I am going to Casual Connect (a conference about the casual game industry) in a week and a half for work. The conference is held in downtown Seattle, so it’s nice that there isn’t any travel involved other than a bus ride. It turns out that there’s an express bus that goes from our place to downtown really quickly, so Nick and I decided to try it out today.

A funny sign on our bus

We left our place a little early so that we could take care of a few errands before the bus arrived, but I guess the bus before ours was running late because it got to the bus stop just as we got there! So we decided to forgo our errands and take that bus instead. It only took twenty minutes from when we left our house until we got to our stop downtown. Wow! Granted, it will take longer when I go during the week because there will be more traffic and I won’t be so lucky with the timing. 😉

Our loot from Pike Place Market

We went to Pike Place Market to get a few things for dinner. We got some paprika from Market Spice, fresh produce for dinner the next few days, and some yummy apples and Rainier cherries to snack on. 🙂 We had a little time to kill before our bus arrived, so we went to Gelatiamo to get some gelato for breakfast, lol. We caught a glimpse of the Seattle Great Wheel while we were downtown, too. I think it was the first time we’ve seen it since it was officially opened. For those who don’t know, the Seattle Great Wheel is the latest edition to the Seattle skyline – a big ferris wheel on the Seattle waterfront that just opened two weeks ago.

After our fun morning downtown, we did a little furniture shopping, which I’m sure we’ll blog about soon.