fremont

Cafe Ladro is overrated. My chai was gross and my friend's frozen vanilla latte was gross.
And some general questions for the world: Why is it that when you order a chai tea, people get you a chai tea latte? And why is it that when they make said chai tea latte, they use chai tea syrup instead of chai tea?
Despite my bad Fremont coffee experience, I did enjoy the vintage shopping there. The underground vintage mall and the useless junk store didn't disappoint--I got a handful of jewelry (six necklaces and eight earrings) for $1.
We ate at the PCC Deli, which has everything (but still can't beat Portland's Elephant Delicatessen) and was delicious. I also had my first experience with the troll. Can you believe that I've lived in Seattle for fifteen years and I've never seen the troll before?
Also, while driving in Maple Leaf the other day, I passed a sign that read "Cloudcity Coffee." I'm gonna check it out ASAP. Today, though, I think I'm gonna go to the coffee exhibit at the Burke.

underground tour & urban craft fair

If you live in Seattle, once in a while, the subject of the underground tour will come up. In my case, a few days ago my friends and I were trashtalking trashy girls, when one of my friends shared a story about how whores used to stand on sidewalk skylights with their prices on the bottom of their shoes to lure the underground guys. (In Seattle, there are skylights on the sidewalks so that there's some light in the underground area which is mostly used for storage nowadays.) Anyway, that got us talking about the underground tour, which we wasted no time buying tickets for.

It's not all it's cracked up to be. They didn't even mention the thing about the whores. There wasn't even anything to see underground; there weren't even rats. It was a good history lesson though, specially for those who get the Tacoma jokes.

While downtown, I also went to the urban craft fair at Seattle Center. What can I say, all craft fairs are the same; I look around, don't see anything, (and even if I did it would be too expensive), then leave. One thing that did catch my eye though was the chalkboard t-shirts. I didn't grab a business card, but I'd recommend googling it if you're into obscure crap like that.

There's something real special about doing tourist activities in your own city. Maybe I'll try out Ride The Duck sometime..