Seattle!

Just wanted to do a quick post about our recent trip to Seattle! It was very cold there, it was in the 50s during the day, and for a Texas girl that is not acceptable for summer time!

Business: We had a workshop there. There were 16 students so we had 4 instructors. We went out downtown in the Bellvue area which was trendy and fun. No real exciting work stories, everyone was fairly normal which is always a blessing and makes for an easy weekend.

Shopping: None happened. SHOCKER! It's a really indie, artsy town so everything had a grungy flair to it which is just not my style. And besides the regular stores that you can find in malls, nothing was special.

Food: Because Seattle is such a seaside town there is seafood everywhere! We ate so much salmon, fish and chips, fish tacos, and shellfish. It was so fresh and delicious. You can see Mr. Shrimpie at the picture above on the right. We went to a restaurant that piled all of the shellfish on the table in front of you and you whack the crab, shrimp, mussels, oysters, lobster and shrimp open with a mallet. That restaurant, The Crab Pot, was featured on Man vs. Food and we ate the meal on the show. It was a LOT of food.

Another cool thing we found in Seattle was The Crumpet Shop. If you don't know exactly what it is, a crumpet is the English version of an english muffin (english muffins are not British at all, it is completely Americanized with just English in front of it). Adam LOVES crumpets and I do also but we have not found them in the states yet. It was so exciting and fun to find a place over here that does them and gives us a little slice of the UK. I know Adam misses London and little things like that always put a smile on his face.

When we were in Seattle it was the weekend of the Seattle Marathon and Gay Pride so the city was a buzz with people. I love pride parades and the eccentricity of it so I loved being there for that.

So that's a summary on my Seattle weekend. I have been to the city a few times before and it still hasn't left a real impression on me, neither good or bad. If you have any thoughts on Seattle let me know, I would love to hear them!