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Laney and I had to reschedule the movie we were going to see tonight because the local release date was pushed back a week (bastards!) so we pivoted to an extra BYOB (bring your own booze) Happy Hour at the Starbucks in the Sheraton Grand Seattle Hotel lobby—don't tell anyone! In my hot chocolate I poured 2 shots of Rumple Minze Peppermint Schnapps and in Laney's mocha she mixed 1 shot ULLR Peppermint Cinnamon Schanpps & 1 shot Sinfire Cinnamon Whiskey. Perfect for both our tastes and an actually surprisingly vibrant ambience, it was a lovely evening.

A nicely brutalist view of Seattle's first Sheraton Hotel tower (1982, 371 ft, 34 floors).

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Panorama shot of the Seattle skyline to the north, from my sister's 16th-floor Sheraton Seattle Hotel room window.

Angel tries out one of the exercise bikes in the fitness room on the top/34th floor of the Sheraton Seattle Hotel.

Two Union Square (1989, 740 ft, 56 floors) and One Union Square (1981, 36 floors), as seen from the fitness room on the top/34th floor of the Sheraton Seattle Hotel.

Seen from the top/34th floor, from the pool/fitness area of the Sheraton Seattle Hotel: Premiere on Pine (2012, 440 ft, 42 floors), which now significantly dwarfes Tower at 801 (1972, 242 ft, 25 floors), just to the west of it—plus, much of Seattle's Capitol Hill (where I live!) beyond it.

Seen just to the northwest from my sister's 16th-floor room window at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel: 520 Pike Tower (1983, 360 ft, 29 floors).

I had to use the wide angle feature on my iPhone to be able to fit the entire building into this shot.

Seen from the top/34th floor, from the pool/fitness area of the Sheraton Seattle Hotel: Premiere on Pine (2012, 440 ft, 42 floors), which now significantly dwarfes Tower at 801 (1972, 242 ft, 25 floors), just to the west of it.