The past 5 days have been spent getting lots of mom hugs and getting just a bit spoiled:-) Thanks mom! It was great being able to show mom around and give her a feel for Seattle. We spent Wednesday down at Pike's Place Market and we were fortunate to have sunshine to enjoy the walk and the scenery. I introduced her to the homemade pasta booth and we enjoyed a great Italian dinner that night. Thursday brought rain and grey skies but the temperature continued to stay tolerable as we walked along the water at Alki Beach, stopping in for coffee in one of the cafes before heading over to Capitol Hill to take in the view of some of the million dollar homes. Friday mom was in Joe's hands as I had to work so they met Charlie for lunch on the Pier downtown. That evening we celebrated Halloween at a comedy club downtown. Now being new to the area, so much of what we know about a place is based off of reviews read on the internet. I found one with decent reviews and we decided to check it out. The club was located underground of one of the bars in the downtown area known as Pioneer Square. This area houses lots of bars and restaurants as well as a park that is often frequented by Seattle's homeless. Well don't you know the bar that we need to go to has a back entrance that faces the park where at least 25 homeless people were hanging out. We entered the bar only to find that we had arrived a little early and had an opportunity to enjoy a drink at the bar. The bar was empty and little shady to say the least but mom was a good sport and the show itself was very entertaining. On Saturday I took mom to the east side of Lake Washington to show her where I work, the area of Kirkland where I would love to live if we weren't downtown, and then to my favorite mall in the area. Over the course of 5 days we filled our stomachs with a variety of ethnic food from Thai to Vietnamese. It was a quick five days as I sit here having mom somewhere enroute back to Pennsylvania and I'm back to reality at having to face another busy week.
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