Seattle in a Day

Tuesday, Brent had to go out of town to work. Seattle in fact. What would be more fun then to tag along with him and call up my brother and hang out with him? So when Brent found out there was a job in Seattle I started to brainstorm. I immediately called up my brother, who by the way lives two hours outside of Seattle - I should say it takes two hours to get to Seattle because he has to take the ferry into Seattle. So I call up Doug and proceed to tell him that Brent has a job in Union Gap (two hours the south of Seattle) to do and that maybe we can tag along if I come in town. Few complications though, I needed to get a sub at school (work). I also needed to make sure I could use a ticket to fly with Brent.
My brother called me on Monday and said that the stage was "set" ; he and Mateo were "sick." Now I had to follow through on my end, I still had yet to find a sub and hope that I could catch a flight with Brent.
Found a sub for my group of kids - now I am free to go!!! But there was a slight problem - not really a problem, just hmmm, I could not use the free ticket on Delta to fly with Brent; the plane was booked, in fact overbooked. Easy solution, I fly up on Southwest and use one of the other tickets. That was easy. Only problem, if that is what you want to call it - the reason I was going with Brent was to drive the two + hours with him and my flight arrived about an hour and a half after Brent's. Oh well, guess he is traveling to Union Gap by himself, I will catch up with him later, on the plane home.
I get the kids out the door and off and their way to school, drop my time card by at the school I work at and head for the airport. Get on the plane - arrive in Seattle - and the AWESOME day begins. Seriously, it was so nice just to get away, even if it was for a day.
Doug and Mateo and the pugs - Chucho and Apple met me at the airport and off we went. They asked what I wanted to do and I was game for anything. I was along for the ride.
First thing, we were hungry so they took me to one of their favorite soup places. Pho (pronounced F-uh). I told Brent it is like Ramen Noodles - only better - on steroids. A small bowl was freakin huge, but I ate it all. The soup had chicken, green onions, and lots of noodles. Then you could put in sprouts, jalapenos, basil, and lime, plus a few different kinds of sauces. It was delicious!
We then drove around a very old cemetery looking for Bruce Lee's grave - never found it, sure we saw it and did not realize it, but it was an awesome cemetery. Went to the arboretum. Beautiful, blew a whole roll of black and white film in here (for my Photography class - otherwise I would normally use a digital). Went to Theo's chocolate - a Fair Trade Certified, Organic chocolate place. They have the BEST chocolate!!!! My brother bought me a chocolate hotcake to bring home and bake - holy cow - that thing was so rich! Brent loved it, I could only have a couple of bites before needing a drink of milk.
we then drove around downtown Seattle, drove past where Doug and Mateo have lived, drove past a very cute Disneyland like house - would have taken pics, but honestly, black and white would not have done this house justice. Went to a small, eclectic market and bought a few snacks and went to Kerry Park (I believe that is what it is called) it overlooked Seattle and sat there and ate our snacks. I did take a few pics, I will have to see how they turn out.
Lastly, we went and had dinner - this is where we met up with Brent. Thai Tom's. If you ever head to Seattle this place is a MUST!!! It is very similar to Tepanyaki or Benihana's, but prices are much cheaper, the place is much smaller, service is quick, and the food is AWESOME!!! Brent had Swimming Rama with a heat of four and I had Thai noodles with chicken and veggies - heat of three. Doug and Mateo had a Coconut soup with chicken (heat of three) and this soup was to die for. It was sooo good.
After all this fun, Brent and I headed for the airport. The day was awesome. Just to be able to get away and not have to worry about work or school. It was short, but fun, one that needs to be repeated again.