And this was the same view 5 hours later


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I believe we've angered the gods in some way.


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Even in this insanity, there is much to be thankful for. Such as ( Read more... )

Health Department final inspection completed and passed with a perfect score! With that, all of our occupancy permits are now in place ( Read more... )

You know that plan about a "duvet day" and letting my thumb heal. Yah, it didn't happen ( Read more... )

So, I tried really hard to cut off the tip of my thumb last night making dinner. The funny part, and there's always a funny part to these stories isn't there, is that I had just thought the night before while making dinner "if I don't get these knives sharpened, I'm really going to hurt myself". A messy wound on the end of my thumb later, and it's ( Read more... )

Snow in Seattle, again. Yes, your calender is in fact correct, it is nearly the Ides of March. It's not sticking, thought it's been trying to for the last 24 hours or so, and the temp is supposed to get well below freezing tonight. Honestly, it's getting old. I can't imagine it's any more fun east of us, as Spokane hasn't thawed out since the ( Read more... )

The radio program did air today in morning drive time. I listened to it live, and I've heard from many people today locally that did. It was cute, and is already generating a bit of buzz. I fielded some phone calls that were trigged because of it, and am starting to get email from vendors and others in the industry as the link works it's way ( Read more... )

In college, and even before, I was alway happy to jump up and get a paper started, but getting to "done" was always a trick. I mastered this as a full time writer, and was often able to meet or beat deadlines. I'm competent at all the stages of a writing process, and have pretty much put the anxiety of creating words on a page behind me... at ( Read more... )

It's been a hard economy in lots of places, but thankfully the tea drinks aren't deserting us like they are the car makers (even Toyota down in the high 20% range, according to the NYTimes yesterday). However, we are not immune to this economy, and I do know several local teashops that have gone or are going out of business. I sorta expected this ( Read more... )