Murder Mystery

We were hanging out with my mom awhile back and she asked if we had ever been to mystery theater dinner theater thing. The answer to her question was "no" but she started talking about how much fun she thought it would be. As it happened I had been digging around the Argosy Cruises site while another mother was out a few months ago and had seen one that was done on the dinner cruise. Happy Mother's Day! What an easy gift.

We hit the high seas, well... the Sound really, on Sunday, June 29 (which was one of the hottest days so far this summer so the water was a good place to be).



The theater portion of the evening was entertaining enough - but the real show was outside.

We floated all around, out past Alki Beach and on to other, more isolated, locales.



I know that we circled Blake Island State Park, but beyond that I'm not too sure as I am not the most geography-y person in the land.

Coming back in the sunset was gorgeous.



The food wasn't bad, though I wasn't a fan of the dessert. Argosy also offers a dinner cruise sans theater - and you get to pick what you eat rather than everyone getting the same thing. We may check that out some time, it's worth it for the scenery alone.

Happy 4th of July

We went the convenient route this year and took in the displays from a vantage point on Lakeview Blvd.

The Ivar's 4th of Jul-Ivar's display from really far away (and really shaky/blurry).





Lake Union display (still mostly shaky/blurry).













Lots of boats on Lake Union (blurry!).





People were shooting off roman candles in the park we passed through on our way back home.









We actually switched over to video after these photos, much better quality for that portion. The video is too long to post here and I'm too lazy to edit it down.

Uphill all the way home.





Good times were had by... us. Happy 4th!