Brisbane's run ends

Four in a row wasn't to be. Port Adelaide Power beat Brisbane Lions last night in the AFL Grand Final at the Kangaroo and Kiwi pub in Greenlake. It was a great night. All the Aussies around seattle come out of the wood work. Lots of locals turned aswell.

I invited american workmates to come along. Luke was up for his first grand final party. James and I recruited him to barrack for the Lions.

Doesn't Mardi look great in her Lions T-shirt.	Jono, Scarlette and Tom cheering for Port Power.
Henry, Jen and Davo enjoying Coopers beer and Aussie meat pies.	Go Lions! Luke, James and I all cheering for Brissie.

8 Clap, 8 Clap

A bunch of Henry's friends flew up from LA for the UW Huskies UCLA Bruins game. We started the afternoon at our place in Belltown with brunch and bloody marys.

To avoid traffic we caught a ferry from Ballard across lake union to the stadium. The ferry dropped us off amongst these huge yaughts and cruisers moored infront of the stadium. This party on the stern of the huge boat were offering vodka shots to passers by.

Our seats were in the visitors stands. With this comes sitting amongst the enemy and listening to them cheering. One very popular cheer with the Bruin fans is the 8 clap. Its just that 8 claps followed by spelling out U-C-L-A with more clapping. It didn't take Mardi long to figure out that Henry's initials H-H-L-O fit the song too.

I thought the cheer leaders lead the cheers. But I was wrong this time. A middle aged guy we called "polyester Man" whipped the visitor crowd into a frenzy in his all yellow getup and prompt cards.

A view of the city from the ferry on lake union.	The Seattle and LA gang.
UCLA score a touch down.	polyester man.
Henry loudly confident.

Visit from Trevor

Trevor was in town for Business from Melbourne and hung out with us on the weekend. We caught up for drinks at Fado on Saturday night. It was great to catch up with you, Trev. Next time your over here I'll have a better touristy thing to do instead of the Puallip Fair.