4th of July fun (warning, lot's of pictures)

We headed up to Seattle for the 4th of July weekend. Rented a little condo in downtown and let loose on the town. Hope there's not too many pictures.

The inside of our little condo.

The view from our condo.

On our way to the city on the first day. Esther sure is happy!

The Catholic Seamen's Club. hehe hehe Oh well, Brent and I enjoyed it.

Our first stop in Pike Place Market was this French bakery. Mostly because it was the first place we saw that had food and we were starved! But it turned out to be quite good.

The famous marketplace sign.

Some giant crab legs.

A dentist right in the middle of Pike Place Market! I swear, they're like cockroaches. They're everywhere and they never die!

Nice lens. Compensate much?

Greek food in the market.

Fresh fruit.

Corn for BR.

Corn for Dave.

Corn for Irene.

No corn for these dudes.

This dude is the worst street performer I've ever seen.

But I paid him $1 for the grossest joke in the world. It sucked. But it made fun of physicians and that was amusing.

hehe These guys didn't think the joke was funny. (They're physicians)

This guy's a physician?!

On our way to Gasworks Park for the fireworks show.

We got there early enough for a great view of downtown Seattle and prime seats.

This is why it's called gasworks park. I don't know what it is exactly but something related to gas and how it works.

The next few pics are of David the Korean Kite Runner

Killing time.

The crowd begins to build.

The symbol of Seattle, the Space Needle.

Those barges are where the fireworks will fire from.

Darkness nears

An Apache helicopter carrying a giant flag does a fly by while patriotic music blasts in the background.

Let the show begin!

After the show, our driver (the unabomber), taking us for a late night snack to Dick's.

Everybody orders Dick's Deluxe burger. Except Dave who orders just the hamburger. He gets bread and meat. Sorry Dave.

Day 2

Our limo for the weekend. If you ain't rolling like this, you just ain't rolling right.

On our way to Tokyo Garden for the world's best chicken katsu. Walking up University Ave, also known as "The Ave" by college students at UW.

This is the Katsu. If you don't know, now you know.

He likes.

All weekend long, Dave was on a mission to eat more than anybody else. He was trying to gain weight for a bet. Turns out after eating like a pig all weekend, he lost 4 lbs. Makes me sick.

Finished product.

The real Dr. McDreamy.

Rockin Kanye style.

The next few pics are of the underground tour in Seattle. It blows.

Dinner at Palomino's

Dave's cousin and his gf met us for dinner.

Dave still on a mission. Finishing Esther's plate.

The world's saltiest pasta. ECK!

We watched Bucket List. The girls fell asleep (Esther, Irene, and Brent) The three guys finished the movie. 3 guys watching bucket list. Priceless. 3.5/5 stars. Not bad.

Day 3.Irene's choice for brunch.

Corned beef hash, a must try at any breakfast place.

I call this next section the "OH NO YOU DID-ENT!" section. You'll see why hopefully.

The lady in the red fishnets...

close-up. Yikes! C'mon Seattle people!

One night we wandered into an alternative part of town for dessert. And we see this in the display window.

OH NO YOU DID-ENT!

Exploding diaper in the street. OH NO YOU DID-ENT!

The dude was wearing skin tight leather pants! Same alternative neighborhood.

An alternative lifestyle church....

located on E Republican St. hehe

Random vomit on the street. Yuck.

A kilt store for men!

BR almost getting caught going tourist fob ah juh shee style with.

Irene went and bought cookies here. And they were really good! Esther tried to go back later and they were all sold out!

The girls pointed out this offender. Socks with heels?!

OH NO YOU DID-ENT!