Today, our family went downtown, to experience the Christmas season. Top to bottom, a few shots.

(1) Britt, of Starbucks, with a strapped-on vat of Starbucks Christmas Blend coffee, just outside the ground-floor entrance to Barnes & Noble at Pacific Place. Nice gal, nice promotion, over-roasted coffee, as usual.

(2) One of several elaborate gingerbread-and-candy structures at City Centre, where there is a Starbucks every twelve feet, or so. Note the moving drawbridge - very cool.

(3) A great public space at City Centre, just up the escalator from the SE corner of Fifth and Pike. There was not a Starbucks in immediate view, here. Famed Puget Sound glass artist Dale Chihuly's Persian Installation is at end, on right. It's quite a sight.

(4) My better three-quarters, taking a shopping break, at Westlake Plaza.

(5) Them again, Christmas shopping, at home.

TECHNORATI TAGS: SEATTLE, STARBUCKS, CHRISTMAS, PACIFIC PLACE, CITY CENTRE, GINGERBREAD

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at December 18, 2005 11:24 PM