Ahhh, the inaugural Seattle Art Fair! I didn't even realize the scope of what was happening until I was there at the opening night event. Our work received a few VIP passes from a local magazine and so a couple of coworkers and my best friend and I wandered down to the Century Link Event Center on Thursday night to check it out. Once I saw the crowd and some of the initial art, I realized that Seattle was really trying to create a northwest version of the many popular art fai

At the beginning of July, I visited Seattle Art Museum (SAM) while my husband's teenage neice was staying with us for a week. I didn't linger much as much as I would have liked because I was the only "arty" one in the group. (Usually, I get the feeling that my husband is just indulging me by going to a museum with me, but I appreciate that he enjoys when we spend time together, even if it is looking at stuff he's generally not very passionate about.) It was a quick trip, but