I thought I'd take a break from all those lists and start to do some of my trip recaps because I think the last one I posted was about the Mini in May, so these are definitely overdue. So I'm not really a stranger to meeting people from the internet...those of you who have been reading our blog for awhile know that like to meet random people in random places, befriend them via internet chatter, and then meet them in person (reference:
Airport Chris).
I actually don't remember how I came across
Tanya's blog, but I remember it being one of the first blogs I read when I really started reading a lot of blogs. She took (takes) amazing pictures and
seemed funny and smart. Then she took a break from blogging for awhile. At one point we started tweeting at each other, and thus a friendship was born! Eventually we expanded from Twitter to Facebook and then to e-mail, and soon enough, I was planning a trip to Seattle to check out the hipster capital of the US and see if Tanya really
was a sassy nerd.
I was actually pretty nervous about meeting her - what if we didn't get along? What if it was really awkward and weird? I was staying at her apartment, so if things didn't work out, it was going to make for a long and potentially uncomfortable weekend. We met up at the baggage claim, and luckily, Drunk Claire from my flight was there and gave us a good little conversation to break the ice, and then it was just like we'd known each other forever.
We decided to try to find some food, but it was late, and pretty much everything was closed. We went to this burger place called Dick's, which sold wicked cheap burgers...that they refuse to customize for you because they pre-make them all or something. Do you not like condiments on your burgers? Do you prefer a burger with ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise (like I do)? Well TOO BAD, because Dick's won't make you a burger that isn't on their menu, and all their dinky little burgers come with stuff on them. I ended up just getting some ice cream, and then we high tailed it out of there when a gaggle of very loud teenage girls descended upon the restaurant.
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| SO Seattle |
I don't remember the exact order of all of these pictures, but we basically spent the weekend eating, shopping, watching
Say Yes to the Dress and
Russian Dolls, and doing a few touristy things.
We went to this store called Velocity and I saw these super cute piggies. They are actually functioning piggie banks, and I want one so bad! If you search for them on Velocity's website, you can see they actually come in a ton of different colors!
Of course we went to the Public Market (mainly because I wanted to see "the fish place").
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| "The Fish Place"...meh |
After the fish place, Tanya was all, "We have to go to the gum wall", which if you think is a wall that people put their chewed gum all over, you'd be correct. If you think it's totally disgusting and nasty, then you're also correct.
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| VOM |
Following the gum wall nastiness, we went to Piroshky bakery, where GERRY and I laughed at Tanya because she got roped into a conversation with some randos because their something-or-other's girlfriend was from the same country as Tanya, so OMG, that must mean they know each other.
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| Very tasty - go here if you can! |
After we got our piroshkys (piroshkies? something else completely?) we went and sat by some water. I feel like this is the Puget Sound, but that's probably because that's the only thing I know by Seattle.
On our way back to the apartment, we came across these awesome ghetto dogs who are just TOO COOL FOR YOU. They were wearing money, and we weren't sure if you had to pay to take their picture, but we did, because why not.
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| WE ARE SO COOL |
Then on Saturday night we went on this ghost tour of Seattle, which was actually pretty interesting. This guy who takes ghosthunting WAY too seriously took us around and showed us "famous" spots that may or may not be "haunted". We of course took this very, very seriously.
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| Look! A GHOST!!!!!! |
After the ghost tour, we hit up Serious Pie, which I read about in a magazine. Tanya would check-in there on foursquare and it would make me so jealous, so we had to go there - and it did not disappoint! This is their mushroom pizza, which is deeeelicious. My best friend Jeremy also lives in Seattle for the time being, and he let me try his sausage and peppers pizza, which is also really good. I've basically been craving this pizza non-stop since I left Seattle (and that was over a month ago). I need to get back ASAP!
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| Really good pizza |
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| Tanya (pretending to be Asian) and GERRY (pretending to have blue eyes) |
On Saturday, we got up and - WHAT ELSE - went to eat. We got some really yummy bagels and then did the most logical thing after eating bagels - went and got cupcakes.
While we were out shopping later, we ran into the Occupy Seattle group. Interesting bunch.
This recap post would not be complete with a picture of GERRY's DOLLS. Gerry is an avid
doll action figure collector and this is just a small part of his awesome
extremely dorky collection. Like, seriously - I think I have four other pictures just of his dolls around the apartment.
And here's a picture of me and my lovely host. The weekend turned out even better than I expected!! Tanya is gorgeous (bitch!), has an awesome sense of humor, is wicked smart, and just all around fun. When I came back from Seattle, I couldn't stop telling Marek how much fun I had. I'm already planning my next trip back, and I can't wait (plus, I still REALLY, REALLY want some pizza).
(PS - If you want to check out Tanya's blog post - which has way nicer pictures!! - check it out
here.)
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| See, I cropped out your white socks in this one!! |
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