Seattle Weekend 2016

After all of my travels from last summer (#afroeuroland), I decided that there is still so much of the United States that I haven't seen and I decided that I wanted to explore my own country in 2016. Little did I know that I would make a last minute trip to Europe in the fall...but that is neither here nor there.
First up on the list was to hit up Seattle with my sweet from from college, Melissa. Melissa and her husband live in the suburbs-ish of Seattle. Before the trip, we both did a bunch of research (asking friends and pinteresting) and we found a bunch of 'must-dos.' I will say that we lived it up in Seattle for the long weekend in January and it was definitely a trip to remember. 
We stayed with my family friends in their condo only, like, 3 blocks from Pike Place. We had a gorgeous view of the entire city, as you can see - so we decided against a Space Needle Tour. I flew in, Melissa picked me up, we headed to the condo, drank wine, settled down and went to sleep. 
On Saturday, we walked around Pike Place, took a ride on Seattle's Great Wheel and decided to take an underground tour that I would absolutely recommend. The tour focused on how the city was formed, prohibition and what culture is still around from its history today. It was super neat. After the tour, we hit up Beechers for lots of cheeses deliciousness then dinner and drinks with my family friend.
On Sunday, we dressed up for the Seahawks Game - I know, I apologized to my 49er fans, don't worry, checked out a Lululemon Factory Sale (like, serious sale - pants were $29 marked down from $150 - I spent too much). Here is where the story gets good....
After the Lulu sale, we were dropped off in Ballard to walk around, hit up a couple of bars and make our way to the Ballard Locks. We stop into a bar, have a snack and a beer and there was a group of sort of rowdy people that we were mocking a bit. One of the dudes comes up to us and starts flirting and he tells us that he is the proud owner of a famous sandwich shop, Paseos, in Seattle - which, funny enough, happened to be on our list of places to visit on this trip. We told him Paseo was on our travel itinerary and he offered to take us there and buy us sandwiches. (Don't worry, I know what you are thinking stranger danger. He was harmless) They were amazing. We ordered: #2 Caribbean Roast, #5 Chicken Breast, and #5 Sautéed Prawns and it sure did not disappoint. If you find yourself in Seattle, I definitely suggest visiting this place. Anyway, we told the dude that we were headed to the Ballard Locks so he decided to tag along. We checked it out, ate our sandwiches and went to another bar for another drink. At this bar, our new friend had decided that he wanted to take us on a helicopter, so he proceeds to call around to a bunch of companies to no avail (darn it) then suggests that we go to dinner. We all hop into an Uber and he takes us to one of the finest steak houses in Seattle, The Metropolitan Grill where he orders us steak and lobster dinners along side cocktails and wine. Melissa and I had to call it a night - we dined and dashed...well, dashed on the dude, because he definitely paid the full bill...don't you worry, the lobster was not on the house!
The entire day, Melissa and I were cracking up at how random the entire situation was because none of it made sense. We could not figure out if the dude was for real of not, which sort of added to the way the rest of the day went. He definitely wanted to come up to the condo and we had to be very stern with him and tell him that that was definitely not an option. Ha! So random! 
On Monday, we checked out Gasworks Park then headed on to Snoqualmie Falls for a bite to eat, a drink and a little walk. 

Overall it was an awesome weekend! Seattle is beautiful and I can't wait to visit again!