{"id":5579,"date":"2019-12-20T19:24:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T03:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=5579"},"modified":"2019-12-24T10:15:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T18:15:07","slug":"whirlwind-west-coast-seattle-washington-02-18-20-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=5579","title":{"rendered":"Whirlwind West Coast \u2013 Seattle, Washington \u2013 [02\/18-20\/2019]"},"content":{"rendered":"

W\"\"hat do you do when you are faced with having to do something that is absolutely<\/em> necessary, and potentially\u2026really kind of a pain? You find some<\/em> way to make it fun.<\/p>\n

You may have picked up that there is a lot<\/em> of red tape involved in the fact that Amras is from the states and he\u2019s in the process of moving to Canada. Immigration is\u2026not the most fun process. It\u2019s not necessarily complicated<\/em> but not fun. The last thing we had to do in this whole process was two medical exams\u2026which had<\/em> to be done on the American side of the border. There\u2019s only one option for that \u2013 and that\u2019s Seattle.<\/p>\n

Now, in the winter, the Clipper ferry only runs twice a day \u2013 so no matter what you do, if you want to go to Seattle in December, you\u2019re staying overnight.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, we were able to book both appointments in the early morning\/late afternoon. And that left most of the afternoon to do what we wanted (though granted, it was<\/em> a business trip, so we were<\/em> still on a schedule). Well, Amras and I are old hands and fitting in a lot into a few hours! First on the list? Jimmi Hendrix\u2019s footprints on the walk of fame outside of Nordstrom\u2019s. Originally we really wanted to do a lot more Hendrix stops, but they\u2019re far flung and the weather was not exactly in our favour. So instead, it was a lot window of shopping (okay, for me the giant bookstore ended up being a little bit more than window shopping), and a wet evening stroll through Pike Place Market. There is something about Pike Place Market that always feels\u2026even more out of town.<\/p>\n

Amras has a gift for finding the perfect resteraunt, I have no idea how he does it, he just does. All he does is ask me what kind of food I want, and then a few hours later we are sitting somewhere\u2026perfect. This time it was Italian (okay, whenever I get to choose the menu it\u2019s always<\/em> Italian\u2026it\u2019s a weakness); and the place he found? The tables were old library tables! And the food was amazing<\/em>. It was still pouring rain out, but that only made the whole thing more cozy. Especially since for the first little while we were the only ones there.<\/p>\n

Then there was the Christmas gift from my parents: tickets to Mrs Doubtfire : The Musical<\/em>. I know, it\u2019s an odd thing to make a full-blown show of. But it worked<\/em>. Moments of tears, moments of hilarity, moments of \u201couch, I can kind of relate to that\u201d\u2026and the joy of introducing Amras to the theatre where I saw my very very first life show a very long time ago (much longer ago than I care to admit). Best. Christmas. Gift. Ever.<\/p>\n

There was just one small hitch\u2026when we had headed to the theatre it had been raining but not too <\/em>hard. When we left the theatre? Full blown west coast deluge. It was like something out of a movie, you almost couldn\u2019t see your hand in front of your face! Sometimes I forget just how much it rains<\/em> on the west coast in December! Welcome to a west coast Christmas!<\/p>\n

So, in the end, all the business got done (with great success), and we got a whirlwind vacation which I think we needed a little bit more than we realized\u2026<\/p>\n

Not a bad way to spend a few days\u2026<\/p>\n

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