Specs & Spectacle

My good friend Mark Quail came into town tonight from Toronto for a visit, we had a great dinner and chat at Shiro’s in Belltown. Amazing sushi! On the way out of the restaurant we got stopped by Ed a Seattle homeless guy. He didn’t ask for money he just wanted to know what we thought of the sushi, he then preceded to tell us that while Shiros was good Umi a place down the street had not only had better sushi but the best sake this side of the Mississippi (not an expression often associated with Japanese drink). Ed then gave us a rundown of the best Italian places in Seattle; 3 grubby fingers for a place in Wallingford and two grubby fingers for the place beside Shiro’s…awesome! After that we went across the street to grab some gin at Viceroy and got accosted out front by a chubby drunk white rapper. He was taking a break from recording a rap song based on Easy Rider and was having trouble remembering the characters and lines from the movie. So I whipped out my iphone and thanks to imdb and wikipedia his rap song will now be factually accurate. After a few drinks I walked Mark back to the Ramada and called a cab. The cab driver that picked me out was crazy!! (see attached picture). He drove me to Cap Hill doing almost 60MPH the whole way, I was pretty sure we were going to die at one point. He was obsessed with finding out real estate prices in my hood and kept looking back at me (as opposed to at the road) as I was answering a question. Like most taxi drivers he was also simultaneously having a cell phone conversation with someone in a foreign language.

Everytime I go out in Seattle cool, slightly crazy shit happens which is a big reason why I love this city!