05-31-22

 

Nice balmy evening for a long walk to the statue garden.  Spied these in a planter along the way.

05-30-22

 

Relatively new relatively weird art in South Lake Union.

05-29-22

 

Enjoyed the happy hour apple and brie plate at Alibi Room tonight.

05-28-22

 

The restaurant coming in on the corner has been revealed!  And it is an old diner from a few blocks away from pre-pandemic!  We ate there once, excited to try it out again.

05-27-22

 

WNBA basketball game and a chance to catch up with Xander.  Double win!

05-26-22

 

Learning about vintage clocks downtown,  They are currently covered in plywood for safekeeping, but interesting to read about them and learn that a lot were removed when an ordinance was made that they had to display the correct time to remain.

05-25-22

 

What a pretty sunset!  I love it when the colors and mountains reflect on the Emerald.

05-24-22

 

COVID is running rampant.  We are on the testing, masking, and cancelling outings protocol.

05-23-22

 

Bruce is doing more reviews, which means phone eats first.  Love me some massaman curry with brown rice.

05-22-22

 

U-District Street Fair.

05-21-22

 

Here's our trash crew for the city wide clean-up day.  Good weather, good conversations, plenty of time left to enjoy the sunshine.

05-20-22

 

Headed to Bell Habor for the UW Financial Conference.

Got a ton of technical info, but also some fun stats from a global survey:

- 65% of employees say they would take a new boss over a pay raise

- 43% are likely to leave their job in the next 12 months

- 35% are looking for an opportunity to increase their total pay

05-19-22

 

Block party at Occidental Park.  The Seahawks Blue Thunder band, the Mariner Moose, and Lady A.

05-18-22

 

Hair did done, then blown to bits on this very windy day.

05-17-22

 

My team trudged to the office today to be on headsets and meetings all day.  Leigh resorted to throwing crumpled post-it notes to get my attention.

05-16-22

 

Where did all our spices go?!?  Bruce weeded out the expired containers... and there is not much left!

05-15-22

 

It was a very wet and soggy day, but Anastasia, Joan, and I took the ferry to Bainbridge to enjoy afternoon tea together.

05-14-22

Off to downtown Bellevue for Imagine Housing's fundraiser gala.

05-13-22

 

Happy Mother's Day Take 2!

M Bar tonight, bring on the tapas!  Hummus, popcorn, potato salad, salad... and Mochinuts for dessert.

Great to be together.

05-11-22

Just had to stop and photo this one.  Right outside Viktoria, a person sleeping in a wagon, with their cell phone being creatively charged.

05-10-22

 

I call them street tacos, they call them fajita.  Since we had two proteins for tacos, I wanted small tortillas.  They are really fun and going quick as we both snack on them.  Taco Tuesday is alive and well!

05-09-22

 

I asked Brice and Tracey if they liked fancy carmel apples or cheesecake, and they said Yep.  Had to get it early since Tuesday is an in office day.  I like to take photos of the flavors so I can remember what they are.

05-08-22

 

Happy Mothers Day!

Xander was in Scottsdale, but the rest of us checked out China Harbor.  By foot, just in case parking was pay.

Love this pic with Anastasia in the corner.

05-07-22

 

Anastasia's ice skating lessons culminated in an exhibition tonight.  Fun to see all the skaters.  And to enjoy Dairy Queen treats afterwards, just like old times.

05-06-22

 

Trivia night at church.  I didn't expect to be on Bruce's team, but glad I was, since he knows the Office really well.  Third place, lots of Office fans tonight.

05-05-22

 

Sill life at work.

This pair of reading glasses has been laying on this counter for over two years.

05-04-22

 

We walked down to Pioneer Square to enjoy the pre-game festivities for the Seattle Sounders vs. Mexico City Pumas in the CONCACAF game.  Plenty of energy!

05-03-22

 

Demonstration at Westlake as Roe v. Wade looks to be unravelling.

I wish we weren't so polarized.

I wish womens rights and being Christian was a personal struggle rather than a political issue.

I wish there were more adoptions than abortions.

I wish the Supreme Court did things differently before the tide changed.

05-02-22

 

Monday MAVen book club night.  Baby elephants, yummy curry, all the good things.

05-01-22

 

May Day.

Starbucks was expecting some trouble, but it was another calm day in Seattle.

We walked by yesterday, they sure boarded it up in a snap.