Coming Soon...

I promise that my post about Seattle is coming soon...work and life have just gotten in the way, but hopefully this will help tide you over until I can finish it.

Erin and I with all the beautiful flowers at Pikes Place Market

A few things I learned about Seattle:

* There are 98 Starbuck's within a 5 mile radius of downtown. And these people don't even really like Starbuck's - they prefer Tully's (another chain) or independent coffee shops.

* Seattle has 230 overcast days each year and 190 completely cloudy with ZERO sunshine days. Four of the overcast days were while I was there. But, the sun did break through several times and Sunday afternoon was beautiful!

* The Space Needle wasn't the original name of the Seattle landmark, but a nickname that stuck after a reporter who was making fun said that the tower looked like a flying saucer.

* The original name of Seattle was Duwomp. Seriously! I'm going to start referring to Erin and Brian as Duwompers. Too bad they don't live in the Seattle suburb of Fremont, then I could call them Fremonsters!

Countdown to Seattle...

I can't believe that my trip to Seattle to see my sister and her husband is almost here! It has been nearly three and a half months since I have seen them and it feels like forever.

I'm looking forward to...

Seeing the house boat from "Sleepless in Seattle"

Going to the space needle

Shopping at Pikes Place Market -
maybe I'll even get a free hug too

But most of all, I can't wait to hug this girl and see her pretty face!

Overheard On Our Evening Walk

Mike to passing man while we are walking: Hi there, is that a maltipoo?

Man: It is - how did you know that?

Mike: I don't know, just a guess...

Man: I hate this dog. I feel so gay walking him.