seattle

In March, my husband and I will spend five days in Seattle, a city that neither of us have been to before. We've booked our hotel--we're staying at the Ace Hotel, a former halfway house (!)--and are now starting to compile a list of activities.

Here's what's on the to-do list so far:

• Check out the architecture of the central branch of the Seattle Public Library (former home of Nancy Pearl, the model for the librarian action figure)
• Stroll through Olympic Sculpture Park
• Eat at Lunchbox Labratory (check out their milkshake in a beaker and one of their ridiculously tall burgers) and Trophy Cupcakes
• Shop at Venue Ballard and some of the design shops highlighted in Design*Sponge's Seattle city guide (Here's the updated guide.)
• Sip on lattes at the original Starbucks in Pike Place Market
• Browse the toy selection at Schmancy, a store highly recommended by a friend

Have any other suggestions about what we should do? Anything craft-related we should check out? Let me know in the comments!