Planning The Seattle Minibreak
I checked my American cash the other day and it turns out I had nearly $400 left over from Vegas. I was hoping for a little over $100 so that’s a clear win.
Speaking of Vegas, the primary objective is to eat at the Rainforest Café (whether the kid comes along or not…or Jon for that matter).
Secondary objectives include the usual suspects:
-Shopping at the Premium Outlets (particularly Kenneth Cole)
-Discount shopping at Ross (particularly work clothes for my partner)
-Cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory
-A visit to the Space Needle (and perhaps rides, if open)
-A far too filling meal at Izzy’s
-A box of Krispy Kreme Dounuts
-A box of Jones Soda Pure Cane Sugar Berry Lemonade
If a grandparent or two decide to have the kid over for a sleepover while we skip town, The Science Fiction Museum will be added as a primary mission objective.
Our car has a retracting radio antenna so, alas, no Jack ball. We can still eat there if it is so desired but without the Jack ball or a western burger, what would be the point? Maybe I’m just sad over Jack’s coma.
Stop the presses! We have acquired a new mission objective.
Orange You Glad For Change
Orange (you glad for change) Soda will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine.
So looking in detail it appears that the Rainforest Café is in a mall; a mall which also has a Cheesecake Factory. It is also near SeaTac which would require a wee bit more driving but accommodations tend to get much cheaper near SeaTac.
Here’s one possible plan. We hit the Ross at Bellis Fair on our way to the Premium Outlets. After shopping we make a bee-line to check in at the yet-to-be-determined hotel. Then we go for dinner at the Rainforest Café. A Volcano will be had. The next day we go to the Space Needle with a sort of brunch at The Cheesecake Factory and maybe a stop at the Market (I would like to check out the used book store and I’m sure we’d all get a kick out of the collectable store). We go to Izzy’s for dinner and stop at Krispy Kreme in Burlington (or Delta) and Cost Cutters in Blaine (for Jones Soda) on the way home.
As Peter would say, it’s bulletproof.
If the kid ends up having different plans we replace the Space Needle with the Science Fiction Museum and Bob’s your uncle.
Assuming there are no objections, suggestions, or thoughts concerning the plan the next step would be to find accommodations. I wonder if I could somehow pull a rabbit out of my hat and find a place with an indoor pool at a reasonable price. I wouldn’t hold my breath on that.
