Wings of desire

Unexpectedly, I spent the last two evenings high above Seattle, first at a faculty dinner in a Pike Place condo then at a wonderful soiree at Petra and David's in the Smith Tower pyramid. Quite an experience to see so much of the city, in the hours when the water fades from silver to black and the city lights up below. Simone and Anselm climbed up into the glass dome on top and joined some of us in a wine and manchego picnic in what was once the (manmade) top of the Pacific Northwest.