thank you, seattle!

a couple of rainy days in seattle - who would have guessed? actually, the rain has been kind of nice, the fuzzy kind of rain. i'm finding seattle rain to have the same effect on my brain as the tropical sun for which i packed.

we left it too late yesterday to make it to the seattle art museum, but we did catch a matinee of "be cool", a slow-to-start piece of fluff that did finally kick into gear. vince vaughn played the same character he plays in every comedy (the one making a complete ass of himself, the one that makes you want to punch him), but he does it so well that i couldn't fault him. today justin's friend nancy from the thorn tree and her husband john came and picked us up for lunch at copacabana, a bolivian place overlooking the pike place market; the food was a little bland, but it was ideal for my still-recovering stomach. then they took us to kerry park in upper queen anne for a spectacular view of the city and the bay and for a driving tour of much of the rest of the city; we ended up at verite for lattes and cupcakes(!) before coming back to the hotel to gather our laundry and visit the local laundromat. it's been a really low-key weekend, but it's given us time to sleep and talk without other distractions. and really, that's what getting lost in some exotic destination was all about, anyway.

tomorrow, before we fly to new york, we're going to take a quick tour of the new seattle library, which we didn't even realize was one block away from our hotel until tonight. doh!