A perfect Saturday...

So I called Faye at 7 a.m. to figure out what we were all going to do.... the passes were snowy and required snow tires, chains if you were bigger. There were delays expected. So as a group of 9, we went to 14 Carat to eat breakfast at a more reasonable 9 a.m. deciding to scratch the Leavenworth trip and headed to Snoqualmie Falls - Twin Peaks fame - just in the foothills of the Cascades. We piled into cars (Nick, Faye's husband, curled up to sleep after an evening on at the hospital), Lara, Gavin and I were crammed in the back. It was a fun group of mostly coworkers (Faye, Sara, Gavin, Yuka) and some other friends. It was a beautiful drive as the snow was starting to come down the mountains - above the clouds it was white and below it was still green - kind of like a giant paint roller.

It was chilly but pleasant walk down to the falls. We hung out there for a while before heading over to the town of Snoqualmie which was involved in lumber and hops (yum) in the past. We went into the "Curiosity Shop" which was filled with the crap that "curiosity shops" have been filled with since I was a kid. The strange key change, the paddle and ball, little tchotcke things, all priced up with a 50% sticker on it. We hung out there for awhile laughing then headed over to the Snoqualmie Brewery for a tasty beverage. We headed back to Seattle leaving the snow behind - where it was getting much colder. A quick nap later, we all showed up at the Harvard Exit in Capital Hill to see "Slumdog Millionaire" which was a FANTASTIC movie. I loved it! Lara and I had sushi - yum! - (the rest of the gang headed to parties or went home) and came back to Ballard to big, fat fluffy snow flakes. Gavin texted me his delight in the snow as he headed off to a party. It was truly an perfect Saturday.