We both arrived back in Zurich on Wednesday after our latest trip to the Great Northwest. We both were there primarily for the big wedding but I made a bit longer of a trip out of it because my job allows it. Chizzy basically just had a long weekend. Sorry to anybody reading this who didn’t know we were there and might have wanted to meet up with us. It was a quick trip.
I just woke up from a 3 hour nap in the middle of the day. I am not even trying to fight the jet lag and that is bad news. I’m in that strange middle of the day groggy nap mood right now so the post might reflect that.
The rundown. I spent the first couple of days with the folks, which means I had a cold. My mom insists every time she has seen me since college I have been ill. We went out to Aberdeen to see Grandma for a day. She made a fantastic meal as usual. My cousin also took me out for a bit of Hoquiam nightlife. It was a good time.
We did an Auburn garage run the night Chizzy came into town and that was interesting. The cops decided not to show up this time around. They missed a good one.
The remainder of the time was spent in Seattle and a huge thanks goes to the Berliners who let us take over their bedroom again this trip.
Had the bachelor party. We are getting old. I don’t even think The Warrior fell down once. I don’t remember Piro screaming in anybody’s face either. Odd.
Yes, that is The Nightmare second from the right. It was quite a reunion with 7 of us being high school pals.
Nice work on the marriage, you two. Now you have to bring it, dude. I only have 41 photos from our entire trip back and half of them are unusable shots from inside the candlelit church during the actual ceremony. I don't even have one of the wife. Terrible. It was a pretty sweet wedding with only one cell phone incident. The reception was sweet and the photo booth was a huge hit. Good idea.
Happy couple.
I add this mainly to show off my tux wearing skills but also to introduce my agent. Meet Findlay.
The food tour was highly anticipated and did not disappoint. Had pho four times. Had a huge slab of beef. Had a good burger. Had dim sum. Had delicious pizza a few times (including a couple of my favorite Gordon Jumps). Had Mexican at least three times. Had a warm pastrami sandwich with the meat piled high (unheard of here). Had a couple corn dogs. Had pork roast (at Grandmas). Had a wedding pasta bar. Went to Denny’s for a Super Bird. Went to IHOP for biscuits and gravy. Good job, America.
We also scored some nice gear on the trip back. Got a new laptop from Costco to replace my dead old one. Returned with about 12 new DVDs. But the real prize was the new video iPod that the folks got Chizzy and me as a joint B-Day present. The podcasts are already being downloaded and a stereo mount will be purchased very soon.
It was great to see everybody. The tentative plan is to come back for the 4th of July, but you never know. There are other events that are high on the list as well. I still hope nothing has changed when we get back. You stay classy, Seattle.
It was great to see you both at the wedding! Glad you could make it. :) Fight the jetlag -it's no fun.
Wheelson, March 27, 2006 08:15 AM:Happy Birthday Chizzy!!
American food tour sounds pretty righteous. Easy to say how lame "American" food is until it's gone I guess. I just had Dim Sum for the first time yesterday. God bless fried shrimp rolls.