Ahhh Seattle...the Capital of Coffee! We arrived Thursday for the Seattle Coffee Fest--a 3 day industry trade show billed as featuring everything that "smells like, looks like or tastes like coffee" We checked into the Hotel Sorrento an early 1900's style luxury hotel that catered to the train barrons during the settling of the Western Frontier.  This evening we met with our friends/past staff members for dinner at Via Tribunale, our favorite Neapolitan Pizza restaurant.  Alina is working for a catering company in Redmond making all the desserts and pastries.  She is happy and thriving, living in an apartment in Capitol Hill.  Mindaugas is working for a food distributor, driving the delivery truck and making sales calls, he also loves living in Seattle and fits into the city lifestyle seamlesley.  He and Stephanie had some news to share with us this evening; they are engaged!  He proposed to her up on a seanic overlook over Seattle and they were laughing about how the romantic candle he had brought up to the sight wouldn't stay lit because of the wind! They both were very excited and we look forward to coming back to attend their wedding.  Elvira also joined us, she has just arrived in Seattle and has yet to get fully settled in.  We were very impressed with these guys who after moving to Seattle less than a year ago have good jobs, live in a fun hip neighborhood, and are enjoying life....The American Dream!!!