Today I went to Kabab House in Greenwood, with my friend. We ate so much food, and it was super good.

Then came home, when driving I noticed there were tons of people on 4th, apparently there was a parade.

Then Ed biked over, we went to Del Ray and drank some beers... but we left before the weekend douchebag Del Rey crowd came in. We walked through the parade to 5th, caught a cab since we missed the bus, or it didn't come or whatever because of the parade.. and we cabbed to Fremont to go see my friends band at the High Dive.

There were a lot of hippes that smelled bad and we left shortly after. I went to my home, Ed to his... but then Charlie called because he was at the Comet, but I just needed sleep.

I have been a bit behind on the blog front... but then maybe it is because I have been out, living life ;)

Friday I met my Montreal friend, Peter, at Wasabi Bistro in Belltown. Usually if I go to sushi, I go to Umi, but Umi is not open for lunch. Anyway, we had awesome sushi and then we went to Starbucks on 2nd for a cup of after lunch coffee...

Friday night Brandon and I went to the Tigers/Mariner's game.



The Tigers game was fun. Before hand we went to Del Rey, drank a bit, ate some food. Then we bused to Safeco. We did not have any money, but I was wearing an orange wig and the bus driver let us on. We met some kids on the bus, one was a Fin from Michigan, so we talked about the UP. Then we got off, went to Safeco, got some beers and went to our seats.

We had pretty good seats on the 3rd base line and were surrounded by a bunch of Detroit people. The Pistons were playing and I was getting text updates because the sports pages on my phone are always 2-3 mins behind. Finally, Jeff and I were on the phone and he was announcing the last 3 mins of the game. It was sad. My heart was broken. My Pistons broke my heart, yet again.



We ended up meeting all these Michigan people at the game, and I think I made plans, and got phone numbers/facebooks names, etc.

The Tigers won! After that Brandon and I started walking back towards my place. Apparently we walked in the middle of 1st Ave...




We stopped at Jimmy John's in Pioneer Square for a sandwich. We got the veggie ones, and in the process met all these boys from Grosse Pointe. We chatted for a bit and they told us to meet them at Kell's by the market. We stayed there, ate, chatted with the Jimmy John's people and then took off towards Kell's. On the way we met more random people on the street, created a bit of havoc, and what not. Then we went to Kells and saw the GP guys again... apparently I added them all on Facebook and vice versa.

After Kells, Brandon and I tried to get a cab, neither of us had cash. It took a few but finally we found a yellowcab, which we took to Ozzies. It was packed! We wanted to sign karokee, but it was hard to even get a drink there. We did meet some random Belgium basketball players? And also this boy wearing a "hecho in conn" shirt that really wanted to do it with Brandon.

We walked back to my place, but tried to stop at Del Ray. The line was forever long, and we were not dealing with that. So, we went to the store, bought a 6 pack of Corona and went back to my house and played Wii. Then Brandon passed out on my floor...

Last night I met my friend Ed at Del Rey. We watched the Pistons lose terribly... sad... and then during the commercials I would switch to the Wings game. They won. After Del Ray we ran to QFC in Capitol Hill, picked up some beer and a fire log.

We hung out in the courtyard behind Ed's place. A bunch of his neighbors were out and we were grilling and had a small bonfire. One thing I noticed about Cap Hill, neighbors were hanging out together! I have not experienced that in Belltown yet. I see my neighbors on my rooftop deck, and yet we never really interact. Us Belltowners are weird. I should move.

We drank beers and I went to Ed's house to season the chicken we had to BBQ and I walked into the wrong apartment! In my defense, they all have the same layout and look exactly the same. I was in the wrong building, but the correct apartment, actually. I think Ed's neighbor seemed a bit surprised, but he was nice. I asked him to join us, he declined.

Finding firewood in Capital Hill is not easy, even though there are a million trees around. We ended up burning an old cutting board, cardboard and other random things. It was fun, but I got tired so I took a cab home.

I also got a bit text-ie... which is never a good idea when you have been drinking... but it was a good experience... this time ;)

Dan and I went to Sams club and bought bulk products. I am not usually a fan of Walmart brands - but in this time of high prices, I had to do it. Plus I have a free membership through work. I now have enough toilet paper to last me through the summer.

Afterwards we went kayaking at Moss Bay - I swear, I should just work there I am there enough. We went to Westlake Whole Foods first and got some lunch to bring with us. We ended up eating lunch at Gasworks park and oddly enough there was a couple next to us - and her name was Elise, also.

We came to my house.. took a nap then woke up and I made dinner. We ate that, drank a few Corona's and then Tom texted he was at Del Rey - so we went to Del Ray, surprise surprise. I go there so often I should probably buy stock in that place. We hung out with Tom's friends and one of his friends randomly met a girl there that he originally met on Match.com. She got wasted which was pretty funny, but you should never do that on a date! Let alone a random internet date.

It was pretty crowded at Del Ray, so we headed over to Cyclops for some Session Lager in a bucket. We hung out there for a bit, and I also found out I was the only one at the table that did not have a match.com account... weird.

Dan and I went home and I cooked up eggs over hashbrowns. It was yummy and needed to soak up some of the beer. Then we went to sleep.

Today I took a nap, and now I am working. Lame, I know. I am going to clean, too and maybe go for a jog/walk and then go to bed early tonight!

Well, last night my friend Dan called (a different Dan) and wanted to know if I was down for the Mariners game. Of course I was! So we met up at Del Ray for happy hour, had a few beers and some food then took the free ride zone bus from 1st and Bell to 1st and Jackson. We had to walk a few blocks to the stadium and during this walk is where we first got the Rickshas idea.

We bought some tickets off a scalper... who wanted us to pay a lot more and he decided he would do a coin toss and if he won we would pay $50 and if we won we would pay $40.. He gave me the coin to toss - I checked to make sure it had a heads and a tails, and I flipped let it land on the ground... and tails it was. He won... Then we got some free Rockstar Energy drinks and headed to Safeco, where Dan had to sneak in the Rockstars. We grabbed some beers - I was drinking Full Sail again, and Dan was drinking Pyramid Hef. The good beers are expensive there! We watched the game, ate a few garlic fries, made a plan to streak the field at an upcoming game, drank some more beers... Oh and I got a new hoodie at the team shop...




The M's lost to the Athletics... then the game ended and we decided to take a Rickshas ride from Safeco to Ivar's. We didn't exactly know where the Rickshas was taking us, but we just went. Here is the video:



We ate at Ivar's - the chowder is SO GOOD! I had the red, Dan had the salmon. We took some pics, then were just going to walk to my apartment.






Well, we leave Ivar's and oh my, another Rickshas. Here is the video of that one:


We walked across the Pier 66 bridge, up Bell to my apartment. We got some beer from the party store and then hung out in my apartment. We were going to sit on my balcony and watch crackheads, but none really came. Maybe calling the police is working!!

We ordered calzones from Amante and it was yummy! Oh, also, we dropped something off my balcony to the one below and had to design and build something to get it off. We ended up using a wire hanger, a long tape measure, and a lot of sticky packing tape. After fishing a bit, we got it! It was quite funny and we laughed quite a bit.

Then Dan went home - and I went to bed super late that night. Oh, by the way... my friend Dan is so much fun! - Happy, Dan? :)

Oh, I forgot, I got served a subpoena today. For those of you that know, I have court on May 6, as a witness, and I am dreading it so much!

If you are an avid reader of my blog, which I don't even think my Mother holds this title, you probably know I like to go out. I work from home, so as soon as 5:00pm hits, I am out of this house!

Well, last night was no different... Except, when I woke up this morning, on the bathroom floor, I realized that maybe my going out needs to not involve Tequila. I will say though, the only thing worse than waking up on the bathroom floor, is waking up on the bathroom floor with your hair and clothing reeking of cigarette smoke... Thankfully that is illegal in Washington public places ;)

First I met a friend at Belltown Pizza. We had the Margherita pizza and I had some Full Sail Draft while my friend Vishal was drinking Mack and Jack's, I think. I've always liked the pizza at Belltown Pizza. The crust is not too thick and still has a bit of flour on it - which I love. Plus, they have decent prices for Belltown.

After that we went to Del Rey. We met Vishal's friends because one of his friends was moving to San Fran the next day. This is where the Tequila came in... Shots were had around the table... And I think more than one. We stayed there for awhile and Vishal's friends went home.

He and I then went to Tost in Fremont for Marmalade. Marmalade is like improve for like funk/hip hop? It was amazing really and so much fun. The bar was pretty packed for a Thursday night, but not too packed where you cannot get around. I liked the decor, and the walls are dark with swirlie type designs. I also liked the type of people there, so different than Belltown. No one was dressed up or down too much and everyone I seemed to meet was just really chill. Oh and this was one of those bars that actually had a good ratio of men to women, not all men like many bars. Two cons though... the bathrooms are singles and unisex and they did charge a cover, which I think this is the first time I have ever been to a bar that charges cover - except for the "dance" type clubs in Pioneer Square, or if it's a "concert".

As many people know, I can drink beer all day, but alcohol, I cannot handle, even just 1 or 2 shots. I guess it is true, that old saying, one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor... Which leads me to the floor... Apparently I came home and then my myfriend had called cuz he was across the street. He came over after he was at Belltown Billards... He was being kind of weird, sometimes he gets... I don't know... he is kind of sensitive... I don't want to get into my theory as to why... but apparently I didn't want him there, as it gave me reminders of the early behavior of my crazy ex...I guess. I yelled at him to leave, or something... He gave me a blanket and pillow in my bathroom and then I fell asleep (which was very nice!). It has been a long time since I felt the need to sleep on the bathroom floor! I am not really sure what I said to him, but apparently it was not so nice because he was pretty mad at me. Alcohol is stupid, and I am back to just beer and wines for now. Anyway, sorry Moss if I said anything mean, but you know, it happens. People do stupid shit when they are drunk that they do not often remember.

Oh here is a video I wanted to share. This was taken in the end of March when my friend Tom and I went to Pulsbo, to his step-sisters house, for Easter. We were on the ferry and it was SO SO windy. It is poor quality, but you get the idea.

I had yet another one of my busy Pacific Northwest weekends. The weather was pretty chilly the past few days, in fact it snowed Friday.. Just some flurries in Belltown, but some places got a few inches, which is not very common, especially in April.

Friday after work, I took a nap - which was much needed after the late night I had on Thursday with Scott. I woke up, showered, my friend Ed came over and we just hung out. We ordered food from Bell Thai which delivers. The food was good, wasn't great, but they have free delivery which, on a cold night, makes it taste even better! The guy taking my order was adamant that I could only pay with cash, though I think they take cards, too. I am sure I will be ordering from there again, just based on the $10 minimum delivery fee but probably would not go there if I was walking. We then watched some bums/crackheads (including a really thuggish drug deal), Ed took a spill on the balance board, we watched that Benny Lava YouTube video a few times and watched the dance moves. I think it would be funny if it was spoofed with English speaking people saying the fake subtitles.

Saturday I woke up, got dressed and what not. Moss came over because we were going apartment shopping in my area. We saw the apartment I think he is going to get, we came back and drank some tea, talked, then we decided to go to the Underground Tour. The Underground Tour consists of going to "Old Seattle" which is about 25 or so feet lower than where Seattle is currently built. You do learn a lot of the history of the city from the tour guide, and you are trudging through old basement type tunnels that were shops, stores, bars or roads underground. If you go, wear decent shoes and take a pass on their lunch deal. It is one of those touristy things to do, I am glad I did it, but if you were a tourist and only had a few days, I would skip this one and do more fun touristy activities like Ride the Ducks, Bank of America Building Observation Deck, The Argosy Locks Cruise, or going on a guided tour in a kayak at Moss Bay.

After that we went to Del Rey for cheap happy hour and we got a bit tipsy. We came back to my apartment, but not before I yelled at some crackheads for pissing by my apartment. The one followed us and said something to Moss about my ass or something... maybe he thought Moss was my pimp???

Moss left, I took a quick nap, then showered, called Dan, but he was sick... called Tom to try to get him to come out - but he never called back, got dressed and took a cab to Fremont. We pre-drank at Moss's friends house for a bit before going to Red Door. I wasn't a huge fan. It was crowded, a bunch of douchebag looking college kids, tons of white boys though - and way more men than women. Shots were like 8 bucks or so, Dos Equis were like 4 or 5 bucks each. We were not there too long before we were on our way to Ballroom. We made a quick stop at a hotdog stand, where I got a veggie dog, and then somehow ended up at High Dive for a bit. I lost Moss in there cuz I knew someone, and then he almost left without me. I was so pissed. He thought the guy I was talking to I was trying to mac on or something... but I was in no way doing that.

Anyway, then I got over the pissy part and we went over to Ballroom. It was full of college kids or younger kids, more girls than the last place. The music was decent, it was crowded and the bathroom was too small and the lines were long. I had fun though, dancing and I think I attempted to play pool?? They also serve pizza late night, if you are feeling hungry, though I didn't try it. Also, a girl with a really tall heel stepped on my toe, and my toe is all bruised now :(

Moss and I then came back to my house, he crashed here (as it is way more fun than his current living situation), and then after waking up we attempted to go to Macrina Bakery for breakfast. Their menu looked amazing, but it was overly busy and a long wait. We walked across the street to Cyclops and had breakfast there. They have a decent breakfast menu, but I did not end up getting what I ordered, which was an egg scramble and got a tofu scramble instead. Talk about being disappointed, tofu?? I mean, I dig tofu, but when you are expecting an egg breakfast to cure your hangover, the last thing you want is tofu. I mentioned it to our waiter, and they offered to make me a new one and take it off my tab, which was nice. I did not want to wait for a new one, so I ate the tofu.

I took Moss home, called Tom to maybe hang out one day since we have not in forever, then I came back to my apartment, did the dishes, and got back into bed. Since it is 4/20/2008 today, the TV channels are making a big deal out of it and have funny stoner comedies on today. It was kind of exciting. I fell asleep to Half Baked on G4 channel and woke up a little later to watch the Pistons/76ers game. Yeah, that was sad. The Pistons lost - I don't want to talk about it.

I am going to work a bit now, try to tie up some loose ends before my work week, and then maybe order some food or maybe sushi, yum?

My friend Jeff is visiting from Detroit (which is my hometown...) In true Jeff fashion, we have been going out and everything has been "wasted lives"... which basically means that we drink too much and act like fools. That seems to happen when you are celebrating, which lead me to say this morning over breakfast - I am never celebrating again.

I am not sure why most celebrations involve a lot of alcohol, but they always seem to. I am fine when it is just beer, or wine... but get those shots in me and I become - well, annoying. I am sure this happens to most people.

So, to break it down... Jeff, Charlie, and I went to Del Rey for happy hour (in Belltown - $3 Dos Equis, $4 small plates). They have a great staff, amazing women's bathrooms, the food is excellent - especially for a bar, tons of options! Fri and Sat gets pretty busy at night, so you might not get a table and they often have a line out front. I like sitting in the large booths that can easily hold 6 people comfortably. Also, they always play great music.


Then we met up with Jim at the Sonics Game (they lost, again), Jim's House in Greenwood, some awesome Mexican restaurant in Ballard, Ozzies (denied entry due to Jeff being too drunk), Pesos (though Jeff was kicked out for being too drunk), Dick's for late night burgers for Jeff, and finally... my apartment. It was a rough day today, to say the least.

Then today we went kayaking on Lake Union (rented at Moss Bay (they seem to be the least expensive in the area, nice boats, too) and Tandoori Hut for Indian Buffet... then I dropped him off at SeaTac because he is going to Portland for a few days before coming back up here on Sat. I am sure Saturday night will be another "wasted lives" night...

Until then... enjoy some pics from the eve...









Here is a LINK to the full album... ;)