Blogs from Seattle, Washington, United States, North America - page 2

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mrzoltland
November 11th 2012

Vasarnap reggel kisse borus volt az ido, bar olykor azert volt egy kis napsutes is. Egy ujabb kesoi ebredest kovetoen igyekeztunk visszaterni a C J's Eatery-be, azonban az sajnos tele volt, igy egy, a kozelben levo helyre ultunk be egy hasonlo amerikai reggelire (omlett, palacsinta), egesz jo volt. Ezt kovetoen autoba ultunk, es eszaknyugat fele, Everett iranyaba autoztunk, ott van ugyanis a Boeing-gyar. A parkolo mellett helyezkedik el a latogato-kozpont, a masik iranyban pedig a szerelocsarnokok es egyeb teruletek, melyekre mindjart kiterek. A latogato-kozpontban van termeszetesen egy ajandekbolt, egy kis kavezo/kajalda es egy repulessel kapcsolatos kiallitas, ahol a sugarhajtasu utasszallitok tortenete es gepmodellek mellett ott volt egy Boeing 747-400-as eletnagysagu fuggoleges vezersikja (a gep farka) - kb 4-szer olyan magas, mint en :) Kulonbozo hajtomuvek is ki voltak itt alli... read more




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Lauren and Ben Kenny
November 1st 2012

We landed at Seattle airport not 100% sure who we would be meeting, Hannah or her mum, Corinne. We realised as well that we had not exchanged contact details beyond Facebook, but luckily Hannah checked herself in on Facebook saying she was at the airport picking up an old friend! So you can imagine Lauren's surprise when she suddenly hears Corinne's voice saying "There you are!" It was a lovely surprise though and after big hugs she told us Hannah was driving the car round and they were going to swap as we awaited our bags! Hannah appeared about ten minutes later and we both spotted each other at exactly the same time, and well you know the one, two friends reunited almost running to each other embracing! It was lovely and surreal to be honest, ... read more




No More Pondering!

Published: October 30th 2012North America » United States » Washington » Seattle
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mel71
October 30th 2012

As the title states....no more mucking about! Was speaking with an old business contact immediately prior to typing this, and he explained he had a heart attack in August! Kinda struck me as odd...not because he had it but rather I always considered him invinsible despite his age. I remember my heart attack....thought it was the flu so i slept it off at work inbetween being sick. Enough said! So I thought about things and dis-associated myself with all my "toxic" relationships. Not to say they were bad folks but rather we held nothing for each other...if that makes sense? So this trip will be an weird one! I am off November 12th at 9 pm or so to Los Angeles overnight. Then in the morning to Atlanta,then to Bogota. Long trip!!!!!!! Will spend a week ... read more




Back home in Seattle

Published: October 24th 2012North America » United States » Washington » Seattle
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Jenohn
October 24th 2012

Infinity arrived in Fort Lauderdale early on the morning of Oct. 8. Fittingly it was raining cats and dogs. In fact there was so much lightning that disembarkation had to be halted midway through because of fear someone on the dock would get hit. I managed to get off without incident. I last saw Nancy and Sharon struggling with their luggage as they waited for a shuttle bus to their hotel in Miami. My God they had a lot of baggage. I grabbed a taxi and sped off to my nearby hotel where I had a relaxing day by the pool when the sun finally came out. My plane left early next morning on a direct flight to Seattle. Now that I have been back in my own house for a couple of weeks I can ... read more




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A Travel Story
October 7th 2012

14 of my Indian colleagues and friends visited many of my USA colleagues and friends for a conference with our client. I also got to see a few old friends from my former law firm, and, my younger sister Kathleen and friends were visiting Seattle at the same time!... read more




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So what happens when someone makes Sweetie mad? He gets to ride a 175 foot tall Ferris Wheel over Elliott Bay... After a not so great lunch at Fisherman's - we're almost positive the AHole got frozen fish and prawns. Crab and Cheddar melt is really just bread and cheese. Thank goodness for another perfect 10 weather day and a great view. The view is even better at 175 feet if YOU KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. Probably even better if you hadn't had a cruddy lunch... The mountain range, the bay, the city - really cool and they said we'd only go around 3 times but we actually went 5 times so now someone is very SWEET! Alot of you know that we enjoy baseball and parks so we headed to SafeCo for the last Mariners' ... read more





Today we left hotel and headed back down to water for breakfast at Lowells, located in Pike Place Market. Another beautiful day in Seattle with a little cooler temps. The breakfast was really good - Sweetie had a breakfast sandwich with bacon, egg, cheese and spinach. I had slow braised corn beef hash with poached eggs, yum-yum. A little shopping produced a long sleeve t-shirt from Pike place fish mkt. for me and Sweetie got a sweatshirt of this little piggy went to market. From there we went to EMP, Experience Music Project museum. Really cool museum with exhibits of the history of guitar (acoustic and electric), Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix and Rolling Stones Exile on Mainstreet 1972 tour. Sweetie's favorite though was Don't Look Now, a history of horror movies. Lunch today was at La Lot ... read more




Seattle - Finally!

Published: October 4th 2012North America » United States » Washington » Seattle

We made it! After a 5 1/2 hour flight - thank goodness for First Class or Lamar may have left :) we arrived in Seattle to perfect weather (74 and sunny). We checked into the Hotel Max downtown and learned what "European style" means - tiny, especially with 6 pieces of luggage... It's a cool hotel - all the doors have pics of musicians and street performers - we have Frank Zappa -a good sign! Starving to death, airplane pizza is not good and you can only eat so many bags of Sun Chips, we found Blue Acre about a block from our hotel. Great choice with great staff - started with Clams in Purgatory - Manilla clams in a garlic, jalapeno, orange zest broth with chunks of Portugese Sausage. Sweetie had the Nordstrom Salad with ... read more




Seattle and Beyond

Published: September 28th 2012North America » United States » Washington » Seattle
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MillsMills
September 28th 2012

So the great thing about Seattle is the abundance of coffee. There was never a shortage of caffeine- especially Starbucks. From the minute we parked on the day we arrived, we were completely wired. The first thing we did was walk down to the Pike Place Market. Since it was late Sunday afternoon, a lot of the market was already closing down, but there was still quite a bit to see. We of course got coffee and posed in front of the world’s first Starbucks. Then we just walked through the market, looking at the fruits and fish and flowers and whatnot. On our way out of the market, we stumbled upon an amazing smell: popcorn. We had discovered a delicious homemade popcorn shop, where samples were plentiful and delicious. I decided to buy a bag ... read more




Pondering Colombia!

Published: September 25th 2012North America » United States » Washington » Seattle
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mel71
September 25th 2012

Well I have read all I can stand...researched way too much and basically now have travel overload. So to alleviate said blues/too much information overload, I took a day of reflection. Up to Snoqualmie Falls (pictures to follow). I was saddened that the trail to the bottom of the falls is closed until March 2013....but alas was still a nice day capped off with a good cigar and a few drinks at a favorite watering hole (picture to follow). Am actually looking forward to watching Sister and Brother-in-Law's cat and house for a few days next week. Will be a change of pace at least. So i guess I ought to get off my lazy butt and go do something constructive so to speak, but will post and annotate pictures first. Hasta pronto a todos!... read more









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