Row, row, row your boat

May 10, 2008 at 8:10 PM
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My family and I went downtown today to see the Roman sculptures from the Louvre before they left (and to go to Pike Place Market) and stumbled on the Seattle Maritime Festival.

The festival basically consisted of a bunch of tugboats on the water (we didn't stick around for the tugboat races), boat building contest, and free harbour cruises (for the first 400 people - which we were not).

There was even a mock Coast Guard rescue.

I wish the weather had been nicer (read: sunnier) but it's Seattle so you take what you can get. Next weekend is the U District Street Fair and I'm hoping not only does the 70-degree weather they're predicting for later in the week actually happen but that it sticks around through Sunday.

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I was so disappointed that we couldn't make it down to SAM for the Roman art~ was it fabulously amazing?

It was totally amazing. I couldn't believe how well-preserved the statues, busts, etc. are. The only downside was that, thanks to DHC and art history classes, I knew a lot of the information the audio tour/info cards told us. It was the first time I'd been in the art museum since they remodeled and it's so huge now - we almost got lost wandering around one of the floors.

Row, row, row your boat

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