Seattle was Awesome! (with a capital A!)

The entire trip from home, to Seattle, performing in the show, then driving right back took 17 hours. I could go on forever about the trips awesomeness, but here are highlights instead:
- Driving in Kyle's new Honda Accord
(and by "new" I mean newer than his old piece of shit Ford Tempo that died on the highway the week earlier).
- Finally performing at The Seattle Underground.
For those who haven't been there, it's a cool little club in downtown Seattle that has played hosts to shows for the "Seattle Comedy Competition" for many years, a true landmark of the Seattle Comedy scene. Kyle and I drove up to do some time at one of their weekly open mics with the hopes of Kyle getting his foot in the door to this year's competition. Since we drove from Portland we were told we could have extra time, which was much appreciated. Brad Brake hosted the show (really funny guy), and complimented both of us after our sets. The crowd was awesome and I got to tell my new "Ice Cream" joke for the first time, to a huge groaning response (groaning, in this case, means it's working!).
- Down to Laff-Hole/Chop Suey we go!
Kyle and I drove across town to Chop Suey, home to The Laff-Hole and The Peoples Repulic of Komedy. We were met on the street by Gabe Dinger and Richard Bain. They escorted us in and we saw the awesomeness that is this venue. Very open, very well put together rock club. When we arrived in the green room, we met several of the PRoK regulars, including Daniel Carroll, Kevin Hyder, Emmett Montgomery and Scott Moran. Each of these guys were their own brand of cool/funny, but all of them were very nice and a pleasure to meet. I talked with Daniel Carroll for a while and as I was writing down his contact info, Gabe Dinger made to yell out, "Yeah, Daniel is talented, you should totally book him!" Daniel confirmed he is talented, then proceeded to suggest that I write that down as well should I forget in the near future.
(Side note: What I didn't realize while I was talking to Daniel was that I was already a big fan of his from watching some video on his MySpace page, but with his new haircut I didn't recognize him. I met one of my favorite and comedians and I didn't even know it.)
The show was packed with talent, showcasing a lot of locals and some Bumbershoot people as well. At over three hours, it was a non-stop comedy assault on my senses. I saw Richard Bain perform on the big stage, and the show closed with the low energy stylings of David Cope. It was all unicorns and roundhouse kicks with that guy, and he closed out a very solid show with a solid performance.
The night came to a close and several of the visiting Portland comics went outside to BS for a few minutes, and I was starving. Andy Wood came walking toward us with a hot dog which was leaking something out of both ends. "Cream cheese!" he confirmed. I went to hot dog stand myself and saw that they had quite a variety of gourmet dogs, but I just order the usual: beef smoked sausage, extra mustard. As I was walking away from the stand, eating the hot dog, I realized it tasted more like steak and childhood happiness than a mere snack, so I immediately walked back and bought another.
I also got to see Eugene Mirman, Doug Benson and Todd Barry at the club (they didn't perform). I have an interesting story about Gabe Dinger and Kyle Harbert involving Todd Barry to a certain degree, but I'll have to get some permission before I post that.

Anyhow, thanks Seattle for the fun night!