Monthly Archives: August 2017

Day 40, Aug 25: Seattle Public Market

We have another beautiful sunny day here in Seattle for our visit to the Pike Street Market.    It brought back fond memories for Wayne of shopping there with his mother many years ago. There are many changes in Seattle since that time, but the market is as colorful as ever and complete with all the things Wayne remembers including the fish mongers chanting the orders and tossing the fish. Of course we purchased Dungeness crab for dinner tonight and Alaskan salmon for tomorrow night.

Original Starbucks

We wandered through the many stalls. We went by the original Starbucks but the line was halfway down the street. That was not the case for the shop with Market Spice Tea so we were able to stock up. We also wandered into the original Sur La Table shop. Peggy’s eagle eye spotted a crepe shop that has only been there since 1991. The crepes were wonderful and served as lunch. Since we were anxious to get our fish refrigerated, we headed back to the light rail and Amy’s house. Another stop on our journey that didn’t disappoint. Unfortunately, Peggy doesn’t like crab (or any shellfish) so Amy and Wayne shared the whole crab. (For those unfamiliar with Dungeness crabs, they average about two pounds and a single crab makes dinner for two.) Needless to say, the crab was a great hit with us crab lovers.