Thursday, January 31, 2008
shooting in Capitol Hill !
I like to describe Seattle as a comfortable mixture of a town and city. It's small enough to feel familiar, but big enough to always find something to do. And very importantly, I feel safe walking around at night. I wouldn't advise some streets late at night by oneself, but I certainly don't worry much. So it was a shock to hear there was a fatal shooting at the corner of my last apartment! Very shocking.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
restless
This past week, I've been constantly checking for great last minute flights anywhere. It's a slightly uneasy feeling of being stagnant and bored. I feel silly complaining of being bored and "needing" to travel. But I was pretty close to flying to Mexico this weekend... and flights to Amsterdam were $260 from Seattle! It was so tempting.
Instead I took a long weekend, which was really good. I took Friday off from work, relaxed, read and cooked. I made Kielbasa and sauerkraut pasta, and clam chowder. Of course, the clam chowder was lactose-free... it was awesome to have clam chowder again :)
On Saturday, Jason and I had a fun time snowshoeing somewhere near Twin Lakes. Here's where we went...
we started at the Hyak sno-park (907-1 push-pin), and we went about 1.5 miles along the groomed trail to about the 907-2 push-pin. The directions said to find to go 0.75 miles on the Iron Horse trail, and then turn onto FR 9070. Then about 1.5 miles in, take a sharp hairpin turn into a narrow trail for 0.5 miles to the lake.
We never saw the turn-off for FR 9070. So even though it was a bummer we didn't find Twin Lakes, it was awesome just wandering around the forest. Lots of pictures of snow are uploaded on my flickr page :)
Instead I took a long weekend, which was really good. I took Friday off from work, relaxed, read and cooked. I made Kielbasa and sauerkraut pasta, and clam chowder. Of course, the clam chowder was lactose-free... it was awesome to have clam chowder again :)
On Saturday, Jason and I had a fun time snowshoeing somewhere near Twin Lakes. Here's where we went...
we started at the Hyak sno-park (907-1 push-pin), and we went about 1.5 miles along the groomed trail to about the 907-2 push-pin. The directions said to find to go 0.75 miles on the Iron Horse trail, and then turn onto FR 9070. Then about 1.5 miles in, take a sharp hairpin turn into a narrow trail for 0.5 miles to the lake.We never saw the turn-off for FR 9070. So even though it was a bummer we didn't find Twin Lakes, it was awesome just wandering around the forest. Lots of pictures of snow are uploaded on my flickr page :)
Friday, January 04, 2008
the news
Why do I get the sense CNN isn't hoping Hillary will win the primaries?
On the top banner, here are the stories: Will Hillary nominate Bill to the supreme court? Huckabee up, Clinton down. Seriously, are you kidding me?
I hope people know that this isn't really news.
happy new year!
It's 2008! I'm always amazed at how fast time flies.
I had a fantastic Snowliday, which is our new holiday celebration of giving, friends, family and snow. To celebrate our first Snowliday, we went snowboarding at Stevens Pass. It was so awesome. Although on one of the backside runs, we were riding right next to giant power lines. You can hear the power crackling. It was very disturbing. I wonder how much radiation exposure we got, and the chances of cancer or an 11th toe. Anyhow, there were tons of powder and fun :) We've also been snowshoeing, which is another awesome way to spend time in the snow.
This New Years eve, we went salsa dancing at the Century Ballroom. It was fun getting all dressed up and dancing to a live salsa band :) Now I'm psyched for more salsa dancing this year. I'm also super excited for another winter of lots of snowboarding. This year, we have trips to Baker, Colorado, and Whistler planned already :) It's going to be sweet.
Although spending the holidays in Seattle was really good, I miss my family and friends on the east coast. My plan of moving people out here isn't going so well. I also miss hanging out with cool girls - working in tech isn't helpful to the cause of meeting women. So I'm really excited to have Amy move out here :)
I had a fantastic Snowliday, which is our new holiday celebration of giving, friends, family and snow. To celebrate our first Snowliday, we went snowboarding at Stevens Pass. It was so awesome. Although on one of the backside runs, we were riding right next to giant power lines. You can hear the power crackling. It was very disturbing. I wonder how much radiation exposure we got, and the chances of cancer or an 11th toe. Anyhow, there were tons of powder and fun :) We've also been snowshoeing, which is another awesome way to spend time in the snow.
This New Years eve, we went salsa dancing at the Century Ballroom. It was fun getting all dressed up and dancing to a live salsa band :) Now I'm psyched for more salsa dancing this year. I'm also super excited for another winter of lots of snowboarding. This year, we have trips to Baker, Colorado, and Whistler planned already :) It's going to be sweet.
Although spending the holidays in Seattle was really good, I miss my family and friends on the east coast. My plan of moving people out here isn't going so well. I also miss hanging out with cool girls - working in tech isn't helpful to the cause of meeting women. So I'm really excited to have Amy move out here :)
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