Saturday started late as I took the opportunity to sleep in and sleep off a few Manhattans from the evening before. I can drink quite of few of these in a short time when I am at the bar by myself, which I will have to keep in mind for the future.
Once I got up and I started the paperwork for Dan Coe's last day at AA|RF after reading his latest blog post. Please wish him well in his new endeavors and bring a camera to his going away box packing.
Next it was time to find some breakfast so I headed over to Pikes Place to check out the local bakeries and see if I could see some fish being tossed around. I found some good pastries for breakfast, but no flying fish. I would post some pictures, but I didn't bring my camera on this excursion. From Pikes Place I took a scenic walking tour around the city going from Starbucks to Starbucks, I had to keep walking as I was pretty hyped up on caffeine after the 3rd Starbucks.
For the afternoon, I found a local municipal golf course to try out, Jackson Park Golf Course. It was quite overcast when I started the round and I was expecting to get wet from the rain at some point in the round, but the weather held out and it was an enjoyable round. I shot a 43 on the front nine, but forgot how to play golf on the back nine and shot a 57 - yes that is a 14 shot difference and about 8 golf balls donated to the course on the back nine. Again, sorry no pictures, but then who wants to see pictures of a golf course anyway.
For some reason I find a round of golf to be quite tiring and decided to stay in for the evening and order room service. I was quite surprised that the California Cobb with Citrus Roasted Chicken was as good in taste and presentation as I expected. So now the Westin has two of my favorite room service meals, the cheeseburger at the Ft. Lauderdale Westin and the California Cobb here in Seattle.
Sunday I was up nice and early, sans hangover, and took a quick run down by the waterfront. Went to a local bakery for breakfast and then back to the room for some work. As I was working and looking out the window in my hotel (picture below) I decided I would face my fear of heights and go visit the Space Needle.
I took the monorail to the Space Needle and with great apprehension went up the elevator which is glass so that you can see everything on the trip up which lasts 41 seconds. 41 long seconds if you have a fear of heights.
Below are the pictures of what I was able to see from up there, which after the Hong Kong observation deck up in the mountains was a little less spectacular.
The rest of today is for preparing the deck for the Victoria's Secret pitch and other miscellaneous work. I will update later with any interesting, or maybe even not so interesting, food pictures from dinner.
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