Summer in Sea

After a nice 35-minute ferry ride, Abby and I escaped from Seattle’s busy Friday afternoon to this beautiful island by Puget Sound. I think I've found my favourite place in the Northwest of America.

Bainbridge is a perfect mini community - one main street with arts & crafts, cafes, bookstores, antique shops...I have no idea why there are so many shops selling delicate crafts on a small town of a small island. Apparently, tranquility and good coffee are the best friends of arts. I envy Seattleites.

We had a great time there touching all the colourful fluffs in the Churchmouse Yarns shop. Although displayed a large number of finished knitting products, Churchmouse only sold the yarns, in order to inspire, but not to spoil, its customers. The shop also had teas and ceramics - what else could be more relaxing than knitting and drinking tea? Oh yes, a cat and some jazz, please. 

A perfect day for sightseeing, photo taking and window shopping.

Francophiles everywhere!

Lovely hillside houses by the water.

Seattle looks like a mini Hong Kong from my ferryride.

 

 

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

It's another good day today. Seattle has warmly welcome me with her longest summer. I am entirely spellbound everytime I see the view from Capitol Hill. In front of the deep green mountains and the glistening lakes, standing on the efforts of millions of years of terraforming, and here we are - the Space Needle and grunge.

Things are happening, within these three weeks in Seattle. Writing reviews, finding students, getting volunteer opportunities - I am completing my list, probably faster than I realise! I still have a live review on Wild Nothing and DIIV waiting to be finished; needless to say there are a great deal of museums and galleries awaiting my visit. Besides, I'm happy that before I get really busy, I've finished two books and learned how to make sushi. 

Feeling nervous yet very excited, all I need to do now is to take a deep breath and embrace my life in the Northwest while singing "Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes". And since we need not to worry about our reputation in a new place, this is EXACTLY what we are going to do: http://www.ridetheducksofseattle.com/

I feel like I can go out now and spend hours on an arcade dancing machine!