Nicki packing my bags for me… You’ve got to love that girl…

The train ride through the Cascades… I can’t recommend the train highly enough – especially for a trip like this (more on that in another post)…

Walking around Seattle… Nicki was able to utilize her connections to secure a palatial room at the Sheraton for the seriously discounted price of $50 a night…

Modern art across from the Space Needle…

The Space Needle itself…

Me on top of the Space Needle…

The view from the Space Needle toward downtown Seattle…

The Experience Music Project (funded by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen)…

The Experience Music Project with the Space Needle in the background…

A random mural that I liked…

Seattle’s famous wall of gum (next to Pike Place Market)…

Downtown Seattle…

Pike Place Market – Not just for tourists… Seriously, I thought this was just a tourist trap, but it didn’t feel like that at all and it was packed with cool locals…

My brother and me…

Looks good, huh?

Interesting people abound…

This guy is a drug dealer (which is why he is not happy I am taking his picture because he is in the middle of a transaction) and he was selling…

To these guys…

Obviously, I was taken with this girl dancing to the music of the street performers in the foreground(and who wouldn’t be?)

So I went and introduced myself… My brother assumed that she was a stripper which is a distinct possibility. Why am I drawn to girls like this? She was brimming over with confidence and life which is incredibly attractive to me. Or maybe it’s like Rob Dyrdek said, “DGL – Dirty Girls for Life”…

Rock Star…