Well Friday came quick enough
and our friend Tricia "Bender" arrived at night. Amy has been having to commute to a town called Sammamish, so I picked up Bender, made dinner (put in the pre-prepared meal Amy had made the night before) and we caught up until Amy came home. The next day we had plans to show Bender Seattle, and the town did not dissapoint showing us typical Seattle
weather, grey skies and light rain all day. We trudged through the city in our rain gear and made our way to the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). SAM was nice, once inside the lobby there are 3 old cars suspended from the ceiling with lighted wires exploding out of the cars. We also saw a nice exhibit on impressionists. Honestly, it was just nice to get out of the rain. We also wanted to catch lunch at the food network star Mario Batalli's father's deli named "Salumi" but it was closed, so we looked for a restaurant that one of Amy's patients recommended called
2 Degos 
from Texas. We aimlessly walked to its location, but it wasn't
there, so we ended up walking to Seattle Center to see the Space Needle, and have lunch at the EMP (Experience Music Project). We then took the monorail back downtown and walked back to Seattle Public Market and walked around there a bit. Then we walked through Pioneer Square and
stopped into a Starbucks for a bit to avoid the rain, until we were to meet up with my friend Leion for his birthday bash at Seattle's Taproom Grille and Gameworks. We walked over to Taproom and got to try a handful of their 160 beers on tap which was fun. I found some great Hefeweizen beers from Germany that I found to be quite good. We met up with the group of 20 and had dinner and met some fun people. Gameworks after
dinner was also fun, and I was impressed how Bender could stay
out until 1:30 am Seattle time, (4:30 am EST). The next morning we first went to Salty's on Redondo Beach (close to our new house!) for their famous Sunday brunch which is rated #1 in the country
by MSN. The buffet there included all of your normal breakfast fare (mimosas for Bender and Amy too), cooked seafood dishes, and a cold bar of oysters and crab legs. I first attacked the crab legs and after an hour or so, we all waddled out of Salty's with full stomachs. We walked down the pier to catch some views of West Seattle and
saw some crazy scuba divers out in the Puget Sound. Afterwards, we attended the Fremont Oktoberfest. I know...more beer drinking. Bender told us that you may be worried about us Gerry, but trust me, we only have occasional drinks here and there, then again, denial is the first step. Anyway, Oktoberfest was a smaller version of the beerfest that we had tried weeks ago, and I was not entirely impressed, but the sun broke through the clouds and it was a nice day. We did get to see a very animated character (a man) in tight colorful, womens pants "carving" a pumpkin with a
chainsaw. He was quite interesting and relatively entertaining. After we
finished our beers, we walked down to show Bender the Fremont Troll, the Lenin statue, and the "waiting for the Interurban" statue. The Lenin statue was obtained by a resident of Washington teaching English in Poprad, where he found the statue lying in a scrapyard ready to be sold for the price of the bronze. He pulled some strings and here it is in Fremont today. His family still owns it. The people statue or
Waiting for the 
Interurban is an interesting sculpture that
people dress up to their liking. The funny thing is the face of
the dog in the sculpture is said to be modeled after a
politician of Seattle, and therefore, the politician made sure that the artist was not paid
for this piece. After Fremont, we drove to Kerry Park on Queen Anne Hill which Amy and I have been wanting to go to. It supposedly boasts one of the best views of Seattle, and they were right. Unfortunately, Mt. Rainier was under cloud cover that day, but we got
beautiful views of the Space Needle, and downtown Seattle below. We called it a day, and went home, as I had to work the next day. The next day, Amy and Bender went to Ballard, so that Bender could see the Locks, and the salmon ladder. They got to see the
Wizard of
The Deadliest Catch fame go through the locks. Bender left early Tuesday morning and now we are going to begin our packing and moving venture. Tomorrow, we will sign the lease, and move into our new place, and then on Thursday, my sister Vanessa will come visit for the weekend, where we will try to do some whale watching. Until next time folks!
and our friend Tricia "Bender" arrived at night. Amy has been having to commute to a town called Sammamish, so I picked up Bender, made dinner (put in the pre-prepared meal Amy had made the night before) and we caught up until Amy came home. The next day we had plans to show Bender Seattle, and the town did not dissapoint showing us typical Seattle 
weather, grey skies and light rain all day. We trudged through the city in our rain gear and made our way to the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). SAM was nice, once inside the lobby there are 3 old cars suspended from the ceiling with lighted wires exploding out of the cars. We also saw a nice exhibit on impressionists. Honestly, it was just nice to get out of the rain. We also wanted to catch lunch at the food network star Mario Batalli's father's deli named "Salumi" but it was closed, so we looked for a restaurant that one of Amy's patients recommended called 2 Degos 
from Texas. We aimlessly walked to its location, but it wasn't 
there, so we ended up walking to Seattle Center to see the Space Needle, and have lunch at the EMP (Experience Music Project). We then took the monorail back downtown and walked back to Seattle Public Market and walked around there a bit. Then we walked through Pioneer Square and 
stopped into a Starbucks for a bit to avoid the rain, until we were to meet up with my friend Leion for his birthday bash at Seattle's Taproom Grille and Gameworks. We walked over to Taproom and got to try a handful of their 160 beers on tap which was fun. I found some great Hefeweizen beers from Germany that I found to be quite good. We met up with the group of 20 and had dinner and met some fun people. Gameworks after 
saw some crazy scuba divers out in the Puget Sound. Afterwards, we attended the Fremont Oktoberfest. I know...more beer drinking. Bender told us that you may be worried about us Gerry, but trust me, we only have occasional drinks here and there, then again, denial is the first step. Anyway, Oktoberfest was a smaller version of the beerfest that we had tried weeks ago, and I was not entirely impressed, but the sun broke through the clouds and it was a nice day. We did get to see a very animated character (a man) in tight colorful, womens pants "carving" a pumpkin with a 
chainsaw. He was quite interesting and relatively entertaining. After we 
finished our beers, we walked down to show Bender the Fremont Troll, the Lenin statue, and the "waiting for the Interurban" statue. The Lenin statue was obtained by a resident of Washington teaching English in Poprad, where he found the statue lying in a scrapyard ready to be sold for the price of the bronze. He pulled some strings and here it is in Fremont today. His family still owns it. The people statue or Waiting for the 
Interurban is an interesting sculpture that 
people dress up to their liking. The funny thing is the face of 
the dog in the sculpture is said to be modeled after a 
politician of Seattle, and therefore, the politician made sure that the artist was not paid 
for this piece. After Fremont, we drove to Kerry Park on Queen Anne Hill which Amy and I have been wanting to go to. It supposedly boasts one of the best views of Seattle, and they were right. Unfortunately, Mt. Rainier was under cloud cover that day, but we got 
beautiful views of the Space Needle, and downtown Seattle below. We called it a day, and went home, as I had to work the next day. The next day, Amy and Bender went to Ballard, so that Bender could see the Locks, and the salmon ladder. They got to see the Wizard of The Deadliest Catch fame go through the locks. Bender left early Tuesday morning and now we are going to begin our packing and moving venture. Tomorrow, we will sign the lease, and move into our new place, and then on Thursday, my sister Vanessa will come visit for the weekend, where we will try to do some whale watching. Until next time folks!
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