Hi-Life

http://www.chowfoods.com/hilife/menu.aspx?id=28
This place has great happy hour and a really cool environment. The building used to be an old fire station. It's located in Ballard- about 5 minutes away from our church. Speaking of Ballard- a very cute little area to visit. Cupcake Royale http://www.cupcakeroyale.com/ is also located right in the heart of Ballard and so is the Matador http://matadorseattle.com/ - a very hip and trendy place to eat and get drinks!

Pho Than Brothers

http://www.thanbrothers.com/

Do you like Pho? This is a pho chain that serves ONLY pho. It is yummy and cheap and there are several locations. Check it out! It's only $4.25 for a "small" bowl of pho. And you get a yummy cream puff (that they bake themselves)!

The Pink Door

http://www.thepinkdoor.net/

This is a great Italian place tucked away in Pike Place Market. Super yummy food, and if it is warm enough out in May, I'd highly encourage eating on their rooftop. Sorry, I don't have any pictures. They also have some entertainment options, as well. A pretty cool Happy Hour menu - albeit short...

Crab Pot

If you don't like seafood, this looks disgusting. If you do like seafood, this is amazing. You are equipped with a bib and hammer to go at this bad boy. Range is $16-36 pp depending on what type of "bucket" you get. We Wus do this every time out-of-towners come visit us :)!

http://www.pier57seattle.com/restaurants.html



1301 Alaskan Way (Pier 57)
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 623-8600

Top 3 Places

I usually take people when they're on a short trip to Seattle

no, not the Space Needle - maybe selfishly because I'm sick of it and think it's not that great. But maybe going 4 x now does that to you...

1) University of Washington - I'm slightly biased I guess, but the campus is beautiful with all the green! and great architecture. If you go, check out the Suzallo Library's Reading Room. Also, I think by the time you're here, the quad may be in full bloom - hopefully!

2) Gasworks park - want a great Seattle skyline picture? Come here. Also, just fun to come and play here.

3) Alki Beach - so the sand isn't like the most smoothest or cleanest in the world, but this beach is sensational. Just go.... Also, really great great (but pretty pricey) chowder served at Duke's right across the beach.

(I dont usually take out of towners to #4, but Eric wanted me to add it)

4) Washington Park Arboretum - sorry, blogger is confusing me, so I won't add a picture for this one. But as you can imagine, lots of trees...:) and flowers and it's pretty awesome. There's also a little Japanese Garden there - admission is $5 for the Japanese Garden.

k out

Oh the Places You Should Go!!!!

(clearly not a picture of me, or anyone that I know for that matter)

I was trying to think of what place I should post about first. After starting and deleting a bunch of posts that were about various parks and such, I decided the place that Eric and I really want you to visit the most is our church :). There's a good chance that many of you won't be able to go because you're flying in later in the week and then flying out on Sunday, but if you're around - check it out marshillchurch.org.

We love our church! The teaching is real, practical, and keeps us grounded in the Lord. We like the music, too :). Eric and I actually met at a Community Group through Mars Hill. You may have seen my church in the media, but uhm just don't get so distracted by the hype (or the name - if you really want to know, I can tell you later or you can just look it up on their website). I started going to MH 5 years go and Eric has been going for 3 years.

We're not sure if we'll be able to make it to service on the Sunday after our wedding, but if we do, we'll let you know and then we could go together. We attend the Ballard campus.

Why aren't we getting married here? Well, the auditorium is ginormous and really really black inside.

kbye!

Public Transportation

It ain't so pretty over here - there is no mass transit train - but there are buses.

How are they? Eh...
But they do have a ride-free zone shown here within the red border lines:

If you do go the bus way, there is also this handy website that gives you the route you need to take:
http://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/cgi-bin/itin_page.pl?resptype=U

k peace out

bridezilla

One Really Good Reason Why You Should Book Lodging

Maybe we should've checked the Washington State Convention and Trade Center's calendar when choosing our wedding date, but we didn't.

And now, alas, here we are....

SO, the weekend of our wedding just so happens to fall on a huge American Academy of Neurology meeting - http://www.aan.com/go/am. They are expecting about 12,000 people - I know for some of you that sounds weak sauce, but now you're starting to get how small Seattle is :).

And then if you're wondering why we didn't book with a Marriott or a Hilton or something more commonly known - it's because they were already full when we tried to get room blocks in October.

So, that is why you should book your hotel room - especially if you want the Silver Cloud Inn - everyone is into that one ;P.

K bye.

FLYING

Check out SWA's 3-day sale to come to Seattle! Hurry because the sale ends TODAY!
http://southwest.com/landing/seattle50off.html?ref=fo1_hp_090120

I've also heard rumor that AA and United are having good deals to Seattle, as well.

LODGING

We have a room block for 10 rooms/hotel for 4/30-5/2 at the following places:

Silver Cloud Inn- Lake Union (closest to Ceremony site)
1150 Fairview Ave N
Seattle, WA, United States
206.447.9500
http://www.silvercloud.com/11location.htm
rates are between $139-159 with Suites available
Amenities include complimentary parking, breakfast, and local shuttle (takes you to 3 hot spots in DT)

Quality Inn & Suites
225 Aurora Ave N
Seattle, WA, United States
206.728.7666
http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-seattle-washington-WA155
rates are between $102-136
Amenities include complimentary parking and breakfast.

Extended StayAmerica (close to Jean and Chiyang- but about 45-1h away from Seattle)
3021 196th St SW
Lynnwood, WA, United States
425.670.2520
http://www.extendedstayamerica.com/hotels/seattle-lynnwood.html
rate are between $90-110
These are Suites with kitchens in each room.

To see these on a map, go to http://www.weddingmapper.com/seattle/wa/visit/0z2888.

**We thought that people would stay up in Lynnwood, but it doesn't seem to be the case, so we may put in another room block about 10 minutes away from DT Seattle near the University of Washington - will keep you posted.

Welcome

Hi! This site is temporarily for all you out-of-towners coming to Seattle for our wedding :)!

We're so excited to see you and glad that you're coming!!!

More to come...