Days 8-10, Getting Caught Up (Sorry!)
So, it’s Monday (or “day 10” as I’ve been counting) and I haven’t blogged in a while... i’ve just found it hard to recently I guess, not for any one reason, I’ve just been falling a little behind. I’m catching up tonight... starting with Saturday, the 23rd. I’m gonna post them separately...
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Day 8, Saturday, 5.23.09
I spent Saturday with my family here. It was a day they could all go out and do something, so I wanted to join them. We started by first going into Seattle, our destination: the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. We saw some cool sights on the way as well. The locks were pretty sweet; it’s where they lower and raise the water level to let all kinds of ships go through to the next body of water.
There also is the fish ladders there (don’t ask me to explain that; all I know is that the fish swim backwards and it has to do with mating, look it up if you’re interested, that’s what wikipedia’s for). After that we headed to Freemont to see the troll. He was kind of a creeper (but cool).
His friend was too, we passed by this weird little guy on some street in Freemont
We walked around Freemont a bit, went to a high class organic chocolate shop call “Theo” (they have samples of almost all their chocolates there, and it’s all pretty amazing - pretty off the wall at times too, with flavors like “coconut curry” and chai). I really liked Freemont, it had its own cool little feel... pretty hippie, but really likable. We topped off the day with going to Anthony’s seafood restaurant, had really good seafood, then I finished my day with watching the second half of the Laker game - I almost had a heart attack, but we won in the end. Overall a really nice day.
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Day 9, Sunday, 5.24.09
On Sunday I played hookie - I decided to get an early start on a day in Seattle. I hadn’t spent a lot of time exploring there so I decided Sunday was the day. I left pretty early from the house and drove straight to my first destination: Capitol Hill. I lucked out with 3 hr parking right next to a park, got my bike out, and rode to Vivace, an espresso stand in the heart of the neighborhood. I got a latte... it was insanely good. The baristas do latte art on every hot drink, it’s a beautiful thing that adds a really special touch to the drink. I sat and read for a while, enjoying my drink. After I finished, I biked around the city for over an hour. I think that area has been my favorite yet. In one area is the hip busy vibe, then bike down a few blocks and hang a right and you hit nothing but beautiful, huge, classic homes. I rode up some big hills, found a cool park, explored, yada yada yada. After all that I went through downtown to the waterfront, scored some more premium free parking, and biked around. I got lunch at a little hot dog stand called Frankfurter’s... it was the best hot dog I’ve ever had in my life. Paired it with the freshest strawberry lemonade I’ve ever had in my life. Heaven.
I hopped on the ferry to Bainbridge Island, which was a pretty sweet experience because I got to ride my bike onto the ferry with all the cars. I got a tip from a local that I should check out a bike shop close to the dock on Bainbridge, so I did. It ended up being pretty much the only interesting thing on the island, but it was awesome. Tons of old historical track bikes, including the track bike used to set the *paced* land-speed record on bicycle in 1935, meaning he kept a certain speed for a mile... that speed being 81 mph. For a mile. On a freakin bicycle. I was awed. Here it is:
After that I caught the next ferry back & went home for the night, here's the last pic I took that day, it’s on the ferry headed back to Seattle:
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Day 10, Monday, 5.24.09
That brings me to today. I rested for a while in the morning and headed out at noon. I had a really similar day to yesterday, and it was just as nice. I hung around Freemont for a bit (rode my bike around this time), got lunch there, drove to gasworks park (which was a pretty sweet place, totally unique).
After that decided I needed coffee (GOOD coffee) so I headed to Capitol Hill. On my way there I drove through an area called “Queen Anne Hill”. It was basically just a HUGE hill in the middle of Seattle, where a lot of the old money lives. I didn’t know where I was going so I just took whichever turn headed me upward at every stop. It was an incredible view! From there I made my way to Vivace in Capitol Hill for round 2. The iced mocha was incredible. Relaxed there for a bit, then headed to the waterfront; I wanted to venture through a little place I’d only previously driven through, called Pioneer Square. Scored with MORE free all day parking, and rode my bike to the area. This had to be my 3rd favorite area, which is still saying a lot of the others because I loved this place (#1 being Capitol Hill area and #2 being Freemont). I should do some research on it because it had such a classic feel, a lot like downtown Boston - really old buildings in beautiful condition, lots of trees & shade, statues throughout. I stopped into a huge toy store called Magic Mouse Toys, which is apparently somewhat of a landmark in Seattle. I bought something cool, not gonna give it away though in case I decide to try it out on some of you. After all that exploring I went home to watch the Laker game, which ended up being a huge disappointment that I don’t even want to comment on because I can feel my temperature rising already as its still very fresh... I’m ok though because we get to play at home on Wednesday, which will hopefully make a lot of difference. Overall take home value of the game for all you interested - never leave your child alone in the same room with a Denver fan if said child is not from Denver and/or a Nuggets fan. They’re downright evil people. And I strongly believe the Oscar needs to enter into the arena of professional basketball after the astounding performances I’ve witnessed from a few of the Denver players... those little Nugs sure can ACT! I hope there’s a reasonable amount Denver fans represented in L.A. this coming game so I can watch at least a few of them wet themselves in shame as Kobe leads his team to victory and makes them sincerely regret chanting “Kobe sucks!” on many occasions (which surely goes against all logic, as Kobe’s statistics in the past 4 games [not to mention his entire career] have been phenomenal, and stand up on their own). ANYWAY, all that to say I’m a little upset, but hopeful for game 5.
I’m turning in for the night, sorry to those of you who still read this, I’ve meant to be more regular so I don’t feel pressured to unload it all at once and just push through it (ha, pardon the Biological allusions)... but thanks to you who still do read, it gives it a purpose, makes me feel like I’m still somewhat a part of my community. I bid you all adieu, and leave you to simply bask in a photo of pure greatness embodied in a man. Goodnight.
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Day 8, Saturday, 5.23.09
I spent Saturday with my family here. It was a day they could all go out and do something, so I wanted to join them. We started by first going into Seattle, our destination: the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. We saw some cool sights on the way as well. The locks were pretty sweet; it’s where they lower and raise the water level to let all kinds of ships go through to the next body of water.
There also is the fish ladders there (don’t ask me to explain that; all I know is that the fish swim backwards and it has to do with mating, look it up if you’re interested, that’s what wikipedia’s for). After that we headed to Freemont to see the troll. He was kind of a creeper (but cool).
His friend was too, we passed by this weird little guy on some street in Freemont
We walked around Freemont a bit, went to a high class organic chocolate shop call “Theo” (they have samples of almost all their chocolates there, and it’s all pretty amazing - pretty off the wall at times too, with flavors like “coconut curry” and chai). I really liked Freemont, it had its own cool little feel... pretty hippie, but really likable. We topped off the day with going to Anthony’s seafood restaurant, had really good seafood, then I finished my day with watching the second half of the Laker game - I almost had a heart attack, but we won in the end. Overall a really nice day.
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Day 9, Sunday, 5.24.09
On Sunday I played hookie - I decided to get an early start on a day in Seattle. I hadn’t spent a lot of time exploring there so I decided Sunday was the day. I left pretty early from the house and drove straight to my first destination: Capitol Hill. I lucked out with 3 hr parking right next to a park, got my bike out, and rode to Vivace, an espresso stand in the heart of the neighborhood. I got a latte... it was insanely good. The baristas do latte art on every hot drink, it’s a beautiful thing that adds a really special touch to the drink. I sat and read for a while, enjoying my drink. After I finished, I biked around the city for over an hour. I think that area has been my favorite yet. In one area is the hip busy vibe, then bike down a few blocks and hang a right and you hit nothing but beautiful, huge, classic homes. I rode up some big hills, found a cool park, explored, yada yada yada. After all that I went through downtown to the waterfront, scored some more premium free parking, and biked around. I got lunch at a little hot dog stand called Frankfurter’s... it was the best hot dog I’ve ever had in my life. Paired it with the freshest strawberry lemonade I’ve ever had in my life. Heaven.
I hopped on the ferry to Bainbridge Island, which was a pretty sweet experience because I got to ride my bike onto the ferry with all the cars. I got a tip from a local that I should check out a bike shop close to the dock on Bainbridge, so I did. It ended up being pretty much the only interesting thing on the island, but it was awesome. Tons of old historical track bikes, including the track bike used to set the *paced* land-speed record on bicycle in 1935, meaning he kept a certain speed for a mile... that speed being 81 mph. For a mile. On a freakin bicycle. I was awed. Here it is:
After that I caught the next ferry back & went home for the night, here's the last pic I took that day, it’s on the ferry headed back to Seattle:
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Day 10, Monday, 5.24.09
That brings me to today. I rested for a while in the morning and headed out at noon. I had a really similar day to yesterday, and it was just as nice. I hung around Freemont for a bit (rode my bike around this time), got lunch there, drove to gasworks park (which was a pretty sweet place, totally unique).
After that decided I needed coffee (GOOD coffee) so I headed to Capitol Hill. On my way there I drove through an area called “Queen Anne Hill”. It was basically just a HUGE hill in the middle of Seattle, where a lot of the old money lives. I didn’t know where I was going so I just took whichever turn headed me upward at every stop. It was an incredible view! From there I made my way to Vivace in Capitol Hill for round 2. The iced mocha was incredible. Relaxed there for a bit, then headed to the waterfront; I wanted to venture through a little place I’d only previously driven through, called Pioneer Square. Scored with MORE free all day parking, and rode my bike to the area. This had to be my 3rd favorite area, which is still saying a lot of the others because I loved this place (#1 being Capitol Hill area and #2 being Freemont). I should do some research on it because it had such a classic feel, a lot like downtown Boston - really old buildings in beautiful condition, lots of trees & shade, statues throughout. I stopped into a huge toy store called Magic Mouse Toys, which is apparently somewhat of a landmark in Seattle. I bought something cool, not gonna give it away though in case I decide to try it out on some of you. After all that exploring I went home to watch the Laker game, which ended up being a huge disappointment that I don’t even want to comment on because I can feel my temperature rising already as its still very fresh... I’m ok though because we get to play at home on Wednesday, which will hopefully make a lot of difference. Overall take home value of the game for all you interested - never leave your child alone in the same room with a Denver fan if said child is not from Denver and/or a Nuggets fan. They’re downright evil people. And I strongly believe the Oscar needs to enter into the arena of professional basketball after the astounding performances I’ve witnessed from a few of the Denver players... those little Nugs sure can ACT! I hope there’s a reasonable amount Denver fans represented in L.A. this coming game so I can watch at least a few of them wet themselves in shame as Kobe leads his team to victory and makes them sincerely regret chanting “Kobe sucks!” on many occasions (which surely goes against all logic, as Kobe’s statistics in the past 4 games [not to mention his entire career] have been phenomenal, and stand up on their own). ANYWAY, all that to say I’m a little upset, but hopeful for game 5.
I’m turning in for the night, sorry to those of you who still read this, I’ve meant to be more regular so I don’t feel pressured to unload it all at once and just push through it (ha, pardon the Biological allusions)... but thanks to you who still do read, it gives it a purpose, makes me feel like I’m still somewhat a part of my community. I bid you all adieu, and leave you to simply bask in a photo of pure greatness embodied in a man. Goodnight.
posted by nhuesmann at
12:08 AM
3 Comments:
81 mph how i would love to! bc i am such a slow reader i mostly look at your pictures and i am jealous. have fun buddy
I love Vivace. You may also want to try Victrola in Capitol Hill. They make pretty much the best Americano I've ever had. It's near a cool restaurant called Coastal Kitchen which has good food. It's been good to read your updates and I love the pictures.
I liked the picture of the locks...
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