saturday:
kelly and i started our foot-odyssey around greater lake union. we walked over queen anne hill, down to the fremont pcc. stopped for a breakfast/snack of almonds, yogurt smootie and water. watched some cute kids playing then took off for fo the fremont troll.

this is one of the cool things about seattle.

walked around wallingford. took a right on 45th and strolled into the u-district. stopped at ruby for lunch. i had #20 - the curried rice bowl (my fav) and kel had the spicey chicken sandwich. geebus chreestahs! the put chile peppers in it WITHOUT removing the seeds! she was in pain! the table next to us found glass in their food. great. turned me off to ruby. but, we had 3 mojitos and that seemed to make things better.

met up with ian and laura.

i took them on a tour of uw, complete with the drama school, the quad, red square, the big-ass fountain, and the reading room at suzzallo library.

left from there to the mix, where we all had jet city buzz ice cream. for those of you not in the know, the mix is a mix-in place much like amy's (arguably better. watch it, i said arguably).

jet city buzz is espresso ice cream with oreos mixed in and then a shot of espresso smothering the deliciousness that is ice cream. mighty damn fine if you ask me. kelly spilled her melted bowl all over the table and her jeans.

took the 73 from the u-district to downtown where we hoped to ride up to the observation deck of the nations bank building (the tallest building in seattle).

alas! it was closed! ian an laura left to have dinner with friends. kel and went home to nap until drinks.

walked to top of the hill pub and met eric and bretney (i dunno how to spell laura's friend's name).

got drunk and ate fish tacos. but they didn't have fries. yeah, how does a pub NOT HAVE FRIES??



all the texas peeps picked a great weekend for visiting. they weather has been sunny and in the mid to high 60's.