1. Ten days ago, we walked around Pioneer Square for their monthly Art Walk. Dozens of art studios in downtown Seattle stay open until 9pm to celebrate the opening of new exhibits with wine and hors d'oeuvres. It's splendid! We happened to stumble upon a chalk display as a neutral medium (meaning no one has any more experience in sidewalk chalk than anyone else since it's not offered as a course of study) drawn by the students of the Art Institute in Seattle. We even voted on our favorite.
2. This wasn't free, but it nearly was! My girlfriend Brianna came to visit for a few days and we took her to an amazing concert at the Crocodile Cafe for $13! Parachute and The Script played an incredible show. Really, it was one of the best concerts I've EVER been to. SO GOOD. I didn't get many good pictures, but here is one of The Script's lead singer, Danny O'Donoghue, singing his brains out. The venue was small enough so you didn't feel like you were listening to the music without being able to see the band, the crowd was totally into it (myself included), and the actual tunes were stuff of dreams; the entire show was unspeakably good.
3. Thanks to Jason's parents, we went to the Yankees/Mariner's game at no charge on Thursday night. It was rainy outside, but since we're in Seattle, they've got it covered...literally. Jason invited some friends and the four of us had a grand ole time drinking beer and booing the Yankees 12-1 win over the M's. I don't care much about baseball (plus, I'm a Twins fan myself), but games are always a good time.
4. On Sunday night, we made our way over to Golden Gardens beach in Ballard. It's right on the Puget Sound along with the Shilshole Marina and Beach Club, and various restaurants including Little Coney (my guess is that it's supposed to be a version of a Coney Island eatery on the West Coast) where we got sandwiches, corn dogs, and ice cream. We also got to see the sunset (see below) which was super pretty! Following our recent park theme, we also went over to Discovery Park in Magnolia on Monday night to hike and walk along the beach. I had never been there and neither had Jason, and we found it to be quite delightful for a good workout; I think we walked close to four miles without even realizing it.
5. Yesterday, we drove over to Snoqualmie Falls and on our way, stopped at Triple X Root Beer which is a hole-in-the-wall, grease-gut-inducing fast food restaurant to get burgers and homemade root beer. Imagine our surprise when the cheeseburger came out and it was as big as Jason's head! (Luckily, we only ordered one of those.) This place has been around for years and claims it is one of the last original fast food restaurants, which, by the looks of it, may very well be true. It's a dive, but it was yummy! (I only had a stomach ache for a mere few hours after our lunch.)
6. Then, we continued onward to Snoqualmie Falls which is right before the Cascade Mountain range and Stevens Pass. It's this beautiful 268-foot waterfall that crashes into a perfectly clear pool of water and flows into a river (Snoqualmie River?), I think. It is freaking gorgeous. There's an upscale resort called Salish Lodge and Spa which overlooks the falls and there are multiple hiking trails, one which took us down to the bottom boardwalk of the park where we climbed over the railing and walked right up to the water. Many people were down there; some were swimming, some were sunning, one person was even kayaking up to the base of the waterfall. It was such a fun day and all for free! :)
(The first shot is from the top observation deck, the second is from the bottom lookout point.)
Afterwards, upon driving back to Seattle, we got a call from Jason's cousin and proceeded to spend the rest of the evening on their boat for to socialize, swim, drink a few beers, and catch the sunset. Today, we're doing the same thing!
Cheers to funemployment! :)
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