Last week work took me to Seattle so to make the most out of my time I added on a day of vacation [(work + vacation) x travel = worcation]. I’d been looking forward to this trip because it involved a lot of firsts:
- It was my first time to visit the Pacific Northwest (prior to this I hadn’t ventured north of San Fran).
- It was my first time to meet with our corporate accounts on my own (I’ve always shadowed a manager).
- My boyfriend was able to take off work and it’s the first time we’ve taken a trip alone together.
We arrived in Seattle late Tuesday night and took a cab to our hotel downtown.
The Warwick is in a prime spot. It’s an easy walk to great shopping and dining and
Pike Place Market. The hotel’s building is old and the interior isn’t
as pristine as it appears on the Warwick’s website. Fortunately, management is renovating all of the rooms from the top down. My boyfriend and I snagged one of the newly upgraded Executive rooms on the 15
th floor. As soon as we got off the elevator we were hit with the smell of new carpet in the hall (
almost as good as new car smell). One side of the room was outfitted with a long desk (great for work), another corner had a small seating area, and the majority of the space was taken up by a comfy king size bed. The best part of the room was the view of the
Space Needle from the balcony.
