Thursday, October 22, 2009

Seattle and Weddings

Two weeks ago, girlfriend and I flew into Seattle for David & Ji-hye's wedding. Always excited to visit my favorite city west of the Hudson River, we planned to get there three days early to soak up the vibe of the city and inundate our livelihood in coffee. Our plan was to arrive in Seattle around noon on Wednesday, eat and drink non-stop with Greg until David's wedding, and then fly back out Saturday night so that we could make it in time for my cousin's wedding on Sunday. Things didn't quite work out that way. Let's just say, for now, that Delta sucks.

We visited a Japanese Tea Garden outside of Seattle, in the Arboretum because we found ourselves with nothing to do one rainy afternoon. The colors were incredible. My camera phone does no justice.


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And we ate. Tonnes. Standout spots were: Shiro's Japanese for sushi (omakase ftw), Serious Pie for gourmet pizza (usually I abstain from highbrow pizza, but wtf bbq), Paseo for Cuban sandwiches, and Mike's Chili for... yes, chili.

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Serious Pie. There can be a serious wait to get a table.

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Paseo's Cuban sandwich. This was too good. I forgot to take a picture until it was gone.

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Mike's Chili Parlor. I'd eat this any day.

We did a few other things, like some wedding ceremony and ten minutes of a reception (at which I spilled red wine onto a white shirt of my own). Just kidding. My man David got married to his lovely wife Jihye in this great city that Saturday. Sorry we couldn't stick around; my cousin's wedding was just half a day later.

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Gas Works Park

We were able to visit the evo Gear store, which has a bit of an art gallery with art by Spacecraft. There are a bunch of snowboard manufacturers based in the area, not limited to: K2/Ride, Mervin (Gnu, Lib-Tech, Roxy), Nitro, and Signal.

Wow, I can't wait to go back to Seattle. Oh, and for the first time, it rained most of the time that I was there.

1 comment:

plodder said...

Can you believe that all of these photos were taken with cellphones?!

By the way, David & Ji-Hye's wedding was beautiful - one of the most lovely ceremonies I've seen! I especially loved the vow that Ji-Hye sang to Dave! Her voice was amazing! <3