Mike's Annual visit - March 2013

Hello Friends!  Happy June!  This is another long over due post, but here it is anyhow.  Well Mike & Billy came to visit back in March and we had a grand ole time!  One of the first things we did was enjoy SMASH PUTT - those pictures are posted in the previous post here.  Here's a quick reminder of us enjoying ourselves ....

The next day we spent time at Alki beach enjoying some coffee beverages and the sun!

That night we went to my friend Hartley's penthouse that over looks lake Union.  We played a lot of the dance party game that me and my friends made up and always thoroughly enjoy.  Mike got SO into the dance moves that he temporarily injured his arm.

The next day we went to Volunteer Park Cafe for some breakfast

and then went on the hunt for Bruce Lee's grave.  After walking around and admiring headstones for nearly an hour, we finally found his grave, right where we had started.

   

Volunteer Park is a conservatory and has a tower that you can climb up (in our case, literally) to see a great view of the City.

 

Volunteer Park Conservatory

This is a cool orb at the park that you can see the space needle through!

We loved the koi pond and spent a looong time admiring the fishies!

It wasn't the most beautiful day...rainy mostly, but is was nice to get outside and see some Seattle Sights that none of us had visited before. 

The next day we decided to go for a hike to view some of the wonderful greenery Washington has to offer.  We hiked Little Mt. Si.  This was one of my favorite times going because there was no one but us once we made it to the top!  So peaceful!

That night we had dinner with some friends at Phoencia on Alki beach...here was what I got to eat.  YUMMY!

The next morning we indulged in some Top Pot Doughnuts, a Seattle favorite.  We visited the location in Capital Hill so we could hit up Mike's favorite thrift shop afterwords.

It was wonderful to have professional painters as guests, because they painted our first wall since we have moved in!  A nice bright buttercup!  It was key they were here when I purchased the paint because I had no idea I would have to decide between eggshell and satin.  Or that the wall texture mattered.  Color me ignorant in the paint department!

We were also very honored to have my brother Mike here on his BIRTHDAY, March 13th!!!

Aaron flew in from Utah that day and we celebrated with dinner, ice cream cake, and SPOONMAN!  Mike's old friend from high school, Todd Clouser, was playing in his band A Love Electric at the Nectar Lounge that night feat. the Spoonman.  If you don't know who the spoonman is, check out this video.

Eating at the Cactus!

Birthday Boy

My video of the Spoonman!

 A Love Electric ...

This was over a week long visit so stay with me, I know this is a long post :)

The next day we partook in Seattle Restaurant week and ate at Cutter's a very fancy seafood restaurant.  We ate there for lunch and got a great table that overlooked the Puget Sound!

 Afterwords we took our first spin on Seattle's Great Wheel!

For the final Hurrah, we went to Mt. Baker for the last weekend of their stay.  We rented a quaint little cabin up in the mountains and enjoyed food, friends, cards against humanity, and of course SNOWBOARDING!

Until next time we say audieu, farewell, au revoir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!