My Kind of Town.
My Kind of Town.I would never forget my every day evening walk by the Elliot bay for one-hour in Seattle Washington for years. Seattle is always cloudy and wet. City is a big part of my life for big time, walking in the downtown every day, visiting the library spending some time there. Seattle Center is one of the well-known spot with Space Needle and science center. Space needle is unique; it has a restaurant in the space on the top of the needle. Seattle center has all kind of entertainment, shopping center, dance floors, auditorium, and community centers.Every day there is some thing or the other on the board.There will be no day without festive activity. Music concert series, world music festival, community celebrations, food festival and lot more. That is the only place, around the year some day chinese, Filipino, Indian, French and more community festivals. Place is always busy. Workshops on theater.music, folk art and more…..Exhibition of panting.sculpture, dramas, promotional activities, you just name it. Native American (Red Indian} festival is special attraction. Open-air Rock concerts in the summer are great fun by colorful fountain. Place is always busy with lots of activities. Very much entertaining.In the downtown Fish and vegetable market is also very busy and crowded. Interesting thing is street musicians playing on the street good music and make their living on that, whatever they get as a tip through out the day. I never missed to listen to this musician whenever I had time. Just next to the market by the bay, there is Horse cart ride, of course better than our Tangas.Some relief in the super fast life style of America.One of the best restaurants of Seattle is Indian, by name Chatnay ranked no. one for many years for its test, service and more, mostely Americans eat there.I would like to mention one thing here about getting my driver licence.It is very tough job there. Written test I passed just like that on computer.Praticle was failed first time, though I had taken classes from driving school. I was bit nervous about it. Now see the Indian mentality how it works you go anywhere. I had a music student from Fiji. One day I told him that what to do man, about getting this licence, he said do not worry, I know licensing officer who is from Fiji. He fixed the appointment with him. One day early morning, we went for the test. There was big queue .He came out from the office and said stand in the queue all of you. He pointed at me said come here, asked to get in to the car, he also got in to the car and asked me turn left; I drove him for ten minutes.Asked me…Aachhi tarahse chalaana jaanate ho Na, I said yes. In between I was little faster, he said… kya kar rahe ho,mujhe India le jao ge kya.I started laughing…That is how I got Licence.Let me tell you one thing here, I was good driver, no cheating. Fijians are mostly Indians. It is big population in Seattle. Ham log kahi bhi jayenge to bhi haamari aadat nahi jaayegi.Aadat se majbur Hai Na.
Vedang Dharashive.
My Kind of Town.I would never forget my every day evening walk by the Elliot bay for one-hour in Seattle Washington for years. Seattle is always cloudy and wet. City is a big part of my life for big time, walking in the downtown every day, visiting the library spending some time there. Seattle Center is one of the well-known spot with Space Needle and science center. Space needle is unique; it has a restaurant in the space on the top of the needle. Seattle center has all kind of entertainment, shopping center, dance floors, auditorium, and community centers.Every day there is some thing or the other on the board.There will be no day without festive activity. Music concert series, world music festival, community celebrations, food festival and lot more. That is the only place, around the year some day chinese, Filipino, Indian, French and more community festivals. Place is always busy. Workshops on theater.music, folk art and more…..Exhibition of panting.sculpture, dramas, promotional activities, you just name it. Native American (Red Indian} festival is special attraction. Open-air Rock concerts in the summer are great fun by colorful fountain. Place is always busy with lots of activities. Very much entertaining.In the downtown Fish and vegetable market is also very busy and crowded. Interesting thing is street musicians playing on the street good music and make their living on that, whatever they get as a tip through out the day. I never missed to listen to this musician whenever I had time. Just next to the market by the bay, there is Horse cart ride, of course better than our Tangas.Some relief in the super fast life style of America.One of the best restaurants of Seattle is Indian, by name Chatnay ranked no. one for many years for its test, service and more, mostely Americans eat there.I would like to mention one thing here about getting my driver licence.It is very tough job there. Written test I passed just like that on computer.Praticle was failed first time, though I had taken classes from driving school. I was bit nervous about it. Now see the Indian mentality how it works you go anywhere. I had a music student from Fiji. One day I told him that what to do man, about getting this licence, he said do not worry, I know licensing officer who is from Fiji. He fixed the appointment with him. One day early morning, we went for the test. There was big queue .He came out from the office and said stand in the queue all of you. He pointed at me said come here, asked to get in to the car, he also got in to the car and asked me turn left; I drove him for ten minutes.Asked me…Aachhi tarahse chalaana jaanate ho Na, I said yes. In between I was little faster, he said… kya kar rahe ho,mujhe India le jao ge kya.I started laughing…That is how I got Licence.Let me tell you one thing here, I was good driver, no cheating. Fijians are mostly Indians. It is big population in Seattle. Ham log kahi bhi jayenge to bhi haamari aadat nahi jaayegi.Aadat se majbur Hai Na.
Vedang Dharashive.
