Good luck is the result of trying again.
-Sobe Green Tea Cap=P

yay it's friday! been looking forward to the weekend..hehe so much work to make up this week..but all worth the good fun of going on a mini-vacation. seattle & vancouver were awesome!! awesome to the max man..haha..here's a short photo recap for me to remember:


seattle! (view from the space needle)


mmmmmmmmmm seafood brunch at salty's by alki beach..haha alki..this gave me a new appreciation for oysters..the last 2 times i've tried them i really didn't like it..but this time around, those blue canal oysters went down smooth..and i think the sauce that we concocted added to the good flavor..i still don't get why it's better to just let them slide down your throat instead of chewing it..oh well, still learning the art of eating oysters=P


view from the restaurant..always cloudy in seattle.


for you coffee enthusiasts..the very first starbucks! with a very revealing logo=P


they're making cheeeeeeeeeese!


i love me some beecher's handmade cheese!!


why i loved seattle!


vancouver!


lynn creek at the base of twin falls in vancouver


lynn canyon park suspension bridge..hehe and i wanted to take a picture of all of us jumping in the air..but i got overruled=P..i wonder how the landing would've been


pretty nice border welcome eh? haven't seen this down south=P


at the buddhist temple in vancouver


had such yuuuuuuum desserts!!


why i loved vancouver! i have to explain it all b/c some of the stuff is hidden by that wall of WHITE CHOCOLATE..haha i thought it was a wafer..but it was freaking chocolate!! so you have a layered chocolate cake surrounded by white chocolate syrup with chocolate swirls and rasberries to enhance the flaver. on the sides of the white chocolate wall are 2 scoops of chocolate mousse with a scoop of chocolate ice cream hiding behind the wall..can we say..yuuuuuuuuuuuuuum!

so yah, that's my picture summary..we went crazy taking pics but too many to post and i have these all on my flickr anyways...so view to your delight=). i'm glad i was able to go this weekend..hehe traveling with the cousins is a trip..it was an action packed weekend from sleeping in the wee morning hourse to waking up at the butt crack of dawn..what threw us off was their sunset times..in vancouver we'd eat dinner at like 730pm and we'd come out and the sun is still out! not setting til around 10pm and seattle was around 930. crazy..

i always feel so touristy going on those city tours but they're so insightful. like did you know seattle has pretty much like an underground city? that the city we see right now is like 30 feet above the original sidewalks? and that the starbucks was supposed to be named starbo's? after a character in the moby dick novel..hhaha that's funny, "hey let's go get some starbo's!"..ewwww sounds funky. so good weekend in all..i swear most of our spending went to such good food, but no complaints here=)..haha i'm such a piggy!

i'll be heading out to vegas for a bachelorette party...haha we rented a convertible mustang..hopefully it's one of the new one's! i think that'll be only my second time in a convertible..but dude..it should be worth it, it's freaking going to be like 107 degrees out there..so we want to head out early to beat the heat and maybe take pictures in the desert along the way=P.

oh and for those of you who loved embarassing me about that freaking article..this'll give you another laugh. so i was there at the center again on wednesday and i guess there was a tour group scheduled that day as well..and where was the group from??? WASHINGTON!!. so when they asked my co-worker if we read the washington post b/c there was an article about us in there last week, my co-worker was more than happy to point me out to them! ahhh what a buster!..so i get tapped on the back, hahah i was soooo trying to pretend i couldn't hear them talking about me earlier..but since he tapped me i had to turn around..and 2 of the washington guys were like, oh you're the 15 year old, haha do you know you're famous?...grrrrrrrrreat...freaking reporters..hehehhe

and yaaaaaaaaay belated congratulations to jay and best wishes to roommate!! haha did i get that right cicely/dana?=P...and congrats to caren on your masters..wish i could go!!...sooooo everyone have a fantabulous weekend...