Sunday, February 24, 2008

Road (Ski) Trip - Part 7

And so to Seattle, their home for just one night this time and their first brush with civilisation in a week. GG (NAG) had booked them into the Westin a bit of a Seattle landmark with twin 47 storey towers and they were quite looking forward to enjoying the view from their 31st floor room.



A quick change and shave and they were heading down to the KeyArena to take in a basketball game between the local Supersonics and the Portland Trailblazers (about as close as it gets to a local derby in North American Sport).

The first disappointment of the night were the ID nazis at the bars who insisted on a) seeing ID for everyone and b) for foreigners insisting this was a passport. As all they had on them was GG (NAG)'s driving licence this was a problem as they could not get a beer.

They managed to spot an elderly black man (this is relevant) serving on his own and decided to try their luck with him. On seeing that GG (NAG) was born in Africa he became rather confused and assumed he must have been a brother and served them, presumably he missed the "South".

The match itself was a slightly one-sided affair with the 'Sonics running out easy winners but was at least enlivened by the mascot (clearly Teenwolf), the cheerleaders and the flying dwarves who all entertained at the various breaks.

Special thanks must goto GG (NAG) for sorting the tickets out which were right on courtside.

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