at beard hat night with the very talanted mariners

“be of use”

Dr. Larch, from The Cider House Rules (which I just finished reading on Friday) would have been satisfied with us this weekend.  We managed to “be of use” at Jack’s grandparents’ house by constructing a steel-cable railing for the back porch.

marathons make me cry

Even when they are not the scene of senseless violence, like what unfolded in Boston yesterday, marathons choke me up. 

Viaduct/Alaskan Way tunnel: part 3

They are slowly unloading the pieces of Bertha, the tunneling machine.

crime and cars in the Central District

Over the past few months, we’ve become regular readers of centraldistrictnews.com.  One of the cool things about dense urban neighborhoods is the existence of hyper-local news sources like this blog.  I also read a local blog for Pioneer Square and occasionally check the prolific neighborhood blogs of Capitol Hill and West Seattle.

on the ramparts of Essaouira: with Jack, Cari and Daenerys Targaryen

Last weekend we watched the first episode of the third season of Game of Thrones.  For those who don’t know, it’s a current TV show based on a fantasy book series that read together during our trip. 
As we were watching, we were pleasantly shocked to recognize the setting for part of the episode!  There was the character Dany strolling along the very same ramparts where we were offered pot-laced cookies as we watched a spectacular sunset over the Atlantic.
Here are some pictures from the set.

“opening night” at Safeco

Cari and I went to the Mariners’ Safeco Field open house tonight, to walk around and watch the game (being played in Oakland) on the new big screen.