Dinner was decided on a whim. We talked about maybe meeting for dinner downtown, after both our jobs were done.  Noel mentioned the karaage restaurant near where I work, but they close early, they're lunch only. Keeping in the same general food area, I suggested the Ohana, the Hawaiian place near downtown. We decided to go there.

After work, after I ( Read more... )

1. Did you enjoy any good sunsets? Yes. In late summer there were wildfires, and the horrible smoke that congested the area for weeks made for some spectacular sunsets.
2. Who did you meet and what did you like about them? I met some cool people through Noel, and through the LCE. Artists working under all sorts of circumstances, but getting stuff done.
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Our new year eve was kind of a bust. We went out at eleven to try and see the fireworks, every year they blow up the Space Needle, but we got hung up in the Mecca listening to "Bela Lugosi's Dead" and waiting on our restaurant check, and by the time we got out in the street the explosions were over. We made it home, but it was a struggle. A rogue 4 ( Read more... )

I was up for a couple of hours last night, around two to four: worrying, but also ruminating on how things are really rather nice right now. I'm in the middle of my week off, and taking things easy ( Read more... )

Woke up Saturday headachy, but feeling better, and lucky. We got out late, had breakfast sandwiches at Diablo, but the croissantwich Noel ate devilled her tummy so we came home and she rested until she felt better. I rested too. A gentle day ( Read more... )

I was sitting up in my bed in the ER, thinking of how things happened, and trying to make sense of it, but of course there is no sense to make. It was fast, random, and stupid ( Read more... )

Oh, Noel's birthday was so sweet. She met an old and mutual friend for coffee after her work, and before our friend's work (she ushers at McCaw Hall and it's peak Nutcracker ballet time). I arrived a half hour after they did, and crept in. While I was getting cocoa I noticed a guy sitting nearby, ears in the aisle, and sure enough, he went over to ( Read more... )

Sunday was so much fun. We had breakfast at the 5 Spot, then went to the Seattle Center to see ice carving, and took a look at all the Christmas activities there -- ice skaters, the big winter train diorama, and a set of carols played by a tuba orchestra; then we doubled back and caught a showing of "Lady Bird" -- excellent film, it got us both ( ( Read more... )

Second movie in a week! We got up to the old Egyptian Theatre to see "The Shape of Water". I was going to post a big spoiler-filled review of it here, but thinking back on it, I'll just say that we enjoyed it ( Read more... )

This has been such a great weekend. I regret it's ending, but the rest of the month is shaping up nicely. This is going to be a good month, despite the crumbling condition of the rest of the world ( Read more... )