Well, with the help of a gabillon of our closest friends and minions we were able to relocated to the new pad in the Central District of Seattle.
Due to some entertainment with Comcast and minor confusion over where they and do not have the ability to provide interweb connections, we aren’t wired at the house yet. Which means that photos will be forthcoming, but slightly delayed.
We bought the place because Kate told me to we liked the neighborhood (about 3/4 mile from our old house, but quieter and what not). Since moving in, the place is growing on me. We get some healthy light during the day, the main floor is basically a long room (sitting room/front door) towards the street, kitchen in the back. I like it more every day actually.
For those curious how I am reconciling a house in the city with a mortgage against my previous dream of living in a yurt and becoming progressively more bearded, well keep wondering. It might have to do with my ridiculously attractive and sweet wife preferring a “house” and disliking using pine cones as toilet paper. Or God wanting us to be here.
It’s definitely not because of the Comcast offering blazingly fast speed and quality service.
Calling it quits for now, some Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey’s just walked in…need to split before they misconstrue a slight nod by me as aggression and surrender to me. That made no sense, oh well. Editing is for chumps.
The Capitol Hill Church, along with the plants (church kind, not flora kind) got together for some food. Thanks to our friends at the Church of the Undignified for letting us crash your space. Post stuffing my face, I was trying to figure out how we went from having 0% of people below 15, to having (seemingly) 50 kids running around.
Below is a handy slideshow:
Speaking of CHILL (Church on the HILL, get it!), we do have a podcast. Feel free to subscribe.
Birthday weekend, went for a walk around the Hill. Swung by Volunteer Park for the first time, very cool. Who loves plants (flickr set)? I do. I think following roughly in the vein of our friend, Alicia , I may have the occasional flower type photo here. Remember though, I am still tough as nails.
Also, this guy was there….we thought his clothing was very appropriate and at no point did we follow him around sniggering.
Another friend has made the jump to Macery. Excellent. Now he did this without my influence and mostly because his school, Full Sail, sets up their curriculum to support OSX distribution. Which is really really cool.
Getting to where coffee shops have more Apple’s than other machines on The Hill. Big change from a few years ago.
Also, I did mention my new lappy will be here in a few weeks?
Being the romantic guy I am, I got this this for Kate for Christmas. The little bugger collapses for easy carrying and has an arm that folds out to hook grocery bags to. Brilliant, Kate and roll the two blocks from QFC with a full week’s load of groceries without a problem.
When deployed it at the grocery store the checkers all gathered around to admire our awesomeness and wish they had uber-sensitive men like Me to give them shopping carts. One nice lady offered her input on the best option of reusable bags to use and where best to find them.
“Hey, you want some pants! $10! Size 40. You want ‘em!” Says a guy that walks past me while I eat lunch. This is the second time I have been offered clothing here on Broadway (see 99 cent Jacket). More
New all time favorite place to get a good, reasonably priced, bite on the Hill.
Ali Baba Enterprises (heretofore to be called ABE) offers Mediterranean grub. But dang if it isn’t good stuff. We knocked off a chicken gyro and some falafel. The owner brought out some sweet tea, sage I think, that hit the spot.
ABE comes in a fair bit cheaper than the other Mediterranean offerings on the hill, is open earlier in the day during the week, and is right on par in terms of tastiness.
Also, any restaurant with “enterprises” in the name is pretty great.
Ali Baba Enterprises
408 Broadway E
Seattle, WA 98102
Capitol Hill Neighborhood
(206) 860-6826
Sitting at coffee this morning at Bauhaus showing a little some Mac Fu to Devin. Redkev concurrently contacts me saying his old windows lappy is nearly dead and that he wants me to take him the Apple Store today to look at a replacement.
Could 3-way iChat be long coming? Me thinks perhaps.
I went for my regular bi-decadal eye checkup, knowing full well I have janky vision and will be scoffed at.
When it comes time to read the letters off the wall, I could only read the big huge “E”. Like the one that is an entire row, the one that is the same size they use for banners when towed behind airplanes.
So, now. I am glassed and adapting to enhanced vision.
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When it comes time to read the letters off the wall, I could only read the big huge “E”. Like the one that is an entire row, the one that is the same size they use for banners when towed behind airplanes.