STP

Did our own little STP (Seattle to Portland) this past weekend.

First up:

Date weekend in Seattle with Dae. We Hotwire'd a hotel and got hooked up with the Grand Hyatt, which was fantastic! Halmoni and Haraboji kindly watched our kids for the two days.

Although the Pass had been on/off closed for weeks, we passed through with no problems. It was quite pretty.

Speaking of pretty. The reflection on the lake was clear as glass.

Very high snow pile accumulations.

Piroshky Piroshky every morning

Selfie #1 at Seatown having a drink

Selfie #2 at Revel in Fremont. Korean Fusion. Dae was not impressed, but I was.

Came out of the fitting room to see Dae in this chair. I laughed out loud!

The Rams were staying at our hotel and this little 4-squad police escort was waiting there all morning to take the caravan of buses to the stadium.

I do NOT understand anybody who had minimal clothing on this gameday. I had about a hundred layers on and I was still cold by the end of the day. I don't understand how anyone could have worn less! (and trust me, lots of girls did)

Great Seahawks tickets! Craigslist. It was so much fun, even though we lost and did not play well, and Marshawn Lynch and Thomas Rawls were both out injured....

Bumma...

Yumminess at Sushi Kashiba. Dae was saying he could have ordered two of the Omakase tasting menus, just for himself. That sushi sure does go down easy! Naturally, since neither of us were full afterward, we walked downstairs to Campagne where we ordered 3 desserts and the waiter, after we finished them all, said "Wow...impressive"

Starbucks Reserve store!

Cute little place. we ordered some eats and some special coffee concoctions that they don't offer at the regular Starbucks stores.

This was from Christmas Day. Christian was excited about a movie date with Baba to see Star Wars. They lasted 45 minutes before Christian was ready to go home. hehehe.

Also Christmas Day. Olin went from chatting to asleep in about 10 seconds. This was at approximately 4:50pm.

Next up: A visit to see the cousins and auntie Ev and Uncle jeff in Portland. We did a whole lotta nothing and a whole lotta everything and had a grand time! Note that on Monday I drove with Dae home from Seattle and then turned around and drove with kids to Portland that same day. It was a lot of car time. Thank goodness Dae drove the Seattle - Richland leg.

Tried Pizza Jerk when we arrived Monday evening. The Pizza was quite good. The noodles and fried rice were too spicy and too salty, respectively.

The entire gang rode our bikes in the sopping wet 35 degree morning to Mal's orthodontist appointment at my old stomping grounds, Kaiser Grand Dental Clinic! I saw some old friends, which is always so fun. The kids were immersed in their movie in the waiting area.

Eating breakfast. 

Girls' Night Out. Shift Drinks for a couple of fun drinks (whiskey sour, etc), followed by Luc Lac for Vietnamese dinner. Again, some salt issues with our pho (too salty) but overall an extremely pleasant evening! We did Lyft since I still had a few $10 credits left. Dae and I used Lyft for the first time in Seattle and enjoyed our ride experiences.

The ride home today. The kids do well - they will ask for a show on the iPad but usually they are pretty well behaved and I let them have some shows in the latter half of the car ride.