Archive for the 'Seattle' Category

Where is Honey Moon Tea?

Gio and Kenny and I decided to stop at Honey Moon Tea (in the Uwajimaya Food Court) after dim sum in the I-District today for some of their delectable black tea ice cream, and the stand was gone. One of the other food stand proprietors told us that it had moved “around the corner,” but […]

A Jewish Dilemma

Super sale on Cheerios at QFC - $1.50 per box if you buy 4 boxes - but it’s Passover. What to do?!?
We bought 4 boxes and hid them in the closet. We’ll bust them out next week.

It Wasn’t Me

I received the following query via text message from my friend Gio this weekend:
Lauren did you write a letter to seattle weekly about steve scher? Check out mar 26 apr 1 edition

No, I never wrote a letter to Seattle Weekly, but the letter in question certainly looks like one that I could have written:
Dear Uptightness,
I’ve […]

Yellow and Red

I ended up spending my photography day two Sundays ago at the Volunteer Park Conservatory, UW campus, and the main branch of the Seattle Public Library. I had a great time at the Conservatory (aside from the one room where my lens kept fogging up), an okay time at UW (I really don’t know my […]

Words of Wisdom

From my husband:
Dude! Getting drunk with friends on a weeknight - it’s good shit.

Photogenic Seattle

I’m taking an “Introduction to SLR Photography Class,” and my assignment for this week is to take photos of scenes containing interesting geometric shapes. The assignment can be interpreted loosely — e.g., a pine tree can be a triangle, and the geometric shape in the photo may exist only because I’ve cut off the edges […]

Caucus Confusion

I spoke to quite a few friends this weekend who are registered Democrats in Washington state and who would like to cast votes for the Democratic presidential nomination. A few of them had already received their absentee ballots for the primary and were planning to send them in. They were shocked when I told them […]

Should We Talk about the Government?

As usual, the reports of impending snow in Seattle were greatly exaggerated. There was a bit on Monday, but not enough to justify playing hooky from work (although I know quite a few folks who live on the Eastside who couldn’t — or at least didn’t — drive in). There is still some snow in […]

Snow and More Snow

I’m in California for the weekend visiting my family. I just decided to check weather back in Seattle so that I’d know what to expect upon arriving early tomorrow morning. Gorgeous:

Interestingly, Kenny told me that snow was a pretty rare occurrence in Seattle during his first six winters there. This is my fifth winter […]

Out of the Closet

This is a week old, but worth a read if you haven’t seen it already: Melinda Gates Goes Public, in Fortune Magazine.