A Weekend Recap

This weekend was full of good times, great laughs, and even greater food.  My best friend Jenny of 21 years and her boyfriend, David, flew in around midnight on Friday night.  I was so excited for their arrival, I had coffee at night just so I can stay up past midnight.  We spent all of Saturday together to show them the essence of Seattle.  I always love it when out of towners visit, because it gives me the opportunity to see Seattle for what she really is.  We take it for granted sometimes of the city we live in, because we avoid touristy spots.  But showing people around gives us a chance to visit these places again.

Here's Jenny and I on top of the hill before we walked down to the Pike Place Market.  It started out being a pretty cloudy day but it soon cleared up and the forecast hung around in the low to mid 70's.  It was perfect!

Here's the cute couple...Jenny with David.

A pretty famous landmark at the Market is what we call "The Gum Wall".  It's this alley way (in Post Alley for those of you that know the area) and the walls in this alley are covered with chewed up gum!!!  It's kind of gross when you think about it, but interesting.  Can you see it behind us?  Ahh...only in Seattle!

One of the best things to buy at the Market are flowers!  We saw these beautiful yellow spider mums and Chris couldn't resist from snapping some pics.

I'm really not sure what I'm doing here but thought I'd include this.

For lunch, we went to a place called Matt's in the Market.  Boy was it good!  Chris had the sloppy joe with an egg on top!

I had the pork belly banh mi.  A banh mi is a vietnamese style sandwich usually sold in Vietnamese and pho restaurants.  They're typically made of bbq'd pork or chicken, but Matt's added a twist and decided to stuff this puppy with fatty pork belly.  It's not the wisest thing to eat one week before the wedding, but it was OH SO GOOD!

For dinner, we went to a local Mexican place in the Ballard neighborhood called La Carte de Oxaca.  It's one of the best hole in the wall Mexican restaurants out there and here we are, waiting for our table while dunking down some margheritas.  This bartender literally fills the glass up with tequila before splashing just a dribble of sweet and sour.  A couple of these and I felt grrrrrrreat!!!

What's the best breakfast/brunch food after drinks the night before?  Pho of course!  The next morning before driving Jenny and David to pick up their rental car, we stopped by our favorite Pho place, Thanh Brother's.

Here's my bowl...red as usual.  I like it hottttt!

This was my OOTD Sunday for pho and running other errands.  Sorry it's hard to see, but while walking around Saturday, Jenny talked me into getting a pair of classic Tom's.  And might I say that these are one of the best purchases ever made!  Not only is it for a good cause (they donate a pair of shoes for every pair you buy), they are also so comfortable.  It's so breathable so for those of us that have feet that sweat easily (sorry TMI???), it's a great closed toe shoe...especially living in Seattle.

Jenny and I got the memo and matched in flannel.  Maybe it was her tribute to being in the Pacific Northwest...thinking that we are all flannel and birkenstock wearing hippies!  :)

After Pho, Jenny and David picked up their car and drove up to Vancouver, BC.  They'll be back in Seattle Thursday for our rehearsal dinner and wedding the rest of the week.

Speaking of rehearsal dinner, stay tuned for tomorrow's special edition.  I'll reveal what I'm wearing for the dinner which will take place this Thursday!

Have a wonderful night!!!!