Sushi Whore

Mashiko Sushi in West Seattle. Hole in the wall with really, really good sushi (if you're willing to wait a couple of hours for a table). Seems like you can't swing a dead cat in Seattle without hitting a sushi place. Not a bad problem to have.

Punk Rock Breakfast

I'll take punk rock with a side of hip hop.
Easy Street in West Seattle. Sweet record store, cafe, live band venue. Where else can you buy Gorillaz action figures, get an omelet and catch a show? Sorry, I was too groggy to operate a camera, so this will have to do.

Zoe

Here's Zoe after a week at Downtown Dogs. She's not used to playing with other dogs much, and she was part of a pack for a week straight. She had fun, but she was worn out. She slept for 2 days straight.

Seattle Waterfront

Best Radio Station on Earth

Seattle

The view from the rooftop garden of our hotel. Not too shabby. Even better on a clear day, but it is Seattle. Right across from Pike Place Market, which is apparently the homeless capital of the world.

Whistler Summit

Rode the gondola and chair all the way to the top of Whister, more than a mile of vertical. The chair to the peak was a bit sketchy, about 100 feet in the air over jagged cliffs. Once on the summit it's all alpine bowls or out of bounds on all sides. After floating in the 12cm (it is Canada, ey) of fresh snow for about 20 minutes, my legs were burning and we still had about 5,000 vertical feet to go. Unbelievable snow, best I've ever ridden in. Had the two most spectacular crashes ever on the way down. Lot's of facewash, but no real damage.

After lunch Craig and I hit the Super G/Downhill run that will be in the 2010 Olympics. Those guys are crazy. Rode until our legs wouldn't work anymore and called it a day.

Me Likey Snow

The view from our condo in the Upper Village. We were a short walk from the Blackcomb lifts, and spent day one on Blackcomb. I believe it when they say this is the largest ski resort in North America. The place is absolutely ginormous. We spent all day on Blackcomb and didn't see more than a quarter of it at most.

Whistler

Looks like the weather may cooperate for once. The drive from Seattle to Vancouver and Whistler should be pretty spectacular. I should have internet access most of the trip, so I hope to be updating daily. It'll be nice to be able catch a glimpse of Zoe now and then with the webcams while she's at Downtown Dogs, too.

Now lets hope I remember how to do this snowboarding thing...