The Umbrella Store

Of course Seattle has an umbrella store! Actually, did you know that New York gets more annual rainfall than Seattle? Seattle has more overcast days. 

So I went into the umbrella store to see if they carry Senz umbrellas. I used to have a Senz that I bought in Amsterdam, but it was stolen last year. I haven't been able to find the exact model online.

The woman at the store said she does carry Senz, but they only have the large golf-size umbrellas at the moment. But she totally knows how awesome they are because they resist winds up to 50 mph. We agreed that Senz needs to do some major marketing in the US because they don't have any competitors and would do really well. Imagine: "The official umbrella of Seattle" or "The official umbrella of New York." Tourists would buy them because they would think, "Well if this works great here in Seattle, then I just have to have it back home!" It would also be easy to hand out coupons or cards in the bustling pike place market area to promote brand awareness.

I gave the salesperson my contact info because they are going to special order the model I want. Rainy season starts in November.