Georg Syvertsen and Arthur Mortell
Coldwell Banker McKenzie Associates
Georg Syversten | 206-780-6153 | Georgsyv@aol.com :: Arthur Mortell | 206-780-6149 | Arthur.Mortell@coldwellbanker.com
Ferry Ride Away from the Seattle Symphony
Posted on February 12, 2012
When Dinah and I moved our family to Bainbridge Island from Los Angeles, we fantasized the kind of day we experienced today!
New York Times and Coffee in bed; Dinah off to ride her horse at Barnaby Stables, here on the island, while I feed the kids; have them join me on their bikes for a run in the Grand Forest; kick the soccer ball around for a bit; meet up with Dinah and head down to town to make the 12:10 Ferry to Seattle.
We gave ourselves enough time to relax and meander on the way to Benaroya Hall for the following program:
Our twin ten-year-old boys, Desi and Oliver joined us and on the ferry we ran into one of their friends who asked if he could join us. Fortunately we had an extra ticket and Christopher was (in his mind) saved from going to the Garden Show with his family.
I took this picture of the hall after we explored, following one of the greatest concerts I've been to.
This is one of my favorite concert halls. I have yet to find myself in a "bad seat"... We had seats in row ff of the orchestra and paid $48/ticket for the two of us. Benaroya Hall comps children, so our total was $96.
The concert began at 2:00 and ended around 4:00.
We walked into downtown, did some shopping and then ate at a new Mexican Restaurant that has expanded its franchise out of Los Angeles: Chipotle (3rd Ave and University http://www.gelatiamo.com/ourstore.html). Organic meat, veggies; simple menu... fresh and tasty. For the five of us, the bill came out to $44.00.
We strolled back to the ferry and stopped at Gelatiamo (3rd and Union, caddy corner to Benaroya Hall and across the street from my favorite restaurant, Wild Ginger - http://www.gelatiamo.com/ourstore.html), where we indulged in double scoop gelatos that were Molto Bene!
Okay, we also had a couple of custard filled pastries with a side of fresh whipped cream and espresso.
We left ourselves enough time to take it easy on the way back to the 6:20 ferry back to the island.
I took a few photos along the way: a couple of women on their phones at the ferry terminal and the glowing Port of Seattle.
Seattle is only a 35 minute ferry ride from Bainbridge Island, and it's fun, relaxing and sometimes very social. We are so fortunate to live here!
The Port of Seattle taken from the ferry.
Two women heading home, texting their friends
"we found the brooms we've been looking for"
"we found the brooms we've been looking for"
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