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Seattle's Big Climb
... means that I get to participate. The event entails climbing the stairwell of Seattle's tallest building! Sixty-nine (69) floors! That is 1311 steps!!!!! This may prove once and for all that I am insane. :-) Actually I did this once before in 2008 so maybe it is not so crazy to try it again. There will be about 6000 others also doing it...hope they step around me rather than just marching over the top as I lay gasping on ...
What I learned in Advanced Bicycle Maintenance
... session with thirty people just ran through the general stuff everybody knows. We did learn how to clean and lubricate the chains, which we promptly did at home. One small step…
Still doubting my abilities, I signed up this spring for the REI Advanced Bicycle Maintenance class – 4 participants with their bikes, 2 nights of 4-hour hands-on sessions with one of the REI tech repair guys. I took my 17-year-old Raleigh ...
Seattle
Seattle, Tuesday 27th October 2011
Arrived in Seattle with few expectations. I knew that it had a good reputation for music and food and that was the extent of my knowledge on the subject.
On the subject of music, we had noticed whilst in Vancouver that a band I used to love, Gomez (admittedly I hadn't listened to them in a while), were playing in Seattle whilst we ...
Grey's Anatomy, Ferry boats and the Space Needle
... I was staying for 3 nights, the Gaslight Inn. The Inn was just beautiful from the inside and outside. Even the hallways were pretty and just felt lived in and homey. It was really nice. The guy who owns it, Bennett was awesome too. He gave me an overview of the area and ideas of what to do that day since it was so beautiful outside.
I left my bags in the room which was so cute. I had to share a bathroom with 2 girls staying next door but I never ran into them once ...
SEA from YYZ with A-C (Abounding Cynicism)
... my dad; himself a former master of inventive invective. A 'preventative maintenance’ roofing renewal had leaked liquid tar into our unit, where it had slid down the walls and dripped black and goopily onto all that lay beneath; mostly May’s furniture.
I was not impressed; truth be told I was more than a little miffed. My poor dad was introduced to a brave and shocking new world of evocative malediction. In his day, and in generationally ...


