What Amino Acids Have Built

After dinner at the Pomodoro we drove back to the hotel and parked in the hotel garage. Before heading upstaris, we decided to go for a short walk out into the evening, heading out along the lakefront boulevard in the direction towards downtown.
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The sidewalk was dark and the road was mostly quiet. Across from the hotel was a boat shop---yacht maintenance. As we headed towards dowtown, the Space Needle came into view from several good angles.

About a block later on the sidewalk we realized we were standing in front of enormous red brick office building of recent vintage, with a courtyard and layout reminiscent of an old urban housing project. The brightly lit but tasteful signs informed us that this was the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. We both laughed at the irony of it.

A couple blocks further along the lake front we got to a pier with a couple bars. We decided to walk down onto the wooden pier, out to the edge one could see the crowning lights of Queen Anne Hill, and around the edge of the lake like a string of jewels. Nearby the bar---Joey's Lake Union---was bright with soft yellow glow and moving figures inside. We walked around the other side of it.

From there you could see dozens of large pleasure craft moored on several doors, all of them dark with unuse. In the background above them, on the steep hill you could see the whole layout of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and above that, at the top of the hill, the even more grand rising structure of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

Looping back around on the docks, we passed one with a couple dozen craft moored. I remarked how I wanted to soak in the vibe, so I walked by myself along through the yachts, savoring the luxury of it. When I walked back to Red, she was standing at one by the foot of the dock. She pointed out how cool it was. It had two ample floors with big glass windows that it made it look like Luxor on the water. I agreed it was the best one along the dock. Like the other ones, it was for sale----two point nine million. We had fun discussing what kind of crew you'd need for a boat like that.