Road trip day 3 - Portland to Seattle

We left Portland on Tuesday morning, around 11 am. The drive to Seattle was easy and uneventful, although I think we got lucky. The 5 North got more and more congested as we approached Caitlin and Justin's abode.
Caitlin was waiting for us at home when we got into town and we unloaded a few things before heading out for food.
Before I go further, I'll preface this posting with a warning. Nothing of excitement will be posted below, unless of course you are a glutton. I am a glutton, and so our entire 3 day Seattle visit is centered around food. If such things bore you, you have my permission to skip this posting.
Our first food stop was in the section of Seattle known as Fremont. Seattle has all sorts of named neighborhoods, similar to San Francisco or New York. Maybe that's how most cities are; I don't really know.

Anywho, as I said before, our first stop was in the neighborhood know as Fremont. We were feeling a little gross after our fatty food binge in Portland (delicious as it was), so opted for soup and sandwiches at Essential Baking Company. The yam and white bean soup I had was fantastic. It was not a creamy soup, as I had expected. It was a clear broth vegetable soup, with yam cut up like pieces of carrots. 



Caitlin had to open the pub around 4, so after our late lunch we drove over to the Montlake Alehouse, in the Montlake district. We hung out at the bar for a few hours drinking beers while Caitlin worked. The other patrons were really friendly. I'm not sure if we're just jaded from life in the city, or if we're more approachable now that we're unemployed and on our road trip, but either way we've been happily surprised by how friendly everyone is.

Justin met up with us once he got off work, and before too long Caitlin was able to leave work so we could have our next meal. We're a bit worried about finding good ethnic foods as we move into the center of the US, so having both Thai food and sushi while in Seattle were musts.

We ended up finding a great sushi restaurant in the International District called Maneki. Yelp is so helpful sometimes; this place was really cool! We were given a tatami room, which was fun. The table has leg space beneath it (thank goodness! I am not flexible enough to sit comfortably with my legs crossed while at dinner). We ordered sushi, black cod collar, miso soup, and various vegetable dishes. It was way too much food, but the elderly lady taking our order did not seem happy with how much food we were ordering.

I've overeaten every single day on this trip.

We called it a night after our sumptuous meal, and Clint finally showered. (no showers in the state of Oregon!)

Wednesday was a really nice day in Seattle. It was the first of our road trip days without rain. Clint and I slept in and then went for a jog around Greenlake. The loop around Greenlake was bustling with people, the water was sparkling, and the trees were showing the fall colors. In short, it was beautiful out. It felt good to stretch something other than our bellies.

After our run, we took the bus into downtown Seattle, where we met Caitlin for coffee and breakfast (brunch by this time) treats. Macrina bakery is located in Belltown, just a few blocks from Pike Place Market. I highly recommend the sugar cookies if anyone is in the area.

As most of you know, the first World Series Giants game was Wednesday, so we planned on picking up seafood at Pike's Place and making dinner in.

As it is 1 am, this post will have to be TBC. I'll pick up later at our Pike's Place feast. Here's a teaser: