we suck

Yes, we are in Portland, and yes, we do suck. Something must have happened to us in Seattle, wherein we all started sleeping in until at least 11:30, taking a very long time to get our acts together, and not figuring out what we were going to do that day until about 10 minutes before we did it. Actually, that's exactly what started happening and it looks like it may continue here in Portland. But before you start thinking we're wasting this trip just sitting around, know that we are doing stuff, like today we went to an apple tasting at the local Portland Nursery, where we sampled over 25 kinds of apples and pears (Asia has some excellent pears, I'd suggest the "20th Century" pear, which doesn't really taste like a pear). You see, the hard part with visiting these cities is that we don't really know what the cool things to do are or where to find them. Thankfully, we've met some people (some old friends, some new) who've helped us on our journey.

So what did we do in Seattle?

(Note, everything above was written last night, and I was set to keep going, but then those three other losers I have to cohabitate with made me go out and drink beers. Actually, we went to a lovely alehouse and played cards. I got the sampler of 8 beers and got tipsy. Then we went to another bar (the first one closed at 11? what?) and played pooool! Fact: None of us are good at the game of pool, but our lack of skill entertained some of the other patrons. Anyway, let's keep going on with Seattle).

So what did we do in Seattle? Well our first day was absolutely lovely, we went to Pike's Place Market, which was INTENSE, and then sat in some grass and read and called people. I actually think Lizz already wrote about this.

Alright, this isn't working. I'm going to list things we did:
1.) Befriended 8 Canadians
2.) Befriended three different groups of two male friends. Stephen and Raphael, Peter and Adam, and Josh and Kyle
3.) Josh and Kyle were actually met in Vancouver, which was a day trip from Seattle.
4.) Vancouver is the shiz.
5.) Hung out with one Leah Stavely, older sister of Elyse and April Stavely. She showed us where boats (and salmon!) leave and enter Seattle. Another day, she and Drew treated us to a lovely BBQ. Drew can cook. Leah likes spinach and artichoke dip. They live by lovely Green Lake, which is reminiscent of Cooper River, but less disgusting.
6.) Went to a few museums (if you visit Seattle, go around the first Thursday of the month as many of the museums are open for free!).
7.) Watched a lot of The Rachel Zoe Project and contemplated being the cast for Halloween (I think I might be Captain Planet now and paint myself blue).
8.) Other stuff.

We did other stuff, but I can't really remember. OH!, that park Lizz posted about below (Gasworks) was totally awesome, they basically took an old industrial gas factory and put in grass and hills and a kite flying area and we loved it. Overall, Seattle was fun, but very spread it. It's mostly a lot of different neighborhoods that are very disjointed and it wasn't until about a week into our stay that we found the cooler areas to hang out in (like where Leah and Drew live). Totes worth visiting though and the weather wasn't awful awful.

Anyway anyway, we're in Portland now and we're finally staying in a nicer area, which means we've been running and taking walks in the morning (the gang is actually out doing yoga right now, I'm staying home to watch a Top Model Modelthon (finally catching some cycle 10 CBus!) and going to make dinner (I'm going to roast a slab of beef with mashed potatoes and gravy and veggies!)).

I'm noticing I like to write things in parenthesis (they're awesome right!?).

Alright, I'm done yo. Sorry we haven't written more. Maybe this post will entice some of the other trippers to do something. And I have crazy amounts of photos to post. JESUS! Wait, I mean CHEESE US!

bye.