I'm staying at the Homewood Suites Hilton in downtown Seattle, near the waterfront. The temperatures are in the high 40's / low 50's, with cloudy skies. Don't ask about the surf. I am participating in a workshop called Astronomy From the Ground Up - an educational collaboration of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), The National Optical Astronomical Observatory (NOAO), and the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ATSC), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The program has been in place for two years now, and I've been applying to attend since the beginning (and am happy to be selected this year). Astronomy From the Ground Up is a program developed to provide Informal Science Educators at science centers, nature centers, museums and other informal educational venues with new and innovative ways to communicate astronomy content to their visitors.