things to do and sights to see:








 We love to stroll and shop at the "Pike Place Market". Always a great place to buy fresh fish, fresh flowers and fun gifts. Even if you don't want to buy anything, just watching the fish merchants is entertainment!









We love to add our contributions to the disgusting
"Gum Wall" ... YUCK!! I can not imagine how much gum is actually on this one building - sort of art and sort of horrible, huh?












We love to go to the museums, walk the gardens and occasionally go all the way up in the majestic
"Space Needle".   The top has a rotating restaurant where you get a great view of all of Seattle and the surrounding mountains and ocean - WOW!









But the very best sight in Seattle is the sight of our granddaughter sleeping in her Grandad's arms. Such a sweet sleeping beauty! This is the real reason we like to come to Seattle.
AWWWWW...






What's your favorite city??