Trippin': Seattle - Westlake Center

400 Pine St
Seattle, WA 98101

One of the first places that the bf and I went to after we unloaded our stuff at the hotel was Westlake Center. It's a busy area of downtown Seattle where all the popular stores are at so there is a lot of shopping to do here. Most of the stores are outside but at the center of everything is the Westlake Center Mall and along with a few stores is this AMAZING foodcourt. It's amazing because of the variety that it offers. You can get Thai, Mexican, Indian, Japanese, BBQ, Italian and so much more! So of course this was the first place that we decided to eat at since we could both just choose what we wanted. There was also this boba place. Yay! I ordered their milk tea and it was not so good. Boo! The bf and I also noticed that a lot of the gothic punk folks hung around here. They were very interesting to look at with the gnarly pink, black and blonde hair, the black leather, metal chains and my least favorite, the SUPER TIGHT skinny jeans on the dudes.

Here's a complete list of the food options in the foodcourt:

Bobachine

Bombay Wala Indian Cuisine

Bronco BBQ

Cajun & Grill

Candy Tyme

Charley's Grilled Subs

Georgio's Subs

Lotus Express

McDonald's

McKinley's Soup Plus

Mediterranean Avenue

Mrs. Field's Cookies

Noodle Zone

Salena Mexicana

Sbarro

Teriyaki Temple

Thai Go

World Wrapps





Seattle has a monorail but it was pretty useless for us. It only goes from Seattle Center (where the Space Needle is located) to Westlake Center Mall. The ride I think is less than five minutes long and so the only time you would even need to ride the rail would be if you were needing to go to places near those two stops.




Along the perimeter of Westlake Center Mall, you will find many bronze footsteps embedded into the sidewalk. One of the sets happened to belong to the evil geniuses behind Microsoft, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, both who continue to call Seattle their home.




I hate to see beautiful horses being forced to pull carriages. I am 100% against that and hope that it is one day banned. As I passed by this horsey, all I could notice were the big sad eyes as he or she looked back at me. He or she must have been so tired from having to stand there all day long and then have to pull mindless muggles for a meaningless ride. PTOOEY! I spit on horse drawn carriages!




But I do like these exotic stuffed animals pretending to be saxophone players. *Jazz Hands*

Holiday: Lunar New Year 2008

I know I'm a bit late to wish everyone a Happy Lunar New Year, but Gong Hay Fat Choy; Chuc Mung Nam Moi to all my readers (which are few but very special indeedy)! I hope that the year of the mighty rat will welcome nothing but good things and lots of fortune. The pictures below are from Tan Tan Restaurant. Many businesses in the area have similar decorations in preparation of the New Year. Tan Tan is VERY popular among Asians and has been here way before the big boom in shopping centers that have currently taken over the area. Their food is pretty decent and I'm always baffled that more non-asians don't know about this place. It's WAAAY better than Vietopia. I have never been and probably will never ever try Vietopia. It's over-priced and is not an appropriate represenation of Asian food.

Oh Really?: SMART fortwo

Make: Smart
Model: Fortwo
*photo courtesy of allthingsweb20.files.wordpress.com*

This ubiquitous little vehicle of Europe, Canada and Hong Kong has finally made its way to the States! Finally! Remember the Smart car that Sophie drove from The DaVinci Code? So cute!!! The Smart car starts at about $12,000 and just became available for sale in the United States January 2008 and is only offered at two dealerships in the greater Houston area (I'm a run on queen. Get over it). It gets about 40mpg and has an eight gallon tank. There are a lot of pros and cons to the car, mainly the size factor. Texans like their cars GINORMOUS! European men I can see driving this car around. American men? Not so much. But me? Oh VERY MUCH!!!

Handbags: ALG

I love that comic strip Angry Little Girls. It features these girls just saying really mean things. My favorite is Kim, she's the angry little asian girl, and she literally could have been based off me! Haha! These clever little characters were created by Lela Lee who is based in Los Angeles. As a constant wanter of things, there's this really cute bag that I have my eyes on.

*photos courtesy of www.algshop.com*

Angry Little Girls
Angry Fonts Overnighter
$39.99




Here are some other examples of the angry little asian girl at her finest!