Seattle Trip

Last Sunday Sean and I drove to Seattle.  We had two objectives: to have fun and to find some veggiemeat.  We’ve been kind of struggling without Stripples, Big Franks, and FriChik, specifically.  How do people find such food if they don’t live in Walla Walla or Loma Linda?

So for our first objective, we went to the Seattle Center to go to a museum with exhibits on music, sci-fi films, and Jim Henson’s Muppets.  On the way there we saw a big festival complete with amusement-park rides, cotton candy, balloons, and music.  It looked like fun so we wandered over innocently.  As we were walking, I vaguely heard something about “pride,” but kept walking.  All of a sudden we saw a group of about 6 guys wearing nothing but spray paint and tennis shoes and dancing in a fountain.  That moment of shock awoke us to the unusual outfits, behavior, rainbow theme, and lots of public indecency all around us.  We turned to go back the way we’d come, and saw a rather frantic woman trying to lead a group of elementary kids on a tour to the museum – apparently she failed to check the calendar to see what was planned for the day! 

After that we went into the museum, walked downtown, did some shopping, watched the fish-throwers, all the normal things you do in Seattle.  After a long but fun day our feet were sore from the miles we walked.  We decided to head home and grab some FriChik on the way.  We were certain that Fred Meyer would definitely have it, so typed that into our GPS.  The first building we went to looked like a bank, so we decided that wasn’t promising.  The next one was further out of the way, but bigger and normal-looking.  Turns out they don’t carry any food or grocery items.  I’d never heard of a Fred Meyer without food.  Disappointed, we drove on.  I called ahead to the third Fred Meyer and confirmed that they did indeed carry veggiemeat before we stopped.  When we finally found it, there was some Morningstar stuff, but the rest looked very strange.  It was then that I realized how gross veggiemeat looks, especially veggie bacon strips.  We took what we recognized and one new thing to try, and left for home.  And so ended another eventful and exciting day in our lives.