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¡Vaya Con Dios! Bobby Fisher:Seattle, Day 2
Sunday started out with a delightful homemade breakfast; Mindy threw together some ridiculous omelettes. After that, a nice church service. The church was simply a small urban mission, but the people were very friendly and the young pastor delivered an excellent sermon. The weather was again impeccable: sunny, clear, and in the 50’s. We drove to Kerry Park, north of the city. I was told it was “the postcard lookout of the city”, and one could understand why: a really beautiful, elevated view of the entire downtown area. Looking down on the north side of town, the Space Needle and Experience Music Project are skewed to the size of the buildings downtown; they’re actually quite a bit smaller. We then journeyed to the other side of the island/peninsula/whatever you want to describe Seattle’s geography as and stopped at a quaint little part on Lake Washington. The whole area on the east side was very green and beautiful. The houses were also large, old, and luxurious.
Following the sightseeing we hit a Capitol Hill sandwich joint called The Honeyhole. A quality sandwich joint, I must admit. I decided to walk on the wild side with an all vegetable sandwich, and it was actually rather good. There were some Vegan-like tofu or soy things in there that had some different consistancy (well, different than say, turkey), but the taste was excellent. We then hit up Cafe Victrola. CV is a large, spacious coffee house with gratuitous wireless access, of course.
Next stop: Vancouver. M and I jumped in the car and started north. The BC border is only about one and a half hours drive from Seattle, with Vancouver another 30-45 minutes after that. The city of Vancouver is a lot bigger than I had anticipated: we drove through it for a good 20 minutes before reaching Vancouver Island, where the hotel was. The Ramada. Lovely. I was surprised to find that despite the city, almost nothing is open after 9 on Sundays. Some walking around found us at Malone’s bar and grill, which had some good local brews on draft. The local standard, Kokanee, was of course there, with Russells and some other small time local stuff available as well. Got to love Candian beer. And there the night ended, a long day of seeing Vancouver ahead of us.
Posted February 21, 2005 10:25 AM
Comments
what sweetness you ask? new spoonies........ gimme friction is the name of the album. pretty awesome. what they did to i summon you will make one melt away. also, new beck and prefuse 73. dolomite, pick me up something from the coast...watch out for flying fish!!!
Posted by: bobby fisher at February 21, 2005 11:50 AM
geez, I think I just peed my pants. Spoon, beck, and prefuse? It's like a new music orgy!
Posted by: jvh at February 22, 2005 10:21 AM
I also want some sweet Canuck stuff from the coast. Hook up a brotha. Do they got some nice local brew out there? I gots to get a beer.
Posted by: mvh at February 22, 2005 10:49 AM
Good times. Thanks.
Posted by: Mindy at February 22, 2005 11:10 AM