10 Things Trippy

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I've been posting my trip photos slowly on Flickr. More on that later.

2. The rhythm is definitely different out West than it is here. I could not find it in myself. I tried and tried but could not.

3. It turns out that a maple bacon donut is not too much. Not too much at all. It is, in the immortal words of Goldilocks, just right. VoodDoo Doughnut also made me possibly the very best chocolate frosted doughnut I have ever had the pleasure to consume.

4. Seattle makes really hot men. Or perhaps attracts them. I didn't find out if they were all native. Stay tuned for those photos, too.

5. My very unscientific observations showed me that women in the West are more "normally" sized. Please note I'm not saying that the women out there are fat. I saw more people who look like me than I do here in New York. I think. It felt like it but I'm still watching New York with new eyes to see if it still feels like it.

6. I had to implement a self-regulating measure in Powell's Books. My arms got fuller and fuller and finally TVMike asked, "Do you want some help with those?" I declined because I told myself that if I couldn't carry it I couldn't buy it. Still spent $95 but got a LOT for my cash.

7. I went to the land of Starbucks. I have mixed feelings about the franchise and I generally try to patronize locally owned or smaller chains wherever I am. I figured, though, that at some point I'd go to a Starbucks in Seattle. I even passed by what I think was the original one. I got my cocoa fix in the airport. Technically still in Seattle I guess.

8. There's a ton of public art in the cities I visited. It's embedded in the walkways and crawls along buildings and I loved it. I want more of that everywhere.

9. A jaywalking ticket in Seattle is $52. Fortunately I do not know that from personal experience. Not for lack of trying, though. They are freakishly serious about their street crossing rules.

10. The time change didn't kick my ass especially in either direction but I am still, I think, a little bit on West Coast time. It does not make getting up for work any easier.