We're Carnivorous Too!

Yesterday was quite the day. David and I took Soraya up to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle; we got there around 10:30am. We were possibly the tallest exhibit participants there (yes, even myself)--anyone else our height was being dragged around by a toddler or elementary schooler... But no matter! We had a delightful time anyway. Our favorite exhibits were probably the ones involving mirrors that make you look funny and the shadow room, where you can pose in some funny way, a light flashes, and then your shadow is stuck on the wall. After going through four buildings of exhibits, including the featured Grossology exhibit, we went over to the IMAX theater and saw Hurricane on the Bayou, which was pretty amazing.

Sometime around 2:00pm we left the Pacific Science Center looking for other adventures. We had planned on driving down to Pike Place, but then realized that it would cost us just as much to take the Monorail roundtrip as it would to park for a couple of hours in downtown. So, of course, we took the Monorail. We had lunch at Westlake Center (Greek food for all), then headed down to Pike Place. We bought Oma some tulips, picked up some of those delicious itty-bitty donuts near the place with the fish-throwing (the donut-man puts on quite a show too, apparently), and then went over to Three Sisters and picked up a couple of cheese danishes for my mom (as well as a blueberry scone for David, a pretzel for Soraya, and a chocolate chip cookie for me). The man at the bakery ended up throwing in another cookie for a free since it was broken, although we couldn't really find any defect with it.

Then as we were headed back toward the Monorail, these two guys were putting on a pretty amazing show on the corner outside Nordstrom--the one was playing the bagpipe, the other was beating on makeshift drums and bottles, and they had an itty bitty dancing robot in front of them! It was pretty spectacular. So we hung out and listened to them for a bit before heading back up to the Monorail, which ended up being temporarily out-of-commission translating into a 25-minute wait. We didn't want to walk back at that point because it was pouring down rain. And it just started raining harder by the time we were walking back to the car. Then we safely drove home, stopped by the dorms to pick up a few odds and ends (like laundry), dropped David off at his house, and continued onto to Oma's hosue for dinner (ghoulash).

Then we came home and watched a show on Killer Squid. And we haven't done anything too much exciting today, just some cleaning, and for Soraya, some homework. We were going to go to Art & Soul, but I'm afraid that plan has been postponed by Soraya's homework. And then David and Shahla and the boys are coming over for dinner. So that's happy. And I'll post some Pacific Science Center pictures soon.

:-) Ari