UMTravels

Well, technically not a suit — the plum sportscoat. The occasion today? The President’s Scholarship Day Reception at The Evergreen State College. I’m not sure how you are supposed to have people pay attention to speeches when you hop them up on coffee and sweets, but they managed. Next stop — Dwight’s new house… maybe […]

Opera night tonight… which means out of the house 5-5:30 for dinner on Queen Anne before the performance. After Jeff’s choice of Thai Food the last time, tonight we went to my Thai choice — Tup Tim Thai— which SpaceOtter turned me onto. Great service, servicable wine list (alas, no cocktails), good food: Tod Mun […]

You ever have those days? Thought you were going to do one thing, then ended up doing things totally different. The plan was work, putz, go to a party at Jacobs at 7:30… in reality, it was work, spend the afternoon rehabbing a computer, and the early part of the evening freezing and sealing chicken […]

I don’t know why it throws my whole day off to have an early dinner (like at 4:30)… changes the schedule on the rest of the day. I must be too much of a man of habits. Of course, on the positive side it means that you can do multiple things after dinner: Business chat […]

Well, it didn’t really arrive, I had to go down and sign my name half a dozen times to pick up the “registered letter” from WorldMark with my VANOC Permit. What the hell is a “VANOC Permit”? It is the permit issued by the Vancouver Organizing Committee to get north of Squamish on Highway 99 […]

that’s why I like flying… I get the chance to sit around and read all day. Here is the list for my return home to Seattle via Portland: Financial Times USA Today Boston Globe New York Times Wall Street Journal Oregonian  and the magazines that I didn’t get to: Global Traveler Entrepreneur New Yorker but […]

Swinging into a routine around here… Pucci goes to the gym, I sleep in, get up, shower, and get a little work done before he returns. Today’s adventure is thethe MFA (Museum of Fine Art) to see a little art, have a little knosh, see a little more art, hit the bargain book rack in […]

So much for working this morning — the warmth of the bed held me firmly in it’s grip. Pucci slept in a well — trying to escape the cold which is holding him firmly in it’s grip. Out of the house at noon because the 19th Boston Wine Expo starts at 1pm and runs to […]

Slept late… Pucci was already gone for his first gig this morning… auditions — sounds like i didn’t go all that well. He was judging, not the judgee, but with a late night gig last night that meant four hours of sleep — and house guests. Rarely a good combination. Got some work in before […]

What a day all about food… Well, not breakfast, that was a toasted English Muffin before heading out to three stores for various groceries, and two more for booze. Big Food Stop Number One: RedBones BBQ on Davis Square. Four different sauces… ask for the sampler of all four sauces. Regular, Hot, Sweet (dark from […]

 The things I do for a First Class seat… like getting up at 4am. Did get a nice surprise when  checked in… I had reserved First Class using one of the four coupons per year that they (Alaska) give their MVP Gold fliers…  but when I went to check in, they had converted it to […]

Amazing how quick a day can go. Topic: Party Planning, Seattle February 1st, top floor of the Camlin in downtown Seattle. 6-10 with possible sleep over. I’m providing the booze absorbents, BYOB on the booze. Topic: Party Planning, Whistler Ordered t-shirts this evening for the folks going to the Olympics…. I feel, oh, so, Swanda. […]

Meeting in the morning — running around before trying to get Cathy’s wedding invitations in the mail to her. Next up was the UW Surplus Auction Store… only one item was tempting… a 2x2x6 bread cart… I resisted the temptation. Found cartridge for Wonderful, and sports uniforms for Fluffernutter — don’t know if either of […]

Well — after much back and forth between the Colonels (thinking about it) and Babs The Travel Agent Queen, I’ve booked the April 5th Caravan Panama Tour. I fly out on the 4th (unfortunately that means a red-eye flight) and arrive early afternoon on the 5th. Coming home on the 13th. Here is the itinerary: […]

Still in organizing mode here in South Park. Things I’ve learned while going through the process: My thoughts about selling and moving to either and apartment or a condo have hit a BIG snag I don’t think I can conquer… BBQs are not allowed on decks of any apartment building/condo over three units. Shit. Thanks […]

Organizing Bill E&A Gas Car Wash Dry Cleaning drop off Dropping off VCR Laundry Dishes New Directions Forms For All E&A Cities Filing business taxes for the last quarter of 2009 Figuring out how much money I made last year (priceless) Fajita beef over greens for dinner Split of wine Saturday Night Live in bed […]

Planes, trains, automobiles, the whole works today. Out of the condo at 9:30 — with me sleeping in the truck most of the way back to Fort Collins so I can catch the shuttle at the Hilton at 12:30. Yeah, I know, that’s allowing a lot of slag time in the schedule. True — got […]

This schedule with BrightHeart arriving really late to starting to wreck my sleep schedule if I want to spend any time with him. Today we didn’t get out of the condo until after 4pm – just in time for a crush of people at the Safeway store for an Open House with lots of giveaways… […]

It’s like a holiday — leaving town. Yeah, there is still the dribs and drabs of work to do, but I get to spend more time laying around reading that when I’m home. At home there is the “honey do” list, and I’m the honey. Today’s shot: It’s the view from the deck of the […]

So much for taking light rail to the airport this morning. A 7:40am flight time is just too early to add a half an hour to the travel time. Back to MasterPark I go. Left the house at 5am, was through security at 6am, even with long lines at the scanners and my bag full […]