Salty in Seattle

 It's becoming a new family tradition to spend a day in Seattle over the holidays.  It usually entails a great restaurant, a Broadway show and some shopping. Last year, when it was just Darel and at home for Christmas, we decided to drown our sorrows in a new restaurant, Salty's.  It is right on Puget Sound and on the weekends they turn the restaurant into an all you can eat seafood smorgasbord. It's pretty amazing.  Below is the view from our table.

Grandma Phyl even came up from SLC for the big day and to spend New Years with us.  As you can see from the pic below some of us were more enthralled with what's on the plate then smiling for pictures.  It was a bit out of control but I guess that is how Smarts do to things.

I love when Phyl and Dad, I mean Phillip, get around each other.  They just seem to feed off each other. Direct quotes from each of them:

"I'm going to add some lemon to my diet coke to make it healthier" -Gma Phyl

"Is it possible to eat so much you crack a rib?" -Phillip

Needless to say the whole brunch was one funny comment after another.  

 Shea, Darel, and I spent most of the brunch discussing which is better getting married or going to Salty's.  We always seem to plan the trip when the married sibs are with the in laws and so far only the single sibs have experienced Salty's.  The conclusion we came to was that a ring may not be worth missing out on Salty's...it's that good.