Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Senior Night at Water Polo April 29
It was a hard fought game, the girls gave it their best, but Mercer Island won. But who cares, tonight we are honoring the Seniors who just competed for the last time of their careers at Bainbridge Aquatic Center!
Low tide April 27
It's probably not the lowest tide since we have lived on Alki, but it was the first one I got to check out up close.
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| An old Mosquito fleet dock perhaps? |
Denver April 23-26
I took a trip to Denver to visit the CenturyLink clients.
I tried to stay at Embassy Suites, but the CTL rate rooms were full. They offered me the Hitlon Homewood Suites. Is that downtown? Where? I have never seen that in downtown. Turns out, it is brand new! The cab driver didn't even know where it was!
I stayed in room 1023, from here on known as the Peterson Suite. I was the first guest to stay in that room! Its a cool thing to know everything is new. The room was nice, it had a full kitchen! I didnt use it .
On the first night, I went to the Pepsi Center to see the Nuggets V Warriors in the first round of playoffs. Denver lost.
I ate every am at Sams #3 for breakfast every day of course. It was as good as it always is.
I discovered a great late happy hour at the Paramount cafe. 2 for 1 drafts after 10. The food sucked, but the beer was cold and cheap! Of course I visited Alia at the Tarantula bar. They are celebrating 10 years! I have been going there for at least 7 or 8 years. But this time I didn't spend too much time there.
I tried to stay at Embassy Suites, but the CTL rate rooms were full. They offered me the Hitlon Homewood Suites. Is that downtown? Where? I have never seen that in downtown. Turns out, it is brand new! The cab driver didn't even know where it was!
I stayed in room 1023, from here on known as the Peterson Suite. I was the first guest to stay in that room! Its a cool thing to know everything is new. The room was nice, it had a full kitchen! I didnt use it .
On the first night, I went to the Pepsi Center to see the Nuggets V Warriors in the first round of playoffs. Denver lost.
I ate every am at Sams #3 for breakfast every day of course. It was as good as it always is.
I discovered a great late happy hour at the Paramount cafe. 2 for 1 drafts after 10. The food sucked, but the beer was cold and cheap! Of course I visited Alia at the Tarantula bar. They are celebrating 10 years! I have been going there for at least 7 or 8 years. But this time I didn't spend too much time there.
Denver has good food trucks on 16th Street. Like everything in this city, it is the opposite of how Seattle does it. These trucks are small, compact and some open air! They offer cheap eats. I really wanted to try a vegetarian Lumpia, one thing I miss since I stopped eating meat. They were out! Doh. Well, I have something to look forward to next time!
Also, note to self. Arrive before 6:30 at DIA or no downtown shuttle.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Bronwens family April 20-21
I don't do much with Bs family, mainly because they live far away and B goes to visit them on her days off, which aren't the same as mine.
This weekend, B used vacation days so we could see the family and spread her sisters ashes under her tree.
We left Saturday am and drove to Longview. We went out for Indian food, which wasn't bad. Then we went to the Three Rivers Mall to see her niece Olivia in a play, Camelot. It was a long play, but it was fun.
After the play, we drove to Randle to Bronwens moms house. We stayed the night. In the AM we prepared food for the rest of the family. Everyone came around noon and we waited for a rain break to go out into the yard and spread the ashes. The family shared stories of Jerri. I only met her one time many years ago.
Her friend Sharon told me after the event that Jerri and her would draw pictures together. She made one of her family and when she got to Bronwen, she included me in the drawing! That was nice of Sharon to share with me.
This weekend, B used vacation days so we could see the family and spread her sisters ashes under her tree.
We left Saturday am and drove to Longview. We went out for Indian food, which wasn't bad. Then we went to the Three Rivers Mall to see her niece Olivia in a play, Camelot. It was a long play, but it was fun.
After the play, we drove to Randle to Bronwens moms house. We stayed the night. In the AM we prepared food for the rest of the family. Everyone came around noon and we waited for a rain break to go out into the yard and spread the ashes. The family shared stories of Jerri. I only met her one time many years ago.
Her friend Sharon told me after the event that Jerri and her would draw pictures together. She made one of her family and when she got to Bronwen, she included me in the drawing! That was nice of Sharon to share with me.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Fifth Saturday Statewide emergency Drill 3-30-13
I volunteered to work with my Red Cross chapter to participate in the state emergency drill. We met at the Shoreline RC storage unit and extracted the radio kits. We then went to the Shoreline Fire Department and set up the antena and radio, made contact with Red Cross base and broadcasted a series of simulated requests.
It was an interesting experience. We had no real idea what was going on, we were pretty removed. After it was over we heard what the drill was. It was a simulated Meteor strike, hitting 1-5 at 85th Street.
After we signed off and broke down the equipment, the Red Cross staffers came by and said hi. Bruce Swee and dang, can't remember, Gayle something? Then the Shoreline radio team came over and gave us a tour of their communications van. Every single type of radio made! It was impressive, but it must take some practice to monitor so many different frequencies.
Jim, one of our team members in the exercise, deployed to Sandy. He told us some great stories. One day they took the ERV to Coney Island to deliver hot meals. He told me many seniors were stuck in upper level apartments, unable to use the stairs and that the other residents would bring supplies. Imagine one day you live in a big tower, maybe saying hi to people in elevators, the next day, you are caring for seniors in your own building, working as a team with people you never really knew.
On this particular day on Coney Island, they opened the back to find an entire truck of Pork meals. It was a Jewish neighborhood. They apologized, and took it to a different neighborhood! oops.
Another story he shared, he met a homeless man who lived by the warehouse, the man had a low income place, but it flooded and he was on the street. He said he got his revenge on Sandy though, a container washed up on the beach, he and his buddies broke it open... HEINEKEN! A whole container of it! They partied for days! Of all the containers to wash up... ha!
It was an interesting experience. We had no real idea what was going on, we were pretty removed. After it was over we heard what the drill was. It was a simulated Meteor strike, hitting 1-5 at 85th Street.
After we signed off and broke down the equipment, the Red Cross staffers came by and said hi. Bruce Swee and dang, can't remember, Gayle something? Then the Shoreline radio team came over and gave us a tour of their communications van. Every single type of radio made! It was impressive, but it must take some practice to monitor so many different frequencies.
Jim, one of our team members in the exercise, deployed to Sandy. He told us some great stories. One day they took the ERV to Coney Island to deliver hot meals. He told me many seniors were stuck in upper level apartments, unable to use the stairs and that the other residents would bring supplies. Imagine one day you live in a big tower, maybe saying hi to people in elevators, the next day, you are caring for seniors in your own building, working as a team with people you never really knew.
On this particular day on Coney Island, they opened the back to find an entire truck of Pork meals. It was a Jewish neighborhood. They apologized, and took it to a different neighborhood! oops.
Another story he shared, he met a homeless man who lived by the warehouse, the man had a low income place, but it flooded and he was on the street. He said he got his revenge on Sandy though, a container washed up on the beach, he and his buddies broke it open... HEINEKEN! A whole container of it! They partied for days! Of all the containers to wash up... ha!
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| My Honda got to play too! We installed the antennae on the roof. |
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