101 - #28 - Take the Elliott Bay Water Taxi.

[dirtylibrarian]

My buddy Dave was visiting from Chicago this weekend.  Friday night we went to a birthday party.  Saturday we had brunch at Easy Street in West Seattle, then drove around a bit, then took the water taxi to downtown!  At Dave's request, we went seeking oysters, and found them at The Brooklyn, which was happily across the street from the newly expanded Seattle Art Museum, which I had not yet explored.  Then we had coffee, and went to meet up with carapace_green who drove us around much of the rest of the evening.  We went and checked out the new Cha Cha Lounge, then had a wonderful dinner at my favorite sushi place: Mashiko.  Dave wanted to keep barhopping, so we went to West 5 (and ran into terriblestorm on the way there, by chance) and later to the Stumbling Monk.  Me?  I'm officially over bar hopping.  I'm not even sure I like bars any more at all.  Today, we ate dim sum then I read, cooked, and cleaned most of the day, while Dave messed around on the computer.  We did spend a bit of time jamming...Dave on my badly underused acoustic guitar and me on drums, which was really fun.  He thinks I could be very good if I put my mind to it.  We tried watching a movie from the library, but it was too scratched up, so I introduced him to the joy that is The Guru instead, and then took him to the airport.  I'm beat...but have to get up early tomorrow to get an oil change in before heading to work.  Bah.

Comments

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

MMmmmmmmmmmmashiko. I haven't eaten there in too long. If you ever have the time and the money, it's an amazing experience to just say "feed me" to the the chef.

[dirtylibrarian.livejournal.com]

We did sit at the bar and had a great time. The chef did get me to enjoy geoduck, which is impressive.

[gryph.livejournal.com]

How was the new Cha Cha Lounge? I used to love the old place!!

I used to know the owner of the Stumbling Monk when it was just a store next door to it's current location. I assume it's the same guy, but who knows. I had a major crush on him, and it became clear that he didn't have a crush on me, might even have been gay, so I stopped going there. I felt embarrassed for myself. :\

[dirtylibrarian.livejournal.com]

We should go to the new Bimbos sometime.