First time in Seattle.
It was a nice city to visit. We stayed along the water and just did the main touristy things. Hit the piers, went up the Needle, and visited Pike Place Market. Seattle is much hillier than I imagined. My legs feel it. The weather was perfect. It was 2 days of cloudless skies and locals pointed out to us that rarely happens. Thanks to
@DJTJ for the recommendation to get the chowder which was better than the chowder we had in Boston (recency bias?).
For the game, the stadiums there were really nice. Football and baseball right next to each other. The tailgating setup was maybe the worst I'd ever seen though. There were a few street vendors nearby but nothing else in the streets or parking lots next to the stadium. They did have the baseball stadium open for some sort of pregame party. There was also an indoor area on the way in to the game where there were a lot of people hanging out, but there was nothing right next to the stadium. My friends and I started to walk around to try to find something a little further away from the stadium. We asked a few cops to direct us to where we could drink some beers, and they said there was nothing close. They were pretty much, "We don't give a shit if you sit somewhere and drink" but did point out some areas that might be good. We walked where the first cop pointed but saw nothing. Another cop pointed in another direction, so we walked that way. Still nothing. We thought they were fucking with us. We met a little silver-haired grandma type on the walk, and after small talk, she asked if we wanted to go to her tailgate. So we walked with Linda for what felt like forever (and further away from the stadium) until we hit her lot. They gave us some homemade miso soup then some delicious chicken fried rice from the blackstone. I was not shy about partaking. She topped it off with some homemade cookies. To top it off, she was sitting in our section too albeit in the front row and we were row Z.
For the game, the place was loud. Not sure if it was loud enough to pump up their 12th Man thing or not. Bill Nye the Science Guy raised their flag at the start. I think that was the key to them winning. The fans were nice enough. The most obnoxious people there were other Browns fans. It was a better gameday experience than CBS. Montell Jordan did a little halftime show.
As we were leaving dejectedly, we at least got a free spicy bratwurst from a vendor who was getting rid of his excess supply. That was a nice surprise. The hills were not fun walking back to the hotel.
All in all, a fun weekend trip despite the loss.
^^^me eating my third bowl of fried rice.