Big Fat Geek Wedding

Notes from the trip to Seattle:

Keith and Shaleah's wedding was very nice. And quick, too, which I very much appreciated.

I enjoyed the Space Needle and Pike's Place Market. I saw some fish get thrown, which was enjoyable.

It's hard to find your way around if you're not familiar with the area. My dad found that out the hard way and didn't quite get to the wedding on time. But since it lasted about 10 minutes tops, that didn't really matter.

The shot of the SN included with this post was taken from my hotel room. Sweet view, huh?

I gave a toast, but I think it sounded like drunken rambling. Judging by the intellectual cohesiveness of this blog post, I'm sure it isn't much of a stretch for the reader to envision just such an outburst.

I'm digging the party favor mix CD that was handed out. Excellent songs on there, although I told Keith a song called Grounds for Divorce might not be such a good choice. It's a good song, though.

Irish dancing. There was a lot of it at the reception. The leader was excellent, although I blame him for giving my dad the opportunity to improvise. This led to something that could be considered breakdancing, if you are incredibly generous or blind.

It was great to see so many family members. It seemed that everybody had a good time, although we did have to enlist Seattle's finest due to a missing purse.

Our hotel was right across the street from Key Arena, where the Seattle Supersonics do - or once did - play. The newspapers were filled with stories about whether the team would be moving. I didn't see any U-Hauls while I was there.

I thank Keith and Shaleah for a nice time and also my family for picking up checks (always appreciated) and hanging out. It was definitely a good time.

But those are simply prologue to the real aim of this post: to discuss the first time I have ever flown first class. On our outward flight, the Alaska Airlines flight attendants delivered us what ever we wanted to drink plus warmed nuts. You may think you enjoy a nice mix of almonds, cashews and peanuts, but trust me, if you warm them up, they become just about the best thing ever. I think even my nuts were warmed by the warm nuts.
The leg room was stupendous. At one point, I crossed my legs while reading. It was divine. If you get the opportunity, by all means fly first class. Food tastes better, the flight goes faster, I can't recommend it enough.