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Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:56 PM

the last hurrah

Well, not quite the last hurrah, but Friday was the last Fourth of July fireworks that we'll be able to watch from our condo on Eastlake. There's a lot about living in town, and Eastlake specifically, that we'll miss over the coming months...
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Monday, October 15, 2007 10:17 PM

A very Bainbridge Sunday

If you're a regular reader of this page and have a good memory, you may recall mention of the Bloedel Reserve back in July. Heading into last weekend we had a forecast for nice(ish) weather and put out a call to visit the reserve... As the days progress...
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Monday, October 08, 2007 7:37 AM

Grey weekend activities

This weekend was a nice break from normal routine because my parents were in town. With weather very iffy on Saturday we tried out a few places I've never been - including trying to go wine tasting at Chateau St. Michelle and thinking of trying some...
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Sunday, July 29, 2007 6:17 PM

phantom power outage in Eastlake

I had that "something isn't quite right but I can't put my finger on it" experience last night - we had been out at a movie ( Ocean's Thirteen - OK, but don't feel like you need to go out of your way to see it), and on our way...
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Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:20 AM

Lake Union's Big Day

It's the fifth of July which means that Lake Union's annual "big day" is over - the " WaMu Family Fourth of July ". It's the one day of the year that we have an amazing amount of traffic and parking restrictions in Eastlake...
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Monday, July 02, 2007 10:39 PM

Ummmmm, why is there a helicopter over Lake Union?

For some unknown reason tonight there was a military helicopter was over Lake Union. Then it would leave. And come back. And leave. And come back. This went on for a half hour or so. I even have photos as proof :) What gives?
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Monday, July 02, 2007 6:51 PM

recap of a long weekend (and some of the stuff to do in Seattle)

It's been a couple of weeks since the last time I posted here - basically because we've been really busy in work which has translated into being really busy after work and on the weekends. This past weekend though, Clodagh and I both took Friday off and...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:05 AM

the source of the low water pressure

Strange experience this morning - all of our water pressure was a little bit lower than normal. No big deal, right? Fast-forward thirty or forty minutes... I had a conference call that I took at home, and I decided to swing by Le Fournil to pick up a...
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Sunday, April 29, 2007 5:48 PM

the start of the sailing lessons

You might remember from September that we never got to take our sailing lessons last year. This year we made sure to book in early-ish and yesterday we took the first of the lessons. The way it's set up, you do a two hour class called "shore school" where...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:37 PM

Uber Tavern - discovery of a cool tavern in seattle

Last night I made it up to the Uber Tavern for the first time - it was the site of this week's pubnight. Despite not being on the "future pubnight" backlog list, the pubnight moderators* decreed that we would try this place out. And it was good. Very...
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Monday, December 18, 2006 7:39 AM

The "restaurant retry" value (or a less than stellar review of a restaurant)

What's the "restaurant retry" value? It's the number of times you're willing to try a place after you had a non-stellar (could be just 'ok', could be 'bad', could be 'awful') experience there. Why does this come up? Last night we went out to dinner with...
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Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:10 PM

Leavenworth in Winter

A bit delayed in posting, but we went away to Leavenworth with Aaron and Joelle last weekend. It was something we had planned ahead for a few weeks, and none of us realized until we actually tried to book a place to stay that it was Valentine's Day weekend...
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Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:23 PM

First photography excursion of 2006

Headed out to the aquarium this afternoon for the first 'photography outing' of 2006; met up there with Carl who is also getting more into photography these days. I recently got a zoom lens for the camera and wanted a chance to try it out. I'm definitely...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:49 AM

Worst "nice" restaurant in Seattle

One of my friends who has recently moved away was back in town as of Sunday for some corporate training, so a group of us went out to dinner at the Earth and Ocean at the W Hotel. And no, that's not where he was staying, this was a concious choice to...
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Monday, November 07, 2005 5:08 PM

Another Sunday, another day-trip in the area

Continuing in the "visiting cool stuff in the area" vein, Clodagh and I took a Sunday drive to check out Deception Pass on Sunday. Originally we had thought to go up and see the snow at one of the passes, but since Snoqualmie was closed due to rockslide...
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