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Curious, Cautious, Cute as Can Be
At the Pike Place Fish Market on Seattle’s waterfront, we encountered this adorable kid. When he saw Brian was going to take a photo of a monk fish impaled on the front of a display, he politely stopped to wait. After he was motioned to continue, the brave little guy—timid yet determined—moved in for a close encounter with the fierce-looking sea creature.
Seattle Scenes
There are as many ways to explore a city as there are visitors to it. Every time we roll into a new town, we’re confronted with a blank slate of sightseeing possibilities. Art museums are always high on the list, while natural history museums almost never are. Walking tours sometimes make the cut, while state capitols always do. Famous landmarks are contenders and so is the offbeat.
Factors other than personal preference come into play, too, like time, mood, and money. Full-time travel means we have to keep a closer eye on our wallet than we used to do on week-long trips, which can quickly whittle down a list of options (sorry, Space Needle).
Each itinerary is a unique blueprint of how we spent our time in a particular place. Here is some of what we saw in Seattle, a city that charmed us with its blend of sophistication and quirkiness.
Are the Childless Necessarily Selfish
Selfish, decadent, irresponsible are just a few of the words sometimes used to describe those of us who have chosen not to have children. Oftentimes these charges are nothing more than a kneejerk reaction to an emerging lifestyle choice that is at odds with longstanding tradition. It’s common for such criticisms to be levied at people who buck convention. But that fact alone doesn’t prove the accusations untrue.
So when we saw that Time Magazine had titled this week’s cover story The Childfree Life, we hoped it might address these charges. And while the article takes a sympathetic stance regarding childless women, it ducks the central question. Are we and others like us selfish for not having children?
The Dale Chihuly Trail
Chihuly’s Ikebana and Float Boats
Dale Chihuly is stalking us. Or at least that’s the way it seems.
Having never heard of the revolutionary American glass sculptor before setting out on our trip more than three years ago, we can’t seem to turn around these days without seeing his work. It’s literally everywhere, from hotels and hospitals to churches and department stores in just about every state in the union. We can’t even leave the country without being shadowed by a Chihuly sculpture.
Us at Chatsworth House. Chihuly at Chatsworth House. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
Everywhere Once 