Seattle

Is sponsored by Starbucks and Christmas trees. There are Starbucks on every corner and Christmas trees at every turn. And that's what I can tell you about Seattle.

This was our list of things to do here:
- see a band
- get a watch strap
- watch ice hockey
- climb space needle
- glass blowing party
- dirk's list
- fun

We didn't go up the Space Needle though, it was $18 and looked lame. We went on the monorail instead, which was $4 and lame. Stuff they tell you to do in guide books is nearly always lame. We also went to not look at Eagles and I mowed a lawn. I got all the way through when the mower flipped what I thought was a frog into my boot. Actually into it. It turned out to be a piece of poo. I flipped it back out and carried on. That was the low point of lawn mowing.

Also I made the finest roast dinner I have ever had, by way of thanks to our hosts Alin and Cheryl who are by far the most excellent grownups since the Kemps, they don't like being called grownups though, which is just another example of their combined excellence. They really make being grownup look good.  They have an AMAZING kitchen in which to make an epic roast. It was such a treat.

I even made Yorkshire Puddings from scratch. It was a journey of firsts for me. Check out these bad boys:

 Also featured in the BEST ROAST EVER. Were toasted sprouts (YUMMERS) rainbow carrots, sprouting broccoli and a slab of beef as big as your head (along with all the necessary crispy sundries of course). It was choice.

The Seattle ice hockey team though, not so hot, we got 'PORTLAND SUCK' stuck in our heads but Portland were winning 7-1 by the third quarter (when they stopped serving beer, played yet more adverts and forced us to leave in search of something funner).

The watch Mark gave me in hawaii got all strapped up in Macy's as well. We nailed our list (or near enough). It was excellent. 10 points to Seattle.

Snoopy salutes you.