Take Your Seattle: Day 4
This post was originally named 'Didn't We Have a Lovely Time the Day We Went to Seattle?' but that was too long, and rather arcane. Why can't I name posts properly? I guess I don't have a good enough memory for enigmatic lyrics.
So day three we hooked up with a ebullient Kiwi named Angela for the day. She was travelling with a cask of embryos to take back to her workplace, which was a sperm bank in London (they asked her at the airport if she was travelling with anyone else and she was like, "Well, four potential people...") We went to Pioneer Square again and then went around Chinatown, but there wasn't much to do. Charlotte and I proposed Bubble Tea, but no takers. So we went to The Crumpet Shop in Pike's Place market for Second Breakfast (you know it's a bad sign when you're eating like a hobbit). This was very English and genteel, plus they had Marmite, if you're an ex-pat who likes that sort of thing.
A little more time looking round Pike's Place, because seriously that place is labyrinthine, and then we went to Pirate's Plunder, the cheesiest pirate-themed shop in the world. We had a seafood lunch on the seafront, watching the rain outside and the boats slosh around. Following this was checking out time, very sad. The Green Tortoise hostel truly is a superior specimen.
On the way back we stopped off at the Seattle City Library, which is architecturally very interesting. (I have pictures, these will turn up soon.) It was a weird glass and metal structure which despite bizarre construction seemed to turn out as a very effective public library. Nice. Train journey back was uneventful, I slept through most of it and Alice wrote "Alice is my idol! She rocks my world." on my arm (this still hasn't quite come off). Completely knackered by the time we got back, so sat around drinking G&Ts and watching Scrubs.
So, hooray! That was our Seattle trip. I would recommend Seattle, it is officially ACE.
So day three we hooked up with a ebullient Kiwi named Angela for the day. She was travelling with a cask of embryos to take back to her workplace, which was a sperm bank in London (they asked her at the airport if she was travelling with anyone else and she was like, "Well, four potential people...") We went to Pioneer Square again and then went around Chinatown, but there wasn't much to do. Charlotte and I proposed Bubble Tea, but no takers. So we went to The Crumpet Shop in Pike's Place market for Second Breakfast (you know it's a bad sign when you're eating like a hobbit). This was very English and genteel, plus they had Marmite, if you're an ex-pat who likes that sort of thing.
A little more time looking round Pike's Place, because seriously that place is labyrinthine, and then we went to Pirate's Plunder, the cheesiest pirate-themed shop in the world. We had a seafood lunch on the seafront, watching the rain outside and the boats slosh around. Following this was checking out time, very sad. The Green Tortoise hostel truly is a superior specimen.
On the way back we stopped off at the Seattle City Library, which is architecturally very interesting. (I have pictures, these will turn up soon.) It was a weird glass and metal structure which despite bizarre construction seemed to turn out as a very effective public library. Nice. Train journey back was uneventful, I slept through most of it and Alice wrote "Alice is my idol! She rocks my world." on my arm (this still hasn't quite come off). Completely knackered by the time we got back, so sat around drinking G&Ts and watching Scrubs.
So, hooray! That was our Seattle trip. I would recommend Seattle, it is officially ACE.
posted by susie r at 8:40 PM
6 Comments:
Just a note: if you ARE an ex-pat who enjoys Marmite, you are officially a muppet.
Why are your friends writing on your arm and not in your diary amongst all the doodles and other random comments?
Sorry Susie I am completely gatecrashing your blog, but look-
http://hit40uk.com/birthday
I was quite amused but I thought you would be suitably disgusted that Phil Collins was number 1 the day I was born! :D
Still sounds like you're having a mazing time. We miss you tho, just been planning a Glasgow crimble for 4 (sniff).
Love you!!
Hello all.
Nick, my diary is quite full of doodles as in the days of yore, don't you worry.
Nicky, I am so sad to miss Scotland crimble. Maybe you could make some sort of puppet with glasses and pretend I am there? That would make me feel better. Aww, I will miss all of you back at home this Christmas! xxx
I'm finally about to put up some photos from Seattle, if anyone is bothered.
Those are some pretty ace sky-blue nails. Cute Otters, too. There was a story on the local news last night about how these sneaky, vicious otters has ran into people's back gardens and stolen all their fish from the pond. In typical local news-fashion, the people all had captions under their names such as "Otter Spotter" or "Fish Fan", and they had to wander around their ponds looking woeful.
The highlight for me though was the final decleration that if the Otters didn't stop, they may have to resort to electric fences: a bit of an extreme move, no? I thought that was reserved for prisons only really....
Haha 'take your seattle'
I definitely laughed.
Your trip looked wonderful.
I fell in love with that place when I went there.
Gorgeous photos of views you took and you saw the Aquarium, yaaaay.
And the frasier coffee shop. I couldn't find it cos i'm a spack.
Heeee :) You sound so civilised 'sitting around drinking g&ts'. I miss doing that.
Haha 'take your seattle'
I definitely laughed.
Your trip looked wonderful.
I fell in love with that place when I went there.
Gorgeous photos of views you took and you saw the Aquarium, yaaaay.
And the frasier coffee shop. I couldn't find it cos i'm a spack.
Heeee :) You sound so civilised 'sitting around drinking g&ts'. I miss doing that.
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