I believe that's that air museum. Everything was closed by the time we got there but there were a few very cool planes outside that I took a bunch of pics of.

One of those was the Concord.

Yes it is. It's also Bill Boeing's original factory.

What was it like working there compared to today? :D

More women then.

Looks like I'm late for the Seattle trip planning, but I don't believe anyone mentioned Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe. They have a stuffed 2-headed black Angus calf and last time I was there offered head bobber toys of the same. Just about my favorite souvenir ever.

This is probably too late (hey, I just got here!), but how about flying home out of Portland? That way you don't have to drive back to Seattle, and you get to check out Portland, too, which is quite cool (Vancouver is just across the river from Portland).

Or were you talking about that other Vancouver? :)

Day late and dollar short??? Damifino?
Right, ya just got here. How about looking at dates on post? Too much trouble?

Not at all. sycamore's post was dated 8-28-07. In it, he mentioned that he was planning a honeymoon. On Earth, most people plan honeymoons at least four months in advance.

How 'bout on your planet? :)

*ahem*

Welcome, Billy Rubin. sycamore's posts were of his honeymoon *IN SEATTLE* at the end of August. He and April, having planned their honeymoon long in advance, perhaps, four months or more, were finally doin' it, so to speak, as the later posts reveal.

As mentioned in the Happy Birthday thread, Tink celebrated her birthday with a party cruise! This is one of the shots of the city lights taken during the cruise, taken from the center of the ship canal, heading east.

In this picture, you're looking at two bridges, the Fremont Bridge, with the blue lights and operator towers on each side, and the George Washington Memorial Bridge, better known as the Aurora Bridge with the smaller yellowish streetlights.

The Fremont Bridge is a drawbridge, being so close to the water, it is necessary for the bridge to get out of the way of tall ship traffic, sailboats and other tall commercial vessels. The Aurora Bridge is *much* higher and is never in the way of marine traffic.

Underneath the bridges you can see the western side of Capitol Hill. If you look carefully at the city lights under the bridge, you can see a horizontal line of red lights. Those are cars on I-5.

I'm pretty happy with this picture. It was a long exposure and the sky turned out nicely, quite close to what it looked like in person.

Two shots of downtown from near the north shore of Lake Union.

15 minutes tops!.
And most of that was time ill spent. 20/20. HNY at Ya.

It is Oyster Festival time again!

Tonight is the opening round of this year's competition. I am the reigning champion, and I intend to compete tonight at 6 pm at Chinook's on Nickerson at Fisherman's Terminal. I am undefeated in eight contests, prelims and finals in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.

I expect the same result of this ninth contest. I've asked Tink to be document the performance. The finals are at the end of the month. I'll report the results when I have them.

Wish me luck!

luck.

Competing -- was that in the shucking, or the eating? :yum: How did it go??

Slurping.

V! I went there with some friends after work last Friday. They were talking it up and said there was this big dude that always wins. Was that you that won?! Shit, what was that, 7 seconds or something? :eek:
Impressive. And they have good food too. A little loud but great atmosphere. I should have come and introduced myself. Next time.

oh I like BigV's perpective.


site seeing suggestions??
hope it hasn't been mentioned yet.

MUSIC PROJECT
SCIENCE FICTION MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME

http://www.seattleattractions.com/emp.html


http://www.seattleattractions.com/ga...or%20Night.jpg

I'll be there in two hours.

Report back tomorrow.

Another year, another plate of oysters.

This is the qualifying round, next week is the final competition. I wish my cameraman had let the tape run for another ten or fifteen seconds so I could see how far back second place was. I have to get a better start too. Some of these people started on 3 - 2 - 1, and I, sucker that I am, started on "Slurp!". No biggie. I still crushed them. Puny earthlings.

Stay tuned for the finals next Friday! If any of you are in the area, come on over, introduce yourself. We'll have a great time.

You suck. :lol2:

...And you do it so well!
Congratulations, V!

Wow no hands too? Thats pretty cool.

My street.

Oh, they're so pretty, I love them... we have 3 in the back yard not in bloom yet.

It's Friday in March in Seattle.

You all know what that means, right?

At this time, I'm 14-0. Tonight at 6pm I will defend my record in a qualifying round of oyster slurping. If I win tonight, I'll be eligible to compete in the championship round on the last Friday of the month.

Wish me suck!






wait!!!


wish me LUCK!!!!!

HAhahahaha! Good ruck, man!

Schuck it to em!

He puts the Big V in HooVer

winnah winnah oystah dinnnah!

It's official, I'm 15-0 (shellfish of me, I know). My prize was a gift certificate for two breakfast or lunch entrees, approx $30 value. Plus the free oysters, of course. But this contest was very close, less than a second between first and second. I've qualified for the championship round at the end of March. And, I've been invited back for next week, "in case I don't have enough people". Ok, come on down for a plate of free oysters?. Can do.

wooT!!

You oystah sucker you !!!!

Congrats

do you have to shuck them first or just speed feed your self ???

I've been interviewing with a place in Seattle. At the very least I'm hoping I can swing a trip out and get some good Thai, Vietnamese or seafood.

I had an awesome Pho Bo two nights ago.

out of sequence update:

Today is Ballard SeafoodFest!

There's a lutefisk eating contest in an hour. I've already signed up and now I have to get there. I'll update you all with my victory speech afterwards! Wish me luck!

I didn't realize one could use the word delicious as an adjective before Lutefisk.

You learn something new every day.

Lutefisk? LUTEFISK!?! :eek:

*sigh*

Big V, you've totally changed my idea of who you are. I now consider you to be a what. Seriously, dude. Only psychotic lunatics eat lutefisk on purpose.

:greenface

When cooking and eating lutefisk, it is important to clean the lutefisk and its residue off pans, plates, and utensils immediately. Lutefisk left overnight becomes nearly impossible to remove. Sterling silver should never be used in the cooking, serving or eating of lutefisk, which will permanently ruin silver. Stainless steel utensils are recommended instead.

Or perhaps a stainless steel stomach ... ? I imagine the white sauce is VERY important :lol: .

It's all right - I'm Canadian (dual citizen). This is a big heritage dish for Norwegian-Canadians. Canadians are all about heritage. :rolleyes: Otoh, my heritage directs me toward Haggis ... :eek:

No wonder we Scots enjoy our single malts ...

Haggis aside ... I love, love, loved Seattle when I was there in 2009-10. Picking up purebred Siamese kittens on the Olympic peninsula for my then-cattery, but I had the chance to enjoy the city and the peninsula. I'd relocate there in a New York minute, for the market alone ...

Everything out west is BIGGER, somehow. I love where I live in the east, I love the Alleghenies, the steep conical hills, the rivers ... I love the lakes of Ontario ... and yet, the west is bigger. I could live out my days in Colorado, and I could live the rest of my life in the northwest.

What can I say? I'm a geographic hedonist.

I am here to report, regretfully, that I did not win.

I took second place in every round, up to and including the championship round. I lost to an eight time winner, so, no shame there. And I lost by a bare fraction of a second, or flake of lutefisk, as the case may be. Here's the video of the last two rounds. That's me at the far end with the blue bandana on my head.

Still, $150 for about a minute's work isn't bad. Plus, FREE LUTEFISK! Come on people, what's not to like?!

Um, lutefisk. :greenface

*watches video*

And nobody threw up. I'm shocked. SHOCKED! :eek:

From Wiki:

Ok, so it's soaked in fricking lye, loses more than half its protien and becomes caustic. No, but thanks for the thought.

Why wouldn't you just eat cod?

You lost because you paused to look at your plate.

Ok, smarties... who among you has actually tried lutefisk? Just because you read about how the sausage is made on Wikipedia doesn't make it any less delicious. Come on... First hand, in your own mouth experience? Eat up or shut up. :D

In all seriousness? Because you don't have modern refrigeration, and there are months out of the year where the fishing isn't enough to keep you alive. Gotta preserve it somehow.

But someone should have explained to them that high volumes of salt work better than lye. And anyone still eating them after about 1870 has no excuse at all, including BigV. :)

No, for the same reason I won't eat dog shit.

I haven't tried it only because I could smell it coming and had time to escape.

There's no lye taste (or residue, as far as I know) at all. Any of you had hominy grits? Yep, processed with lye. No little Xs for eyes because of that breakfast, right?

It was delicious, like any steamed fish. It was prepared with salt and pepper and a little parsley and lemon. I'm cracking up at your collective EWWW! This must feel like the guy who ate the first oyster felt. "No, *really*, they're delicious!"

... whatever, more for me. :)

Ok, Cheborneck. How do you know?

Comparing them to oysters isn't helping your case.

I have to come to Seattle!
I've thought this before (because of this thread) and now do so again.
Not fussed about the coffee, the weather will be familiar but I am partial to a bit of seafood. Well, all seafood really.

The other night I was following random links while waiting for something to upload. I found a list of America's most popular Chain Restaurants and spent about 45 minutes browsing the menus (my original intention clean forgotten).

Cracker Barrel filled me with horror.
But I started Lottery-Dreaming when I got to Red Lobster, imagining taking my Mum.
Eating Lobster Thermidore in a restaurant is on her bucket list. I know it's hardly haute cuisine, but it would suit her down to the ground.

One day, one day.

Well, you don't have to limit yourself to Seattle, based on those desires. There are Red Lobsters (and Cracker Barrels, for that matter) all over the US.

Uncle, uncle ...

But now I don't understand. If it's just basically steamed fish with salt and pepper, parsley and lemon, why the big eating contest?

And I LOVE oysters. Raw only, never cooked; so I guess other people can say eeewwwwww at my tastes. Maybe I'd better put my money where my mouth is and mosey on over to Seattle to try me some lutefisk. ;)

and some oysters

That shit is gross.

horny what?

"...sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie..."

@ clodfobble's salt vs. lye: I'm guessing wood ash was a lot easier to come by than salt, despite being so close to the ocean. But, I'm thinking this recipe may have evolved as a result of salvaging a serious fucked up food cache

I know. But I want to see Seattle too.
And obv BigV could point me in the direction of a really good seafood place.

In my experience, there are no seafood places in Seattle which are not really good. I was there for a week and every night, the process of finding a dinner restaurant consisted of walking down to the waterfront and picking a seafood place at random.