Imagine my surprise then, when I was delayed in Washington D.C. for two days because mother nature had gotten her coasts mixed up. For the first time in my long history, I was unable to fly to Seattle because of Seattle weather. I snapped this shot from my window seat coming in to land at Sea-Tac airport.
Getting out of the concrete city and into the country of Seattle suburbs, I got this picture one early morning at my parents house.
And of course, the holidays mean food! As a starving student, and a hack artist, food is something I had been missing. So it should be no surprise that my facial expression conveys nothing but joy for the feast I am about to consume with the family.
New Year's reminded me a lot of Brooklyn. We went to our favorite little bar in Fremont, Red Door, one that I frequented a great deal while an undergraduate at the University of Washington. Among the contributions I have donated to this facility list: checking id's while watching the door one night while the bouncer was using the facilities (unasked of course), climbing through the window to use aforementioned facilities while 20 people ahead of me in line watched in amazement and irritation, convincing a girl to go on a date with me through said window on a different occasion while she was trying to enjoy a quiet evening, and helping serve hotdogs one night with a neighbor of the bar while promising everyone free admission if they bought 3 hot dogs. Which brings me to the gentleman on the left, the lovely owner of Red Door, who has put up with my antics with great patience. Will Brooklyn's Zabloski's be as accepting?
Finally I got a chance to spend some time at a kiddie park with my other family, the Pure Fun Hansens, before I was to return to the City that Never Sleeps. See their blog on my favorite links.
All in all, Seattle was a fun-filled and relaxing time, if not a little cold and wet, but hey, I got the White Christmas I would have missed otherwise.
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