Lunch!

Quick stop at the hotel-Travel Lodge Seattle Space Needle--great price, decent room, but tall people would hate the shower (the showerhead is set at short person level-no problem here), no bathtub, hot water sparse. Wi-Fi not the best, but they have 2 computers you can use in the lobby. In the off-season, this hotel is fine, but in the summer, I'd stay away because I am sure it is full of kids. The beds are new and comfy, comfy, which is all I really cared about. And, there is a free breakfast--carbs + sausage and hard-boiled eggs (the same every day) which got us started and they had excellent coffee, available all day in the lobby.

But I digress...

So we are starving on arrival, and are off to Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizza for lunch, a quick 10 minute (NO HILL--this becomes important) walk from our hotel. Lunch is a lovely bean/green soup and pizza margarita with our own twist of added tomato--very nice. They also have a great happy hour that starts at 3, but we are off. By the way--if you go to Seattle, make sure you check out the Happy Hours--the deals are amazing, and usually include a special menu. Everyone talks about the Seattle coffee--but these people take their cocktail hours seriously.