How to pack Seattle fun into a day and a half

I knew my trip to Seattle a few weeks ago was going to be a quick one, but boy did we squeeze a ton of fun into a short amount of time. Seeing that I was super swamped prior to leaving for the trip, nearly all of the trip planning was done in the airport on my iPhone and iPad on my flight out of SJ, my layover in Reno, and then waiting for Emily at the SEA-TAC airport (thank you WiFi). Before the trip I did a status post asking about places to visit in Seattle and my lovely friends came through and gave some absolutely wonderful suggestions which we totally utilized to plan our adventures.

After landing in Seattle, I hung out at the gate and waited for Emily’s flight to get in from NC, and then we went to grab our rental car. Luckily, Emily just happened to get the Enterprise guy who was a HUGE Duke fan (she works at Duke) and he gave us a pretty sweet Duke blue rental. Then it was off to fill up our stomachs before meeting up with Laura downtown!

The space needle sure is hard to miss

The 5 Point Cafe, where we filled our stomachs up.

I think I ate breakfast three times that day

Yes, I know, I'm a little short. Emily's picture came out much better

Up atop the Space Needle! We were so lucky to avoid rain on Saturday!

Hooray Ben and Laura! Ben makes Laura look short. Good thing I'm not standing next to Laura. My head would probably be in the very bottom right hand corner.

Reunited!

After venturing up the Space Needle we headed over to the famous Beth’s Cafe to grab dinner (or should I say that I grabbed breakfast again). I’m all about comfort food, diners and cafes, so this was the perfect place.

I don't remember exactly what Ben got, but it was humongous. At least he got a salad to try to even it out.

Bacon waffle! Yes, bacon in the waffle.

After that we called it a night and headed back to Laura and Ben’s super cute house to relax for the rest of the night.

In the morning we took a trip to check out the Fremont Troll, and then grabbed breakfast at 5-spot in Queen Anne which Emily and Laura researched in the morning while I was still sleeping. In my defense, Emily came from the East Coast so she was already 3 hours ahead and she regularly gets up at 6am on the East Coast. Laura, from what I remember, could never sleep in even at Pomona so naturally she was awake as well. 5-Spot was a pretty awesome breakfast place with a definite line out the door for the whole time we were there.

The troll is located under a bridge in a neighborhood. Really random place to put a troll (not that there really is actually a good place) but it was pretty gosh darn cool.

A nice big screen for watching football of course. If only I had remembered to join a fantasy football league, football watching would be more fun this year. At least the niners are doing well.

"Red Flannel Hash". Corned beef hash with beets and poached eggs (that Emily thought was whipped cream).

After breakfast we headed over to the Experience Music Project Museum as suggested by Professor Taylor. If you’re an incredibly music buff, this is your space. They also had sci-fi exhibits such as an Avatar exhibit which was absolutely incredible. When we were there, there was a special exhibit about Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Battstar Galactica and Avatar. They also had an exhibit about horror films and had videos of all the classic horror movies as well as the recent ones.