soopastryheart

When you’re living in places with an abundance of sunshine and heat, it’s easy to take it for granted. In fact, some places with prolonged warmer weather often induces a sense of lethargy among its inhabitants (coughFloridacough), and many opt to stay indoors where air conditioning does its magic.

But here in Seattle, we know how precious these warmer months are and we take full advantage of, say, an unusually toastier spring, which has blessed the past 5 weekends of some pretty amazing sunshine. We’re a pretty fit city, with plenty of cyclists, joggers, and walkers, but there’s always a spring in our step when the sunshine is out, as if it’s fueling us to pedal or run harder/faster/longer. 65 degrees in Seattle sunshine is pretty much the same as 85 anywhere else, so if you’re a visiting tourist, don’t be too shocked when you see people in shorts and tanks when it’s hardly 70 outside.

This past weekend proved to be another gorgeous one, and we spent it celebrating birthdays at one of the best pizza places in the city.

And hiking at Mount Si. I’m ashamed to announce that in the near decade I’ve lived in Seattle, this was my first hike. Afterwards, we celebrated the fact that I didn’t have to be carried down, with a super delicious cheeseburger and marshmallow shake at a small burger joint.

We also explored our own neighborhood: Olympic Sculpture Park is pretty much our backyard, being only a couple blocks from our place. It’s so odd to see a sight like this in an otherwise bustling city. But I’m nevertheless grateful it exists.