Well, I sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind: it was quite a weekend. Had a good day Friday with housetrivia until the Spokane Gang arrived for dinner: Gweekers, Mikey, and Mama Pattycake. We had great visits and catchings-up, and a wonderful dinner at the Royal Palm down the street, and yummy flavored coffees and tea at home. It was a swell evening all around.
On Saturday, the Spokanites did the Pike Place Market and Otis and I did work, of the school and/or house variety. Errands took us to the University Bookstore, which, while not a successful expedition in and of itself, did lead us to Pizza Brava on the Ave for some delicious slices served by a guy from the Bronx.
Saturday night was the Fwends of Wendy Baldfriend celebration. Her Hipness was greeted upon her return from Iberia by Otis and I and attended solicitiously by Mighty Mel, Dingo, Silvio, Erik, and the late Jag Girl (fleeing a flood). Highlight of the evening: reminiscing. Reminiscing and great food. And drink. Food, drink, and a dicky fireplace. Like that.
Today was Easter, or Eostre, or Sunday the 16th, depending on your wish. One of my comix blogpals posted this; while it is a nice enough tale, I am more inclined to think of it as does Will Shetterly, here. In any event, we went up to Camp Putnam in LFP for some celebratory pizza. Yay!
Man, has the weather this whole weekend been weird, or what? Clouds, rain, hail, wind, cold, sun, heat all in fits and starts. Drivin' me buggy! Here's to a good week.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Friday, April 14, 2006
It was a clear and stormy day...
It was a pretty cool day yesterday, and I don't just mean the temperature. I biked down to the Cascade neighborhood in the morning to pick Otis up a review book for her massage license test (which she takes on Wednesday next). I met Dingo there, and she helped me get the book and we browsed REI for expensive bike gear that I will never buy and had coffee and took a little walk. It started to look like the storm was picking up, so I headed back to the RD before the rain kicked in. (My ride was on the short side, but it kept me on pace.)
After an interlude of takin' care of business, Otis and I went to a special screening of On a Clear Day, courtesy of the good office of Mighty Mel. Seattle Weekly didn't like it, but we thought it was engaging and affecting - and fun, too. Afterwards, Mel had to run off to dog duty, so Otis and I went out and browsed office supplies in the late evening and came home with a purple legal pad and pink post-it notes (don't ask).
Oh, yeah - Kris-10 came over the other night and we finally watched Y Tu Mama Tambien (which came out five years ago and which we got from Netflix before we moved). It was a great movie and the girls particularly liked all the naked boy bits.
Today begins the weekend whirl - we've got pals from Spokane coming over tonight, and Wheylonapalooza tomorrow night, and I've got drafts to respond, and Otis has papers to grade, and Otis needs to study, and Sunday is some sort of family holiday, and so on. Good times.
After an interlude of takin' care of business, Otis and I went to a special screening of On a Clear Day, courtesy of the good office of Mighty Mel. Seattle Weekly didn't like it, but we thought it was engaging and affecting - and fun, too. Afterwards, Mel had to run off to dog duty, so Otis and I went out and browsed office supplies in the late evening and came home with a purple legal pad and pink post-it notes (don't ask).
Oh, yeah - Kris-10 came over the other night and we finally watched Y Tu Mama Tambien (which came out five years ago and which we got from Netflix before we moved). It was a great movie and the girls particularly liked all the naked boy bits.
Today begins the weekend whirl - we've got pals from Spokane coming over tonight, and Wheylonapalooza tomorrow night, and I've got drafts to respond, and Otis has papers to grade, and Otis needs to study, and Sunday is some sort of family holiday, and so on. Good times.
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