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As
we set off, we walked past a horse being groomed in a parking lot.
Tim went up to pat the horse and chatted with two women who explained
they'd been hired as part of the festivities of an Indian wedding.
They'd be leading the groom, riding this horse to the church. I
guess it's a bit hard to rent an elephant, even here.
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Seattle
has many lovely old buildings, interspersed with modern new architecture.
Here is the corner of what used to be the Coliseum.
It's now the Banana Republic.
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'When it
opened on January 8, 1916, the Coliseum Theater was advertised
as “the world’s largest and finest photoplay palace,”
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Me,
I love those cows!
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And
even more, I love these walruses discovered by Tim during one of
his lunch hour walks. He tells me that there are 27 of them, decorating
the outside of the old Arctic
Club, a former men's club.
'The original walrus tusks were composed of ivory but were replaced
in the 1940s for pedestrian safety and earthquake security reasons.'
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'The
original Arctic Club was established in 1908 by the few adventurers
who found their fortune in the Klondike gold rush. The organization
was a social community for businessmen with Alaska ties, former
Alaska residents, adventurers, miners and wealthy eccentrics who
returned to Seattle with money and stories of adventure. In 1916,
the group moved into the Arctic Building.'
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The
Arctic
Club Hotel reopened in February of 2008. The Northern Lights
dome room made the Arctic Club legendary with its stunning dome
and crystal chandelier.
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Filtered,
natural light, original carved motifs, and lots of stained glass
are breathtaking.
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It
was being set up for a wedding while we were there, so we had to
be discreet.
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