I is for Ivar

Ivar Haglund, the founder of the Ivar's seafood restaurants, apparently fed gulls leftover French fries.



Find me in the above photo!  Didn't find me?  Well, below is a close-up.



Ivar was either a relatively small man or the gulls were gigantic.



Well, I just had to try the food at one of the Ivar's restaurants!  I ordered fish and chips.  As my big friends would say, it was just "aiite".  Not quite awesome.  And the tons of gulls flying around while I tried to eat were definitely not awesome.

Lunch 'n' library

I enjoyed a delicious Mexican lunch buffet at La Cocina & Cantina in Seattle.





Being a hungry little man, I had several heaping platefuls!



After eating all that food, I decided it'd be good to go for a walk so I trekked all the way down to the Seattle Central Library downtown.



The building's architectural design is pretty awesome.  This is me admiring the exterior of the building.



I then went inside and up to the 10th floor, which is the highest that non-staff peeps can go.  The library was super awesome!

By gum!

At Pike Place Market in Seattle, there's the famed gum wall. 



It's colorful, stinky, and disgusting.  Even I, Little Man, can't say it was awesome.



What was awesome, though, was that I went to go eat!  I went to Beecher's Handmade Cheese and ordered some macaroni and cheese.



Mmm, cheese and pasta.



I even got to watch one of the workers move large blocks of cheese around in a big metal tub.  And by gum!  I think he was looking at me!

Gassy no more

I visited Gas Works Park, which is near Lake Union.



This former manufacturing plant was built in the early 1900's to make gas from coal.  Operations ceased in the 1950's.



Inside the former exhauster-compressor building is a children's play area.  All the old machinery is painted in awesomely bright colors... to attract children, I guess.  Kind of like bugs are attracted to lights.



I don't know how much fun kids have playing amongst old machinery, but I had a blast!  Remember: Old stuff is awesome stuff!  This place was reeking of history!  And I love history!



There were awesome views all around!



That's downtown Seattle in the background!  And notice the spiffy old Space Needle?  Awesome!

On top of the world

Look at this awesome metal sculpture!



I came across it while on my way to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle.



Outdoors at the science center, there were some spiffy, hands-on exhibits showcasing the power of water.



Inside the science center were lots of big things, such as this timer...



...this dinosaur...



... and this book...



This Space Needle, albeit flat, was more my size.



And then I got to go on top of the world!



I almost felt like singing that Carpenters song, "Top of the World"!  The Pacific Science Center rocked!

Pho-ever tasty

I had dinner at Bamboo, a Vietnamese restaurant in Seattle.



I ordered a bowl of beef pho.



Along with it came this plate of awesome green and yellow stuff!



Ahh, the basil, jalapeño, and lemon were quite fragrant.  The bean sprouts, not so much.  But it was all awesome!

Needle in the sky

After enjoying Chihuly Garden and Glass, I Chihuly-d on over to the Space Needle next door.



The Space Needle was built for the 1962 World's Fair.  Tons of people visited it back then and tons of people, including me, visit it today.



There were awesome views of Seattle all 360 degrees around the observation deck.  It was also very windy!  Good thing I have plastic hair; otherwise it would have been blowing around all over the place!