Okay, the Pacific Northwest rocks. Seattle in particular. When Beck sang about "Where it's at", I'm pretty sure he was talking about here.
There is little reason I would ever be embarrassed to say I live here. But one occasion would be when we have inclement weather. Don't get me wrong: I know we've had frequent bouts of unusual weather for this area. But it's how we handle it, or don't, that has me rolling my eyes at us along with the rest of whomever.
One weather website even termed this latest storm a "polar invasion". Polar invasion? Are you fucking kidding me? Wait. Can you hear that? It's the sound of everyone back east, in the mid-west and Canada rolling on the floor, kicking their legs up in the air, slapping their knees, laughing their asses off at their melodramatic counterparts on the west coast. And I right along with them. (I admittedly say this with a grain of bitterness as I live and work in Seattle proper, where we never see weather as dramatic as the outlying suburbs. And I walk to work: there are never any snow days for Karen!)
So, when Betsey, Mexi (Erica) and I got together for Ladies' Night, we decided to commemorate the occasion by dedicating a beverage. With the help of Michael at Ruth's Chris, we invented the "Polar Invasion-tini" (because everything sounds better with "tini" after it). Sorry, I can't divulge the recipe, but I can tell you it was delicious! I will give you this much: it involves Godiva liquor. If you've not had Godiva liquor yet in your life, then you missed the day in school where they told you that you should. If you want to try a Polar Invasion-tini, I'm sure we can work out something about for the royalties!
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The game we probably shouldn't have won
I had made an appointment to get my hair foiled long before the contest came up (See "We came. We saw. WE WON!!"). I thought about rescheduling it, but decided to have it all! Of course, I didn't know at the time that I would be in the chair for over four hours!! I was sitting there, trapped in my idle time, listing meticulously all I had to do when I got home, before I headed downtown. Emily and I arranged to meet at the office so we could decide what props to take with. Alta and her hubby were running late, so we were just going to meet them at the game instead of having drinks beforehand.
We got up to the 300 level and were in line for beer during the national anthem. I decided to double-fist it so I wouldn't have to leave my seat again, and we got up to our seats for the kickoff. The seats were in the nose-bleeds, but they were the best seats I've had to a game there. We were right on the 50, didn't have to climb at a right angle and get vertigo to get to them, and could actually read the jersey numbers. Bonus!
To be honest, most of the game was scary, sloppy and disappointing. But that didn't keep us from screaming like people possessed from the get-go, and if anything, encouraged it! Qwest Field is #1 in the NFL for drawing penalties on the opposing offense. We were proud to join the 12th Man in causing two false starts that night. The crowd noise was thunderous!
True to the Seahawks nature, the game came down to the last couple of minutes of the fourth quarter. (Later, someone would remark to me that I was lucky I didn't leave early. But he couldn't have been watching this game – I had no idea what he was talking about. NO ONE left early!) Dallas had the ball at the 2-minute warning and were making their way down the field. Seattle defense was in the process of holding them back from a first down on the 1 when the judges ruled to move the chains. Thank the saints for Holmgren's review and the subsequent overturn! Something similar happened at the Superbowl last year and the call stood, so we were preparing ourselves for the worse. They brought in the field goal unit, and then Romo fumbled the ball! It was unbelievable. He picked up the ball and ran left to no man's-land and we thought for sure we were screwed. There was no one defending that side of the end zone. Then Jordan Babineaux leapt from no where, grabbed Romo's right ankle from behind, kept him from scoring AND from a first down. THEN, on his way down, Romo fumbled and Seattle recovered it. Qwest erupted in a deafening sound none of us will soon forget!
What an opportunity to be able to see this game live! It was hands down the most fun I've ever had at a live football game.
Of course, we know these extremely LUCKY, unpredictable series of events could never happen twice. So, we're going to have to actually be prepared this weekend in Chicago. I'm hoping that the combination of the destiny and luck most people are echoing around the city this week, and the supreme beating we took in Chicago earlier in the season will be enough to bring home the V. So, in the meantime, we're all crossing our fingers, and toes, and hairs, and eyes …
GO HAWKS!!!
We got up to the 300 level and were in line for beer during the national anthem. I decided to double-fist it so I wouldn't have to leave my seat again, and we got up to our seats for the kickoff. The seats were in the nose-bleeds, but they were the best seats I've had to a game there. We were right on the 50, didn't have to climb at a right angle and get vertigo to get to them, and could actually read the jersey numbers. Bonus!
To be honest, most of the game was scary, sloppy and disappointing. But that didn't keep us from screaming like people possessed from the get-go, and if anything, encouraged it! Qwest Field is #1 in the NFL for drawing penalties on the opposing offense. We were proud to join the 12th Man in causing two false starts that night. The crowd noise was thunderous!
True to the Seahawks nature, the game came down to the last couple of minutes of the fourth quarter. (Later, someone would remark to me that I was lucky I didn't leave early. But he couldn't have been watching this game – I had no idea what he was talking about. NO ONE left early!) Dallas had the ball at the 2-minute warning and were making their way down the field. Seattle defense was in the process of holding them back from a first down on the 1 when the judges ruled to move the chains. Thank the saints for Holmgren's review and the subsequent overturn! Something similar happened at the Superbowl last year and the call stood, so we were preparing ourselves for the worse. They brought in the field goal unit, and then Romo fumbled the ball! It was unbelievable. He picked up the ball and ran left to no man's-land and we thought for sure we were screwed. There was no one defending that side of the end zone. Then Jordan Babineaux leapt from no where, grabbed Romo's right ankle from behind, kept him from scoring AND from a first down. THEN, on his way down, Romo fumbled and Seattle recovered it. Qwest erupted in a deafening sound none of us will soon forget!
What an opportunity to be able to see this game live! It was hands down the most fun I've ever had at a live football game.
Of course, we know these extremely LUCKY, unpredictable series of events could never happen twice. So, we're going to have to actually be prepared this weekend in Chicago. I'm hoping that the combination of the destiny and luck most people are echoing around the city this week, and the supreme beating we took in Chicago earlier in the season will be enough to bring home the V. So, in the meantime, we're all crossing our fingers, and toes, and hairs, and eyes …
GO HAWKS!!!
Friday, January 05, 2007
We came. We saw. WE WON!!!
Our firm held a contest today for tickets to the Seahawks Wild Card playoff game versus the Dallas Cowboys tomorrow here at Qwest Field. My friend Emily first alerted me to this opportunity, so we worked together on the effort and vowed that if one of us won, we would take the other.
And so it came to be.
Today was awesome! It turned out that we had an entire design team working for us: one of them designed the 12th man rings and belts, another blade cut the SEA FENCE signage out of foam core, another one yet helped us apply the tattoos when it was crunch time, and ideas were free flowing out the yin-yang! I borrowed my boss' official Seahawks hard hat that was given to him back when our firm designed their training facility years ago. So around mid-day, it went from "yeah, this is fun. It would be really cool to win", to "OH IT'S ON. WE ARE SOOOO WINNING!!" And I'm happy to report that we each won a ticket (along with Alta who won for "best conceptual design"), and will be present and accounted for tomorrow at 5p.m. Whether the Hawks go on in the playoffs or not, Emily and I had the BEST time working with everyone today. It truly was a team effort, and we felt the love from everyone!
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