Residence Inn By Marriott Bellevue

... called "Akeelah and the Bee" as in spelling bee, a feel-good film about a poor kid who learns how to spell big words. Words like prestidigitation. "Prestidigitation" means skill in pulling off illusions, like a magician. Howard Schultz admits there was more than a little sleight of hand in conjuring up Starbucks and turning the dullest, most common drink in America, into something mysterious. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/ 21/60minutes/printable1532246.shtml

... surprisingly small and not that posh inside. Airforce one was big and posh as expected!!! Strange knowing that presidents such as John F. Kennedy had been on that plane!! The museum also had lots of information about the role of planes in the world wars which I found very interesting. We left when the museum shut and walked back to the hostel where I made tea and we planned the next day which is going to be a very busy day.

... Took the brand new tram to the shopping district where we hopped on the monorail to the Space Needle. Check out the pics. Matt Had his first cab ride home. I think we had spent more time in Seattle than the taxi driver or he was an excellent actor trying to get lost to improve his fare. Thankfully me and my GPS and the map from the hotel averted any detours.

I am leaving back home to Yakima, I just graduated with my AA from Bellevue community College. I will be meeting up with Nick on Saturday and we are getting all our stuff together to leave for a month. =-D We have been planning this trip for sometime and should be a trip of a life time! Hope everyone following along enjoys my photos and reading along on the adventure. See you next Entry!!!!

... but I should have had the taco bell like al the other obese burger eating red blooded Americans. I still blame them for John Lennon's demise. I decided to risk a taxi and just, pay the man, other wise, id never find the place before dark. And I could have starved to death an hour after that. In hindsight it might have been cheaper to just ask someone, but I'm insecure, so I took a taxi for $20. The Hostel ...

... keatas... bayangin, sewa apartemen mereka aja harganya 1,200 USD per month! Itu setara 10 jutaan! Kalo di Indo bisa ngontrak rumah setaun tuh bro!!! gila dalam hati gue mikir, berapa yah gaji or pendapatan orang tua mereka?? Ahhh sudahlah...emang jatah rejeki mereka kali pikir gua... Beres jemput si Bimo kita meluncur ke IndoCafe, akhirnya.......gue nemu Nasi di Amerika!!! Hahaha serasa di rumah...!!! Diiringi alunan suara angklung sunda kita makan ayam mbok berek....enak banget ...

... who ask to take your photo - This saves you the effort of asking someone. They aren't always good but they often are. We always asked people if they wanted us to take a photo of their whole group and would work hard to get a good photo. It was a fun way to meet fellow travelers and we recommend it to do a good deed for the day. Take a lesson from this photo we got in France. When we asked ...

... the Science Fiction Museum. And both of them have been studying music, so they enjoyed the simulation that allowed them to pretend they were singing in a band together. I stayed back at the RV to work on my new demo reel.(this is how I book most of my TV work) I have an opportunity to add several new shows I've done to my current reel. I've been collecting them over the past ...

... out the person wearing the sweats was my friend Katie who came with another friend, Natalie, to pick me up dressed up in clothes from our time in high school together! They've got a tradition going to dress up in some kind of special way to go and pick up friends from the airport. I've dressed up with them to pick up others, but it was the first time anyone dressed up for me, so I felt pretty special. It was a really nice ...

... up there) were piled ten feet high. I tightened my parka hood and posed in front of this wall of snow. "April" I lamented, when I mailed the picture south, "and the snow is still so DEEP." Are all the rumors I hear of life in Antarctica just somebody's leg-pulling too? Or, will the White Continent knock me on my ass with its whistling winds and icy waters? Hey, I can take it. I've got my long johns and my waterproof pants. See what I've been up to these last few weeks.