I had a really fun time in Seattle this weekend. Contrary to what I expected, Rushabh and I didn't spend all day on Saturday with our noses stuck inside of our respective laptops. It was a beautiful, sunny weekend in Seattle, so we ended up spending a lot of time outside. We hopped onto some bikes, and started riding around Seattle. We took a fairly long ride, starting in Capitol Hill, down to the U district, and then over to Green lake. We rode around the entire lake, and then headed back to the U district for lunch. While eating, some of Rushbh's friends called him and asked if we wanted to go on a bike ride.

Seeing as how we were already engaged in such an activity, we accepted. So, we rode a few more miles over to his friend's house, and then had a nice 14 mile bike ride up in north west Seattle, on some sort of biking trail. Surprisingly, I wasn't too sore and/or tired after all was said and done (I think I had a much better bike than Rushabh did), and I was really glad that to have seen a view of Seattle that most tourists don't see. I tried to take some pictures, but it was really hard to capture how beautiful of a city Seattle is, when you take the appropriate tour. We saw lots of people enjoying outside activities out in the many parks and bicycle trails. It seems like Seattle offers a lot of different outdoor activities, for those who are so inclined to partake.

After dark we got cleaned up, and spent the night hanging out at some places that were far too trendy for me. One interesting place that Rushabh took us too was called "Frites" - a small european-style restaurant that only served french fries. And only one kind of french fries, at that. The hook is that the fries are made fresh-to-order, and that there are a whole bunch of different sauces that you can order to accompany the fries.

Today, I spent the day with Justin and Sarah, and their new baby Lucy. It has been a long, long time since I have been around a baby who is that tiny (less than a month old). She is really pretty good natured, however - we had a nice breakfast at a small place in Capitol Hill ("Crave"), and Lucy made nary a peep. Then we spent the rest of the day hanging around Justin and Sarah's house. They have made a lot of progress on their renovations since I was last there, and things are really shaping up nice. It seem like their dog, Ada, is a bit jealous of Lucy. Ada demands attention from anyone whom she can reach, and since I wasn't doing anything important (like holding a baby), I got in a lot of play time with Ada.

Anyways, it seem like things are going pretty well for Justin and Sarah, and I'm glad that they were able to spend some time with me today. I had a really great, relaxing trip, and I'm ready head off to another week of work.

-Andy.