SEATTLE

Intro

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• checking out
• that was cool
• gloom

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John, Zach and Migs went to Seattle on Monday! It was a great trip. One of the neatest things they saw was a new building designed by the famous architect, Frank Gehry. It’s called the Experience Music Project and it reportedly cost over $100 million dollars to build!

Dialog

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Zach

Migs

Zach:  Hey Migs, I had a really good time up in Seattle this weekend. How ‘bout you?

Migs:  Well, I had fun. I would have liked to stay longer.

Zach:  Yeah, me too. But, just checking out all the buildings and stuff, and seeing… just being in a new environment was really amazing for me.

Migs:  Yeah, that new building was awesome!

Zach:  Yeah, that, that rock and roll museum?

Migs:  Yeah, the one that girl said looked like a big multi-colored booger.

Zach:   Oh yeah, that was cool. But you know, I didn’t, I didn’t mind that we didn’t go inside, I just had a fun time kinda walking around and checking out the exterior.

Migs:  I can’t believe that building. The colors were so cool and the way the sun changed the colors as it moved…

Zach:  Yeah.

Migs:  ... it was unbelievable.

Zach:   Yeah, that was great. Um, it was fun. Even though we were only there for a few hours, I just enjoyed kinda driving around and checking out everything.

Migs:  That’s a great city. I mean, it would be fun to live there someday.

Zach:  Yeah, I wouldn’t mind it. Except for the gloom and the rain.

Migs:  Yeah…