Tuesday we went back to the New Orleans to hear the Holotradband. This time there were a couple more dancers there too – we made some new friends. The band was sweet. I think if I were to move to Seattle after all that bar/restaurant would be my favorite. The food is tasty, drink selection is good, and the music is fantastic.
Wednesday was our last day in town. We didn’t do much till the evening. We spent the day hanging out at home and getting ourselves organized and ready for the next leg of our trip. Mike (our host) took us for a brief driving tour of Seattle’s other neighborhoods (the ones we couldn’t easily walk to from his place), and then we met up with Alison (from RPI) for dinner. She took us to this awesome Indian restaurant (I believe the name was Taste of India). She told us she had only been there once before but that the food was good and they had a bottomless cup of chai. We thought “awesome, free refills of chai”… but it was really more literal than that. We actually had races (that perhaps only we were aware of) against the waiter to see if we could actually finish our (tea cup sized) cup of chai before he came by to refill it. Same with the water. I swear they re-filled my water when I had taken no more than a sip from the full glass. Well, aside from fun with our drinks, the food was delicious, but I swear we were all full from the many, many refills of chai we had had by the time the food was served (and oh man was that chai amazingly scrumptious too).
After dinner Brooks and I went to Century Ballroom for the dance. Oh yeah, did I mention it featured the Loose Marbles? Hell yeah, it was a great night of dancing.
Tomorrow we head to Portland, OR. More adventures to come.


