I dropped Esther off at work so that I would have a car and drove back home because it was too early to venture out. Then at about 8am, I packed up and headed Downtown. I stopped for breakfast at La Panier French Bakery and walked around Pike Place until everything else started opening up. Once shops were open, I mostly just went into the shops that Jonathan, Esther and myself hadn't had time for, like American Apparel and H & M. At about 12ish, I stopped in at the Chocolate Box off Pine St and I was going to order a hot chocolate, but instead ordered some gelato. Afterwards, I almost headed down to the Art Museum, but instead I headed home to West Seattle and took Rae and Fran (J + E's greyhounds) for a walk down to the beach and back.
At 2pm or so, I packed up again and headed to The Junction. I decided I was hungry and should eat lunch, I sat down in the West 5 diner and ordered one of their original classics (the restaurant has been open for a good long while). The place was pretty quiet since I was eating in the middle of the afternoon, and that gave me a wonderful opportunity to chat with my waiter, Don. Don had just come back from a 2 month tour with his band, Earth (http://www.myspace.com/earthofficial), from Europe. He was a lot of fun to talk to, as are most musicians and most Seattle residents. I think that's one reason why I like Seattle so much; it's thriving with such neat people. After lunch I walked around and poked my head into a thrift shop, an antique shop, and then back to the record shop (Easy Street Records). I decided I couldn't leave without buying at least one local artist's CD, so I picked up Mirah's most recent one because I had already been wanting it and when I turned over the cover and saw Olympia, WA, I was sold.
Once I purchased my CD, it was time to trek to Bellevue to pick up Esther. I can say that I have officially experienced city traffic, I was pretty much in a parking lot for bits at a time. My first reaction was to think whether or not there was an accident ahead, but nope, it was just congestion.
In the evening, Jonathan, Esther and I went to the Regal 16 theater in downtown and watched Wolverine. It was good, except for the computer animation in a few scenes, but pshh, it's Wolverine and that in it's self makes it awesome.
Today, I get to enjoy only a few more hours before I have to hop onto a plane and fly home :(
I really love it here and have enjoyed my stay tremendously, I am sad to say goodbye.
...I'm off to enjoy the last bit I have. I will write more tomorrow. C ya!
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