Things I am Seeing, Learning, Discovering, Etc.

Things I am Seeing:

1. Lots and lots of bikers (bi and not motor cycles)

2. Lots and lots of outside runners (maybe we have fewer because it's so so hot?)

3. Some really incredible bridges -- over 149 bridges in the city!

4. Lots and lots of Asian restaurants -- Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese, etc -- we're really close* to Asia over here (*it's all relative)!

5. We went today to the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle Center -- a free music and arts festival! (and underneath the Space Needle!) Saw and heard some cool/weird stuff. Will post pictures from today soon!

Things I am Learning:

1. There are lots and lots of designations for rain that are used here on a regular basis:

-Mist

- Sprinkle

-Drizzle

-Spit

-Rain

-Pour

-Deluge

I have not yet experienced each of these, but this is what they tell me exists.

2. The inside of the Space Needle revolves: about 1 revolution/hour.

3. Regular jackets are pretty useless unless you have a rain shell for the outside. (I will be investing in one soon.....)

4. Slowly learning the street names and places in the general area...

5. There aren't that many fast food places here and no Wal-Marts in Seattle proper. What do these people eat??

Things I am discovering

1. Cafe on the Ave : My Seattle-version Cafe Plaid!

2. Bus routes - 70s buses will take you downtown. $2.75 fare will get you as many AM buses as you want or PM buses as you want - depending on the time of day you purchase it. I may ride buses around one of these days.

3. While I was afraid of a summer without ChickfilA--there is a group who drives the hour and a half to the nearest ChickfilA franchise on occasion! New best friends.

4. Beth's Cafe - although it sounds like it might be cute - is not "cute" per se.

5. Grace Seattle - a PCA church we went on Sunday where several RUF people go

6. Grace Seattle's Experimental Orchestra - really unique church music!

7. Safeway and Costco are my supermarket options. So unfamiliar, but I'm learning.

I've had a bunch of things recommended as activities for the coming weeks, so stay tuned for word on more adventures (and more pictures....)

kt

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