Seattle, Day 1

Ah, Seattle! After doing tequila shots at the airport, D and I had an uneventful airplane ride to the west coast. I worked a little bit on my sock, D read "Murder on the Orient Express", and before we knew it Mount Rainier was in the distance and we were touching down.

Yesterday was busy, busy, busy. Of course we went to the Pike Place Market, saw those guys throw fish around, saw that pig everyone sits on (including me), and saw lots of fruit and veggies.

Look at all the people and food.

I really wanted to see the Seattle Public Library since it inspired the Koolhaus hat, which I hope to knit one day. D and I spent some time relaxing on the 8th floor. I relived my childhood by reading old Doonsbury cartoons. Hmmm...what kind of childhood did I have?

We headed over to Pioneer Square for the Seattle Underground Tour (there is a whole section of Seattle built over the first floors of older buildings. Who knew? Oh yeah...the people of Seattle).

After that, we were both pretty tired, but we had one more event for the day planned, so we hopped on a bus and to...

A Mariner's Game! Of course we went to see a baseball game!

Safeco Field rocks. First of all, the ticket guy was one of the friendliest people ever. Second of all, it was Stitch-n-Pitch night and a knitter threw out the first pitch! They also sell these awesome Garlic French Fries there.

AND! You can get sushi and Sake there, which of course we had to do, since there is nothing even remotely that classy at the Metrodome. In fact, after being at Coors Field in May and now Safeco Field...well, let's just say I can't wait for the new Twins stadium.

And to end the day, I caught a fly ball! Woo-hoo!

Comments

Sol said…
Good Work I really like the way you recount
August 8, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Anonymous said…
It looks like you are having a wonderful time. Did you get the ball autographed? Enjoy talk to you when you get back.

Mom
August 8, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I have entered the blogosphere!

Image
Well, after thinking about starting a blog for several years now, I've finally done it. Bear with me as I get the hang of it. This will mostly be a knitting blog...which I guess means I'll need to knit a lot. No problem there. Why the name, "Knitting in Transit"? Because "Knitting on the Bus" was taken. I'm sure this is only being read by family and friends, and you all know I don't own a car and get around to and fro on the bus. Where I do a lot of knitting. Expect that I may also regale you with my tales of riding the bus. Well, I can't very well have a knitting blog without a picture of something I knit, so here you go. My latest FO...Dad's Sweater. More about this later.
Read more

Report from the RNC

Image
In the end, I couldn't resist the pull of thousands of suited Republicans in St. Paul and D and I headed downtown last night to check things out. Actually, that's a lie. What compelled me down there was my support of St. Paul business. The Pioneer Press reported yesterday on how dismal business was for some of the restaurants and shops around the convention. I figured, "Well, if the Republicans won't eat there, I WILL!" After work we headed to Cosetta's . As you can see...definite lack of Republicans. They were all outside on the street. I have to say, in my Ravelry t-shirt and Chacos, I felt a little out of place. This is as close as we could get to the Excel Energy Center. It looks like the city is on lockdown. While we were just standing around, Sean Hannity passed right by us. I've never watched a day of Fox News in my life, so I would not have known this if someone nearby had not pointed him out. Then I snapped pictures like a good blogger. We then ...
Read more

Anti-Valentine's Day

I'm not wild about Valentine's Day. Why designate one day of the year to show people you love them? Why not just do that everyday? D and I have never really done anything special for Valentine's Day. I can't even remember if we saw each other last year on Valentine's Day! This year, I want to do have an Anti-Valentine's Day. I want to spend the day with D, but do things that are the opposite of what you might do on Valentine's Day. So far, the only thing I have come up with is watching a horror movie. Since neither of us like horror movies, we probably won't do that, but I am looking for things in that spirit. Please help me. Leave any ideas you might have in comments. If you leave an idea and we do that, you'll get a special treat. Probably chocolate. Or Gummy Bears if you prefer that sort of thing.
Read more