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December 18, 2005
Seattle…Great Football…Great Coffee….Really Bad Bloody Caesars….
Recent occasion took me to Seattle for a Seahawks game. I was reminded once again of what a fantastic city Seattle is. And though I’d been there several times before, it was refreshing to see the new along with some old favorites. It was especially refreshing to see the city through the eyes of someone who had not been there before and in who’s company I was blessed.
For shopping, well, you have to go to Nordstroms. It’s the law. You won’t be disappointed. And anything else you may want is probably around the next corner so just go for it. For oysters and seafood, Elliot’s is a must. It’s on the waterfront and it doesn’t get much better. Bell Town Billiards is a pretty good late night venue. If you can’t have fun there, then you are probably a social outcast and should just end it all and put the world out of your misery.
Naturally there really is a Starbucks everywhere. And that’s a good thing. But the best part about going to Seattle was doing something new. Breaking out of the daily ‘whatever’ and going to the football game. For those of you who have never been to an NFL game, you may not understand. But the energy and spectacle is amazing and has to be experienced. The Seahawks kicked San Francisco’s ass on their way to a Superbowl drive. Whether they get there or not remains to be seen.
But back to something new.
When dealing with new situations, I believe there are basically two types of people in the world.
The kind I like, like me and my traveling companion who say; “Hey, I’ve never done that before. And even though it’s new and maybe scary and maybe into the unknown, let’s go for it. Let’s see what the world has for us today.”
And the kind I tolerate, who say; “Oh…..I don’t know. I’ve never done that before and it looks like it could be interesting but I don’t know if I’d like it. I don’t think so. Maybe next time. Yeah, maybe some other time.”
Which usually means never. And it usually means they will never find out if they like it or not because they never try. Me, I’ll try anything twice, because it might have been done wrong the first time.
But one thing I will not try a third time is a Bloody Caesar in Seattle. I will simply live with the fact that once you go south of the border, they just don’t make a good Caesar. They ranged from disappointing to downright repulsive.
But at least I tried and I’m good with that. And bad Caesars or not, I am definitely going back to Seattle. And it’s because I did something new.
If I have a message here, I guess it’s a simple one.
“Go ahead and roll the dice.”
Life is full of wonderful things and wonderful people. You never know what will happen or who you’ll meet. And you sure as hell can’t win if don’t take the chance.
~ AP
Posted by Anonymous Pundit at December 18, 2005 01:52 PM