Seattle - Day 4

This was a pretty low key day, during which I didn't capture many photos. But here are Mike's cats, Raleigh and Mavick.

And here's some leftover Thai food from a few days prior. Still delicious!

Catching Up . . .

I went on vacation on June 17th and, unlike times past, I chose to stay off the Internet as much as possible. It was a very healthy thing to do! I'm now going to catch up on posting the 1,100+ photos & videos I shot.

These two were actually taken in Vancouver, shortly before I left.

Afternoon Walk

I worked hard this morning and my brain felt like putty so I decided to go on a walk on this beautiful day in Vancouver. Here are some photos I captured.









This is a neighbourhood cat, shared by its owner for all residents to give a good scratch to every so often.

R.I.P. Scruff

My good friend, John & Fiona, just lost their dear cat, Scruff, after what I understand is 19 years on this planet. Even in her old age, Scruff fearlessly guarded their North Vancouver home from raccoons and bears. This lovely and beautiful creature will be missed by all.

Peruvian Festival of the Cats (as in eating them)

Here's an article by the Chicago Tribune's John Kass that I found hilarious but some readers clearly did not!

Seattle Visit: Day 5

Some days are meant for endless activities, others are meant for rest. On this day we opted for the latter. We both woke up late and drove down to a local strip mall to get a pizza.

It was so nice out that we decided to eat some of it there. On the request of a friend back home in Vancouver, I also picked up a pound of their Pike Place Blend which isn't yet available up north.
Later in the day we took up Mike on his invite to visit Microsoft. I always do my best to get Danny exposed to possible future employment paths. Truth be told, inside a Microsoft building isn't much different than any other office building but still, it's pretty amazing to realize all the products that have come out of their offices over the past 30 years.
For dinner, Mike, Danny, & I joined our other Microsoft friend, Ahmed. He took us to a great little Indian restaurant in Redmond.

Soon after we got home, Danny fell asleep. And Mavic decided to use him as her pillow!

Seattle Visit: Day 3

I adore Rufus but last night I naively let him into my bedroom. He quietly lay down beside my bed. I tried to fall asleep but about 10 minutes later I sniffed a few times and smelled something absolutely terrible! Big Dog had been silently tooting and was filling up the room with an unbearable smell.

So I grabbed my duvet and stumbled downstairs where I plunked myself onto Mike's couch. Immediately one of his cats, Mavic, pounced on me. As you can see here, she was still "adjusting" her pillow (ie. me) when the morning arrived.
Here's Mavic and Raleigh nestled up together in an adorable pose.
On our way over to see the Blue Angels again, Mike stopped at this delightful bagel and sandwich shop in downtown Renton, where he bought Danny & I some food for later.

This being a Saturday and the official first day of the air show, there were many more people around to watch the big event.
We strolled down onto the I-90 again, although this time onto the North span.
You can see how crowded it was on both sides of Lake Washington.
Before the main show, the Blue Angels' transport plane showed off what it could do.
Some came prepared to overcome the loud noise.
The Blue Angels put on another spectacular show!

Mike let Danny take control of his camera and capture many great shots he did!

Indeed, it was very hot.


The show attracted all kinds of folks!
The boyz enjoyed the show as much as I did!
We saw this fellow in the nearby park, selling Obama shirts. We thought to report him to Democrat headquarters for participating in what was clearly a pro-military event. Mike asked if he had any McCain shirts but he said they were all in the garbage.
After the airshow we went down to our #1 favourite store in the world, Fry's Electronics.
For dinner we tried a Mexican place in West Seattle called Puerto Vallarta. All of our meals were superb, though the portions were enormous!
Then we went over to Genessee Park to attend the official Seafair event. It wasn't really what I was expecting and I was more than a little disappointed.

Danny had fun steering a robot and climbing a wall though.

We didn't even stick around for the fireworks and instead went to go see a movie.