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Vacation – Part 1 – Seattle, Washington

I’m at the beginning of my week long vacation and the first stop was Seattle, Washington. I’ve been to Seattle once before but I never really spent any time in the city. I was visiting my friend in Kirkland and we ended up spending a lot of our time in the suburbs. This was my chance to see more of the actual city.

Saturday began with a trip to Pike Place Market where we spent most of the day. There’s so much to see in the market that we spent most of the day browsing the stalls and eating some interesting foods. It was a busy day but tons of fun.

Sunday began with breakfast at an awesome place in Bellevue called Cafe Peruette (I might have spelled that wrong) and then we headed back into Seattle. We took the Underground Tour in Pioneer Square and spent some time wandering around that area. We then headed to Capitol Hill for happy hour and visited a new bar called The Pony.

Later, we met up with my Friend Meaghan from high school for some dinner in West Seattle.  There are some AMAZING views from that area across the water.  The lights of the city on the clear night were incredible.

I have been posting pictures from my vacation on a regular basis on my Twitter account, which you can find here.

A full gallery of my photos from this vacation will be posted once I get back.  Below are just a few from my time in Seattle, Washington.

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Brilliant Movie Theatre Idea

The movie theatre at the Garden View mall in Anaheim, CA has a select number of screens that are for patrons that are 21 and over only.  You can buy beer and wine at the special consession stand.  That’s a nice perk but the best thing is that you don’t have teenagers/babys/children ruining your movie viewing!  I wish we had a theatre like this in the Phoenix area.  Below is a photo of their special lobby.

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Disneyland 2009

If you follow me on Twitter, you most likely know I went to Disneyland for my birthday (3/23).  Below are some pics that I posted via Twitter and some that I did not.  Enjoy!

I added a gallery under these few photos that I felt needed to be featured.

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I was saving Emily from the Evil Emperor Zurg!

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Emily and I on the Tea Cups.

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I had to snap this photo of this guy who is clearly too busy to be at Disneyland!!

Enjoy the rest of my photos in the gallery below.

I’m Back!

I’ve been on vacation for the past week in Costa Rica.  It was a wonderful break from the monotany of work and life and I’m glad I had the time to just relax!  Photos and a few videos will be forthcoming in the next few days along with some stories from my week in paradise.

Vegas Adventure!

Mike and I will be heading to Las Vegas for a fun time this weekend.  I’ve always wanted to see KA and they have some attractive summer prices at the moment.  The plan is to hit the road on Friday at about 1pm so that we get to Vegas in plenty of time before the show.  I do enjoy going to Las Vegas.  I’m not really a gambler but I love people watching and the alcohol that is readily available around every corner.  Not sure exactly what else we’ll be doing while there.  I’ve been to Las Vegas so many times that it’s hard to think of new things to do.  It’s been over a year since I went last and things are always changing in Vegas.  I’m sure we’ll find something new to see!

Oh, for any of you who watch “Last Comic Standing” on NBC, you’ll recognize this phrase from a T-Shirt worn by one of the contestants. “What happens in Vegas… stays burned into God’s memory for all eternity.”

Irish PSA – “The Faster The Speed, The Bigger The Mess”

So let me just preface this post by saying that we were SHOCKED when we first saw this ad on Irish TV. This came on after 9pm on the free basic TV station. I’m sure young children would not be watching at that time but still, yikes! In my opinion, this is how PSAs should be made. If they aren’t shocking and memorable, what’s the point?!

From Ireland – Finally, Free Internet!

So the town that I’m staying at here in Ireland doesn’t have many free internet places or even an internet cafe. I have been relegated to only using the internet at my friend Marcella’s parent’s house. I don’t want to sit there being anti-social so I’ve done no emailing or blogging! I’ve been going through massive withdrawal symptoms. Last night, Paula and I were at one of the “cheeriest pubs in all of Mullingar” named Canton Casey’s. We met this Scot and his Irish friend and I mentioned my internet issues. They both suggested that we head on over to the Annebrook House Hotel, sit in their lounge and order a drink. The hotel offers free internet. This is where I’m writing this post now. It’s 1:06 in the afternoon. Paula’s writing her postcards that we’ll post on our way to lunch drinking a coffee. I’m sitting here, going through my important emails, writing this blog post and drinking a Guinness. OMG, the Guinness is so good and I’m going to be missing it something horrible when I get back to the states.

There will be a few more posts about my trips here in Ireland in the coming days. Pictures galore and more stories than you can shake a stick at. If you’re interested, please return and to read them. We leave for home tomorrow and I’m kind of bummed. We’ve had great luck with the weather and I’m most definitely not looking forward to going back to work. For now, enjoy the three photos below. Slán agat (Irish for goodbye).

My St. Louis Adventure

As you probably read in my last post, I was stuck in St. Louis for 5 hours with nothing to do, nowhere to go.  One good thing about this city is that they have a light rail system that connects directly to the airport.  So, the great adventure began.  Once I was able to check my bag, I headed to downtown St. Louis on the MetroLink (total cost $4.50) to check out the baseball stadium, Gateway Arch, and the mighty Mississippi.  Photos below.

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—From Wednesday—

I’ve been relegated to people watching, which isn’t so bad. I’m sitting at a Starbucks next to the charter fights counter and the Midwest Connect counter. Some of these people act as though they have never flown before. Granted, that could be the case, but probably not for most of these people. They don’t have their IDs ready, they don’t have their ticket information available, and they don’t know when their flight is even supposed to leave. WHAT? Then how do you know to be at the airport now? It’s semi ridiculous. Also, there are the classic gigantic bags that people are insisting they can carry on to the plane. I’m sure that these Midwest Connect plans are super small and probably don’t have the normal overhead capacity. Why would you argue with a ticket agent? They obviously know if the bag is too large and they’re not going to give you a boarding pass until you check that beast of a bag. Too funny.

I guess another thing that doesn’t making getting stuck at the airport so bad is the fact that I have time to write these posts. I think I’ve done a pretty good job of keeping regular with my posts. Sometimes it’s more difficult than others. Oh, and I guess it’s good that I’m here because I’m getting some good material for this blog.