Thursday night I went to see Michael Nesmith at the Neptune Theater. The announcement said with Scott McCaughey and Ben Gibbard, and I didn’t know exactly how it was going to work. It turned out to be a short solo acoustic opening set by McCaughey, followed by Nesmith performing, seated with a 12-string guitar and a … [Read more…]
All of a sudden, I have now been here in Seattle for longer than I have left to be here. I’ve been here 20 days and have 11 days left. Makes me feel even more slovenly since I am right now washing the bed sheets for the first time, although to my credit when it’s … [Read more…]
It being Sunday, I walked to the co-op and bought a few things, then crossed the street to Westman’s Bagels, and took my spot in the long line that you have to wait in, even if you’re buying whole bagels to take home, and not a sandwich. The line looked pretty much like this when … [Read more…]
Monday I worked at the Douglass-Truth Library, and then walked to Capitol Hill, intending to go to the big QFC on Broadway and buy some food, get some cash, and also charge my orca card. I came to the Whole Foods first, though, and shopped there which turned out to be a bit of a … [Read more…]
On Saturday, I put myself to bed at 9:00 p.m. with a hot toddy (bourbon, honey, lemon, hot water) trying to cure my cold. I didn’t sleep all that well because it was really stormy that night – it felt like I spent most of the night listening to the rain and wind hit the … [Read more…]
– but starting to act almost as if we live here. On Wednesday we went to the sculpture garden and then up the space needle – pretty tourist-y. We took the bus home at close to rush hour though, almost like we live here. On our first morning here, last Saturday, I woke up feeling … [Read more…]
On the second-to-last-day of 2018, we went to the Seattle Art Museum and looked at “Peacock in the Dessert“, five centuries of royal art from India. Which seemed fitting since we’re in Seattle because my brother & sister-in-law & niece are in India. My current blog banner is food at some kind of royal game … [Read more…]
I walked the dog and she didn’t escape. I made coffee with my brother’s stove top espresso maker and only boiled the milk over a little bit. Electric stove … And I couldn’t find the nice little All-clad pot for the milk. I wonder if he took it with him? I obviously brought the right … [Read more…]
We’re off to Seattle where it’ll be 45° and rainy, leaving Wisconsin where it’s 35° and rainy. We’ve been having a warm, snowless, winter. Things started off with cold and some snow in November, but around Christmas it got mild. Just another addition to what has surely been a difficult year. Not so much for … [Read more…]
Last year we didn’t have much of anybody around for me to cook for so I didn’t make much in the way of big fancy holiday meals. This year we have an exchange student, but as I’ve mentioned before, she’s not keen on my cooking, so again I’m trying to keep things in check. We’re … [Read more…]