Mickey's trip to the heart of Seattle

Here you have it, the amazing update mentioned in last Friday's post: a visit to Seattle!

There's not a whole lot to do in Seattle besides browse shops, listen to music, take photographs and ride the monorail. Mickey, my mother and I managed to do all of these things in the course of four hours. We even stopped for lunch!

The neat thing about Seattle is everyone and anyone is accepted, so I hardly received a second glance for toting a stuffed Mickey Mouse with me while perusing stores. In fact, I think my little act was appreciated by most! But that is most certainly not the point of the entry; instead, I'm here to tell you about Mickey's point of view.

Well, Mickey was actually tucked away in a Disneyland bag for most of the visit. He's used to this by now, so don't worry. I did take him out on various occasions, which you can see in the many photos I've posted.

First and foremost, we rode the monorail. Fortunately for us, we didn't crash into another vehicle or burst into flames, and instead arrived mostly in one piece at the Westlake Center Mall. I was planning on heading straight towards Nordstrom, but Mickey (actually, my mother) noticed a Thomas Kinkade store and, in the display window, a giant print of his famed "Disneyland 50th Anniversary" painting. I think I have a smaller version of thise piece, I don't know. Anyway, I jumped at this ingenius photo oppurtunity and, as you can see from the above picture, Mickey jumped as well.

Fast forward many minutes spent staring at designer items in Nordstrom and Barney's New York, a quick lunch of frozen yogurt at a café, and suddenly we've arrived back at the Seattle Center monorail station, where I'm ecstatic to take a photo of Mickey. Once I'm satisfied with the result, I bolt towards the heart of Seattle, the Space Needle, and take plenty of pictures. Mickey and I also see plenty of suspicious characters wandering about, so we leave and head towards the Experience Music Project.

In case you didn't know, the EMP is hosting "The Music behind the Magic," a 10-month event centering around the history of Disney music. Because of this, they've got plenty of Mickey Mouse related signs and banners, all combining for a perfect picture.

Lastly, tTM posed with a random pig near our parking garage. I don't know the history of the statue nor why it was placed there, but a pig is a pig. Everything was going smoothly until something, probably the pig, began singing. This obviously bothered Mickey, but as quickly as we noticed the voice, it was gone. Luckily, I filmed most of the song.