I love downtown

So the weather has been nice lately so I have walked a couple of days, and I must say, I cannot wait till the weather turns and I get to walk all the time.  While the bus folk are interesting and slightly crazy, the people on the street can be equally as entertaining if not more so!  Plus, on the street you get to hear all the yelling from people and the ranting and raving that can be missed while sitting in the comforts of the bus.  However, the best thing about walking is seeing the reactions of other people on the street, specifically the tourists.  How, do you ask, can I spot a tourist?  Easy:

-tourists do not jay walk...the literally stand there like schmucks waiting for the light to change while in the mean time, myself and other natives are a block ahead
-tourists glare at the jay walkers...dont get me started
-tourists fear the crazies downtown...they walk to the other side of the street or grip their bags tighter when they walk by them
-tourists have a camera...the stop in the middle of the street to take a picture of some building or something else lame

So as I was walking home, I could see the familiar site of red and blue lights flashing.  I was instantly giddy with anticipation....and I was not disappointed!  As I approached I saw 4 of Seattle's finest surrounding the hood of their car and heard every profanity in the book!  I looked and there is one of Seattle's upstanding citizens sitting on the hood of the car...my guess is it was a woman, but as you know from previous posts, I can never be sure of that.  It was screaming and swearing and jerking its head around and the cops were basically just standing their rolling their eyes.  I am so entertained and cant help but giggle to myself because it is just another day downtown:)  As I look ahead, 4 ladies are just beside themselves with disgust and fear.  Calm down ladies...pretty sure the 4 cops that are surrounding it wont let anything happen to you and plus even if it did break loose, I am sure it is so drunk that you could out run it.  Bottom line: welcome to Seattle!!  I get a few blocks down and see an ambulance headed towards the corner where It was...I can only conclude that it fell off the hood of the car and injured itself or that the cops got sick of dealing with it and pawned it off on the EMTs.

Seriously, it is just so fun sometimes to be downtown and I hope it brings everyone a little comfort knowing that the warm weather will still give me enough material to blog :)