“Living in Seattle doesn’t make you cool.”

I took Nick for his first real steak house meal this week. I mean, it isn’t the first time he has had steak, I just think it was the first time he had a $50.00 steak. A $50.00 steak that comes ala carte. He was a little shocked by that, as I was the first time I ate in one of those places. Many people think that $50.00 is to much to pay for a steak. I say you are not paying for the steak. You are paying to be treated like you are the only person on the planet that matters. Even though Nick was dressed in his usual second hand clothes and unshaven, he can pull off that look pretty well, we were treated like we were the Mayor of Seattle. OK and it was a really good steak.

We ate at Morton’s, not my personal favorite steak house, but still a pretty good place. You will never have bad service at a Morton’s, that is for sure. Our waiter was very good and really quite funny. The food was fantastic, as it usually is at Morton’s. The asparagus is always cooked just right. I didn’t drink much, a glass of red with my steak of course, as I was still recovering from my “date” the night before. More about that some other time. I think overall it was a good experience for him. I didn’t get to eat in my first real fancy steak place until I was 27 or so. Not sure why, but I never really had a $50.00 steak until I was older. He seemed to enjoy it and take in the atmosphere. We had soufflé for dessert. Another first for Nick.

I feel pretty lucky that my 20 year old son still thinks it is pretty cool to hang out with his dad. He never seems embarrassed to be around me. I think that is a real testament to his maturity as he has never acted his age, not even when he was two. He seems keenly aware of his surroundings and does not put up with the façade that most people put up. He is one of the most down to earth people I think I know and that is amazing for a 20 year old. He is not about pretense and he doesn’t care what is cool. He is his own man and lives the life we should all strive to live.

Needless to say, I am proud of him and I am looking forward to our trip together later this year.

We also came up with a new t-shirt which I would love to get made. “Living in Seattle doesn’t make you cool.” Nick seems to feel that the youth in Seattle just automatically think they are cool. They think since Seattle was the coolest place on the Earth in the early nineties, that they are now cool by default. I am afraid it doesn’t work that way, so you young Seattleites, get over yourself. Kurt Cobain was cool. Eddie Vedder was cool. Chris Cornell was cool. You are just young punks who need to practice better personal hygiene.

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