We felt like going back to elementary school days.
Throughout the week, we didn't really get a chance to do much. Our schedule was: 6am-wake up, 7am-leave for work, 7pm-home from work, 7:30pm-dinner and 9pm-sleep. So since our week was uneventful and tiring, we decided to explore Spokane and rest up for our first weekend in Washington!
We started our weekend with a celebratory dinner at Sowgun! A hibachi-style restaurant that was pretty neat and entertaining. From the outside, this place looked like a dump in a back alley, but upon entering, we noticed it's true beauty. When you walk in, you walk over a wooden bridge with a waterfall to your right and a pond to your left with fishes in it. The best part of the entrance was when Margaret enthusiastically hit the "gong". Luckily no one else was around so it wasn't too embarrassing.
I also met my future husband!
Continuing our streak for eating at places where we were the only ones there, we ended up at a huge hibachi table alone! Exactly what we wanted....a romantic dinner for two! In honor of our first week, we bought fancy cocktails.
Mai Tai and Japanese Pina Colada
The reason why we even chose to order the cocktails was because across the room, we saw a couple with these really fancy drinks. So we just had to get them! Then we saw the same couple being attacked by their server and forced to put on these silly hats and costumes. They then sang them happy birthday, even though it was their 3 year anniversary!
After the show at Showgun, we were exhausted so we called it a night! But first, we had to jump into a random pile of snow off the side of the road. Thankfully there was a grocery cart available to play with too!
We slept until 10am on Saturday. It was just what we needed after such a long week. We actually didn't do anything until about 1pm. Margaret needed some new shoes that didn't kill her feet at work, so we thought, hey, Spokane has a mall....but first, we must eat!
Bronchi's cheese steaks and subs is where we decided to eat. Pretty tasty subs! Then we mosied on over to the Northside Mall where we browsed the three levels and found Margaret some shoes. The mall had a movie theater in it, so we looked at what was showing and decided to catch a flick. Our flick of choice: Beastly. It was better than I thought it would be, but I'm still not sure how I liked Venessa Hudgens in it.
Later that night, we decided we needed to explore the city a little bit more and see what the night life had to offer. We chose Viking's Tavern. It was a pretty small place, a few tables, a pretty big bar, a few pool tables and a fire pit right in the middle! The place reminded me a lot like Stubbies. It had a wide variety of beers from all over the world, plus a lot of options from microbreweries. My first beer for choice: Moosedrool. Margaret's choice: Tangerine Wheat. The beer selection was excellent and we both tried things that we haven't had before (like Great White). I really enjoyed the atmosphere and they have weekly trivia! We didn't know that until we got there, and we arrived a few minutes shy of signing up, but we still played amongst ourselves anyways!
Sunday we decided to drive half an hour up to Mount Spokane and ski!
About halfway up the mountain, I realised that I forgot to fill up the ole gas tank. This really freaked me out since there was no gas station around. Good thing going home was mostly downhill so I could let gravity to its job!
Upon arriving, we bought our lift tickets and got fitted for our skis and boots. Finally, we were ready to hit the slopes!
The view was excellent and the snow was falling....very picturesque
We hung up our snow skis and taught the people who worked at the rental shop how to make purple drank.
On the way home, I was a little tired and was still getting used to the area when I made a mistake. The left turn signal was red and I stopped. Once all the cars passed, I turned left. In the middle of the turn, Margaret asks: "Are you really turning left on a red?" in which I replied: "Yes, yes I am". Oops!
All in all, a great day! But wait! We HAD to celebrate the end of one week in Spokane with a champagne toast!
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