Uncle Markie out and about.
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Lots of stress around the office this morning. Changes in the wind. I’m confident that it will all work out once the storm clouds clear….. and speaking of storms, apparently there are storm clouds brewing over the east coast….. where I happen to be flying this afternoon. Out of Tampa on time, into Dulles a [...]
Headed back to St. Pete this morning… but for those who have requested more pictures, you will find them here: http://www.twango.com/channel/markso.floridaJan2008 Out of the resort at 10am — a mess at the check-in counter again. Bad, bad, bad customer service. Not even a comment card to complain on. Really do love the Sync system in [...]
A long day on holiday — it’s more like a corporate retreat with all the work I’ve been doing. Balance that with doing business while touring the Kennedy Space Center and you have a strange day. Top it off with a business meeting at the condo, and it’s just “Where’s the Protein.” Dan and I [...]
8:30am staff meeting — yes, me, in an early morning staff meeting. Shocking. This week I’ll be reporting from a work/play trip to Sunny Florida (or at least I’m hoping for sunny) logging some billable hours for Shirts of Bamboo. After Dan’s doctor’s appointment we are off to Daytona Beach — too bad it isn’t [...]
OK — so the minute that I wrote that, I’m wondering “Where The Hell Did That Come From?” The answer is a poem by Carl Sandburg. Got to love WikiPedia for answers to silly questions. Seat 1B — my favorite. Seat 1A reminds me of a dream I had decades again about spiralling down into [...]
Early day today — out of the Murphy Bed at 8am for coffee and to fully awake before a couple shows up to look at Bob (that would be in the Bus, Bob). With the lowered price ($22,900) has several people interested. MoonSong was up as well, and doing the last little bits of fixing [...]
Lopez, oh Lopez, I do love you. Maybe the new plan is sell the remodelled Seattle place while keeping cheap rent on the garage complex. Much plumbing today, which means many trips to the lumber yard and pervayor of all things electro-mechanical-wood-steel-propane-etc. End of the day and the shower is 90% plumbed and braced. It’s [...]
It’s not a good day when I have to set my alarm clock. I think this means that I’m shot for working a 9 to 5 job ever again. Alarm at 7, out of the house at 7:30, shopping at Homo Depot and to MoonSong’s by 8:30 so we can hit the road for Lopez [...]
For those of you who would like a little different view of where I am staying until I check out at noon… I’m staying at the complex in the middle of the picture — about where that blue dot is. Today is (yet) another travel day. Out of the condo at noon, onto the boat [...]
Dinner last night with Robin Hood was glorious. Local mussels and clams from the seafood store around the corner steamed in a white wine shallot sauce (see Victoria Recipes to the left). Scotch before, then white wine, then red wine for a soak in the hot tub. As for today — what a slug. Still [...]
Well, the question has been asked about why I like this place in Victoria so much when I mentioned I wouldn’t mind dying in this place… If it is someplace you wouldnt mind dying in does that mean there is something you can incorporate into your home to mirror the feeling? Or is it really [...]
A comment from yesterday when Chip and I were fooling around getting the computers running — “What about dinner, the Whippets need to be fed on a regular basis.” This was Linda referring to Chip and her. Thin bodied people with high metabolisms. That’s not me. Here is a great shot of Uncle Markie and [...]
Two ferries to get where I’m going today. Ferry Number One: The Edmonds-Kingston run. Means getting out of the house before 9am to catch the 9:20 ferry or so I learned when I just randomly showed up to catch the next ferry. Ferry Number Two: The Black Ball ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria. The [...]
Only the day will tell what we need today with the snow last night in the Lake Chelan area. Here is the travel route (if you don’t hear from me again). The blue trail was yesterday, from Yakima to Chelan Shores, the green is the driving route for today. Pass conditions for I-90 Snoqualmie Pass: [...]
Woods, Lake Chelan, what’s the difference… So on the day of the Iowa caucuses, I have cable in the woods — AND a cable modem. Guess I’d better get some photos uploaded for today’s entry. Passes (north of Yakima, and Blewett) OK, but Blewett was packed snow and slower going. Had lunch (after the very [...]
Well, it’s the New Year, and time for a new adventure. Tonight I’m headed for Yakima for dinner and a tryst. Well, that’s what I’m hoping for. If it doesn’t work out I’ll at least have a nice dinner at Gasperetti’s. If the date works out, it will be take out since he’s in the [...]
What a way to start the new year… waiting in a ferry line at 6:3o in the morning. What was I thinking. Got back to town at 9:30 and went back to bed to get the remaining several hours of sleep to make a complete eight hours. But now that I’m back on a decent [...]
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