see the world,come home for love: Seattle

Once we were old enough to drive, my friends and I would frequently drive 3 hours north to Seattle, where we'd have lunch on Jackson Street (aka Vietnamese-town), walk through Pike Place Market, and if time permitted, shopped downtown at Neimen Marcus! We were young. Most of us had lived in Portland all our lives. So to some of us, Seattle was like a Las Vegas to an eager showgirl; an L.A. to an aspiring actress; or a New York to an ambitious businessman. It was our escape from Portland... to feel grown up... to have our independence and drive somewhere that was far enough it could be considered a "road trip," yet still close enough so that it would allow us to come back home in the same day before we got in trouble with our parents :)

So after 10 years since my first independent trip to Seattle, Michael and I decided to head up to Seattle for the day! We'd never been there together before and while we were there, paid a visit to his dad and sister Lynn. Seattle is still the bustling NW city that its always been and we had a great time... as we usually do! You've probably noticed by now - I enjoy and can find a special quality about each city I go to (except for maybe Dublin :) but now that I'm actually grown up, I don't see the appeal anymore. Sure it's the home of Bill Gates / Microsoft and the first Starbucks, but there's too many hills downtown, everyone's got road rage and it rains SO much more! No offense Seattle, you guys have a cool baseball team, but I think Portland is gonna' take you by storm (no pun intended)!... I'll still come visit you though!