Seattle in April

I love Seattle in the spring time. Dogwoods blooming. So many shades of green--I never knew there were so many until I lived there.

I had a plane ticket that was going to expire, so what else could I do? I went to see my daughter Debra and her family for the weekend. It was a whirlwind trip, and I loved every minute of it. 

I forget how many Starbucks there are in the Seattle area. And every one of them with a long line of cars waiting to pick up their coffee of choice. It reminded me of the long line of cars at McDonald's here--everyone waiting to pick up their diet coke for the road. 

Friday night Debra, Randy and I went to dinner at Din Tai Fung - all dumplings all the time. When we were in China we had a special dumpling dinner in Xi'an and it was my favorite meal of the trip. This brought back fond memories of that meal. 

Friday night while we were waiting for our dinner table to be ready we stopped in at the Bellevue Nordstrom. Sigh. Such a wonderful shoe department. Oh, how I miss it. I bought two pairs of sandals to celebrate just being in the store again.

Randy left Saturday morning for San Francisco. Debby and I met my friends Tamara, Karen, and Marsha for lunch at Molbak's in Woodinville. We had a delicious salmon sandwich. No one does salmon like the northwest.

Debra and I and the kids had a great time just hanging out together. My sister Cheryl came over every day and spent time with us. I loved it.

The two Dianes

Saturday evening we headed out to King Charley's. I just love their cheeseburgers. And their chocolate shakes. I do believe I indulged in one of each.

 I played a lot of Sequence for Kids with these two. Can you imagine anything more fun? I can't.

Monday morning I went home, and Randy flew in.  One drive to the airport to accomplish both. What a terrific weekend!