I had a brief layover in Seattle AND I’M SO GLAD I DID! (what uncertain times we live in now). Not only was I thrilled to be onto the mainland (and off of all islands for awhile) but the best reason is (and always will be)… FRIENDSHIP!!! HELEN AND PATRICK LIVE IN SEATTLE 🙂
The bomb dot com
Bel picked me up in a big white truck and impressed the heck out of me with her ability to park it in a compact spot. (Later, Patrick ALSO impressed me with that same skill. Conclusion: My best friends in Seattle are really good at parking big vehicles into small spaces.)
I slept so well (in an actual bed!) and had a real bathroom to use; (Thank you!) an incredible space, generosity, and forever best friendship! On this trip, the only downside was that it was SUCH a bummer that I missed Victoria ❤
Kitty kisses.
The very next day I visited Bella at her temp job which, ironically, was difficult to find.
A place of work or, my next obsession?
Helen, it must be said, got me into Geocaching. She took me to find my first (and second and third) cache. Good job, and I mean that literally. 🙂
We met up with Patrick and I got to enjoy Helen enjoying some drinks (that dry period is over!) “What do you guys wanna do?”
“I think we should go Geocaching”. -Sammi
Question: How do you go from one restaurant to another with adventure in between?
Answer: Same way you turn 120 feet into a mile. Geocaching!
Success!
We laughed, longed for Barrel Thief burrata, listed all the provinces and territories in Canada (“Newfoundland and Labrador? Oh, that’s the ‘and Herzegovina’ of Canada” – Helen) and ate some really incredible Thai food.
The next day I visited Bel’s private, residential gym, showered, and had some quality best friend time on the Instagram famous rooftop coupled with a fire pit and some wine 🙂
It’s even better than it looks.
For dinner, Patrick joined us and took us to a DELICIOUS Jamaican restaurant with festival, Ting, ackee, callaloo, and no salt fish.
After, Bella did my hair (THANK YOU!) while Patrick helped me brainstorm and create the puzzle that is: “Walter you doing for Collin’s birthday?” (THANK YOU!). All the while, “Reputation” played in the background.
The next day, Helen and I both devoured and renamed a yummy kale-sadilla. And, I got to see Patrick’s great new apartment!! We had lounge access and a fun, fast-paced, secret trip-planning session — which now we know was all for naught.
Before, drumroll please….
One of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen.
…Cozying up to watch the new TAYLOR SWIFT NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY!
As we designed our perfect space, Patrick and I walked to get some cookies for the team, despite the rain. Chip had 12 kinds of cookies…and we wanted one of each, please. Plus ice cream.
Dessert distribution.
Despite wanting more time to sleepover at Patricks, hug VB, eat Helen’s breakfast (she was going to cook), meet Ashely, watch comedy, and a longing for that upstairs remote to work on that downstairs television, this Seattle trip was darn near perfect. Obviously.
When P-Mart dropped us off, Bel and I stayed up as late as possible, with best friend chatter, not wanting to miss out on a moment of soaking each other up. I was VERY grateful for the early morning (does it count as morning if it’s still dark outside?) ride to the airport.
And then, I slept for a full 3 hours on the tray table.
Zero wake-ups,
‘mi
Adventuresam 