Seattle Center for the Win

We had a big day planned in the big city today. First we had to get so fresh and so clean.

Ern was distracted chewing on the belts on his stroller and I got some good shots of his baby blues.

Ok he wasn't 100% distracted.

We took Ernie to what I believe is his first visit to the Museum of Pop Culture. I love this place.

The main reason I was excited to visit the museum this time was their temporary exhibit Hidden Worlds which shows a lot of the magic of Laika, which is a stop motion animation studio based near Portland, OR. This studio captivated my attention long ago when I went to a talk by one of their animators in St. Louis.

The house from Coraline.

More Coraline.

I haven't seen a few of these films which I really need to rectify.

It's insane that it's possible to net any money while doing this much costly work to make a movie.

We then sought refreshment at The Bar at Chihuly Garden and Glass. I love this place too. The decor and the menu is always very fun and quality.

Colonoscopy Party with Seago

An impending Troll delivery was a good way to peer pressure Seago into coming to Seattle to visit.

Half as a joke and half out of genuine curiosity we took him to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center. I discovered Bill almost immediately. Mission accomplished.

Next door is the Museum of Pop Culture which has more nerdery than even a Seago can handle in one visit.

Seago has been bugging me for a colonoscopy party for years. I don't think I'm ready for that yet but I did take him to check out this unauthorized Simpsons game thing at Time Warp bar arcade. He loved it because he's a sicko. I think the story is some genius inventor came up with this thing for a colon cancer charity event.