Friday, April 18, 2008 12:27 PM
I was here in Seattle a few years ago and I remember my wife and I driving around for HOURS looking for a place to eat...and finding nothing...and going back to our hotel and ordering pizza.
I have two similar stories to add, and let this be a warning to you if you travel to Seattle and like late-night snacks/eating.
Wednesday Night
This was the EMP party night, and after coming back to the hotel and hanging out with the gang in the lobby for a bit, I called it a night...well, I intended to. What I really decided was to go up to my room, drop off the camera, and then head out to the McDonald's at the corner to grab a late night bite. Unfortunately, it was closed (this was 12:20 AMish). But I figured "Hey, this is Seattle, a major city in the USA! There *has* to be somewhere to eat." So I started walking through downtown Seattle.
I eventually came to the Sheraton where another group of MVPers were partying, and Caleb, Ryan, Susanna, and another Canadian MVP who's name I never caught but who looked GREAT in a blonde wig, decided to go hang at this place called 3 Doors...where I hoped I could get food.
I did not. The kitchen was closed. So after all that walking (and some "refreshments" along the way), we went back to the hotel and I just went up and crashed...no food for me this night.
Thursday Night
So last night, I'm feeling like some food (I napped for most of the evening...just totally crashed). I decide to walk out to the McDonald's at the corner, especially considering this was only like 10:30ish. IT WAS CLOSED! Now, realize that back in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, which has a population FAR LESS than Seattle, we have 24 hour McDonalds...let alone all the other restaurants that are typically open until midnight.
Back to the hotel...look over the room service menu...it all looks horribly overpriced and not too appealing. I decide that I'm going to go walk around in a different direction and see what I can find. IT'S NOW RAINING. Sonofa...
So maybe I can find a pizza place to order pizza from. Now, if you do a Google map search for Pizza and Seattle, you get only a *fraction* of the actual places....and all the places listed CLOSE AT 10! What Pizza place closes at TEN?!
It's a good thing that I tried a search for Domino's and finally was able, at 12:30 AM, to get dinner delivered.
So the moral of the story: eat well when you CAN eat, cause otherwise you're scrounging at the later hours.
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