Pike's is THE PLACE! (cont.)

Some of the weird people we enjoyed watching, this lady was doing an interpretive dance and thought she was pretty sexy, but she wasn't!
I'm guessing this guy was looking for the Sci-Fi convention, cuz I know with all surety he couldn't be looking for his date.
This is the world famous Pike's Place Fish Co. It is famous for the tossing of the fish and the fun work atmosphere. Emily mentioned when she worked at the bank they had a training video involving this place on how to enjoy your job, etc.
Here is the most awesome, colorful, fresh, cheap flowers I've ever seen. I'm not a flower kind of guy (you can ask my wife) but I have to admit these were impressive.

Pike's is THE PLACE!

One of our stops on our Seattle trip was the world famous Pike's Place Market...What a cool place! It was very crowded but that was a plus since Emily and I love watching people (it's one of our more enjoyable hobbies). Between the street performers, crowd, and workers there were plenty of interesting people to watch. We saw the famous fish tossing, which was more entertaining than I expected. A huge crowd was gathered round as they tossed the fish back and forth. Then the worker said, "one more" while he grabbed another fish. He threw it once again except this time purposfully in to the crowd, every one screamed and scattered thinking they would get slimed by the fish, but as it hit the cement floor everyone realized it was a foam replica instead of the real thing...great fun! The thing that I was most surprised with is the cost of things. I was expecting everything to have a huge mark-up on it since this was such a popular tourist attraction, but I was wrong, you could actually buy things there that were way cheaper than they would be anywhere else. For example, the flower arrangements were not only the most perfect, colorful, flowers I'd ever seen but were the cheapest I'd ever seen also. Comparable arrangements would easily sell for 60-80 dollars and they were selling them here for 14-25 dollars it was crazy, and even though they were awesome I still couldn't bring myself to "waste" my money on a flower arrangement that would die in a couple weeks. The food was also great. We had fresh clam chowder, not just any clam chowder, but the "nations best" (it has won the national chowder competition almost every year including this year). Overall Pike's market was our favorite stop on the trip, and a place we would go back to any chance we had... we would recommend it to all who are in the Seattle area but don't forget to pick us up on the way.

Welcome to the "Clarification Meeting"

This "meeting" has been called for some individuals (whose names will remain anonymous) who made comments about my last post(check comments of "Weekend Delight" if you feel out of the loop). A little clarification is needed. Although this may feel like a harsh rebuking it is merely a jestful clarification.
There are two things on the agenda today.

First the Elephant Ear vs. The Funnel Cake:This here, that the girl is eating, is an Elephant Ear.

This here, is not an Elephant Ear ,but rather a Funnel Cake. Although, both fried dough, they are different. A funnel cake is like fried batter, an Elephant Ear is risen dough rolled out flat then fried, I prefer the Elephant Ear over the Funnel cake (we have both up here in the North West).

Now next on the agenda: "fake snake vs. real snake"

This is a fake snake.




This is a real snake. No matter how yellow it is...it is still real.

I tried to clarify these things in the comments section, but it wouldn't let me add the photos, and I thought they were needed to make sure everything was clear. Thanks for the comments though I think 9 is a new personal best! I encourage those involved to continue leaving comments even if they feel patronized by this "meeting". Thanks for your time and support...Meeting adjourned.