Day #5 and #6

Saturday: I went shopping at The Commons at Federal Way. That's not REALLY Seattle, but it's close. I also got to work in the dark, because Issaquah is still in the dark with no power. It wasn't so bad, and actually fun because Kris was with me and there were candles everywhere. It was pretty and a calm night, once the kids went to bed.

Sunday: Today I...drank some Starbucks. That's a Seattle thing, right? So maybe today was not a day when I did alot of Seattle-ish things, but what can you do. I had a lazy day, because there was no church and it is cold outside.

Day #5

Today after I got off work early (the power was out in Issaquah) Mel and I went to Westlake Center shopping. I got Kris' anniversary stuff almost done, and Mel and Dionne's 6th and 7th days of Hanukkah. Westlake Center is so much fun during the holidays, and today was no different. And after the shopping spree Mel and I had something to drink and headed home. It was fun fun fun, and we're going to do it again!

Day #4

Today I got to experience the Wind Storm of 2006. We lost power at work (our house is still lit up, but it's super windy outside), and traffic was really bad so I stayed there for a while. We might get hurricane force winds tonight. I can't imagine what it's going to look like when I open the front door tomorrow.

I also got to experience the Seahawks getting their asses kicked. two weeks in a row. and it was for the division. suck.

Day #3

Today I went with Jess, Ethan, Sophie and Anna to Children's Hospital. Sophie spent the first 6 months of her life there, and we went today to drop off 50+ magazines for the breastfeeding rooms and to drop off pasteries and muffins and oranges in the Parent's Area, where parents stay overnight in these sparse little rooms when their children are in the NICU. It was fun, but let me tell you..traffic was a pain and dragging three young kids all over the hospital was not easy. So for today my experience in Seattle was the amazing place that is Children's Hospital. They save many little teeny lives every day, and for that, Thank you!

Day #2

Today Ethan and I visited a very wet, cold and deserted Woodland Park Zoo. I think it's been 15+ years since I've been, and to be honest, I was a bit disappointed. Since it was cold the animals we're really out so much, and after about an hour Ethan was ready to call it a day. We did, however, managed to see the Elephant (not pink, much to Ethan's dismay. He has a new book, and in it, there is a pink elephant. he wanted the elephant to come over to his house, but we tried to explain to him that the elephant would ruin his house, if it could even find a way in. he didn't believe us, so I figured a little trip to the Elephant's home would fix the problem. or not...), and also a lone giraffe, and some hippos.

I thought I'd make a little list of some of the things I'd like to experience (and re-experience) in Seattle in the next month:

-Pike Place
-Gasworks
-Westlake Center
-the Space Needle
-the Japanese market
-the Ballard Sunday market
-a ferry ride

maybe I'll get to do some of these when my cousin is in town...!! yay for visitors who give me a good excuse to act like a tourist all day long!

30 days of blogging...

I realized the other day that I am extremley lucky to be young and living in such a fun city as Seattle, and that I better take advantage of it. So therefore I've challenged myself to blog for 30 days straight, with a pause at Christmas, about the fun things I get to experience simply because I'm in Seattle. For starters, let's recap the weekend:

Friday night: I spent 4 hours at the Union Gospel Mission's YROC center, working with middle school youth. They have a program called Club Soul. It was fun, and I got called a cracker and casper.

Saturday: The Three Amigas went out to El Chupacabra (it sucked), attempted to go to GreenLake Bar and Grill (it was closed) and ended up at Mullady's, for the first time. Boy was there some drama. Old balls, married man, and the blonde whore made our night more exciting.

Sunday: Ahh, the Seahawks. They sucked this week. But besides that, the whole bunch of us went to Pyramid Ale House and watched the game and had lunch. Later last night Kris took me on an amazing romantic dinner to Six Seven, on the waterfront. Bea-u-tiful! and fun.

Today so far...the only two things that I've encountered that are key to Seattle are a lot of rain and really really bad traffic. Maybe the night will be better...