Tuesday, 16AUG, early AM it was off to the airport for the
departure of the Pitres (Rebecca, Raymond, Jaxson & Mason); then back to
Sultan to collapse & recover from theirs & son Joe’s short visit! The next several days were spent removing all
traces of the kids & grandkids visit.
Saturday, 20AUG, the Seattle area was still experiencing more
record heat. Late that morning we headed
to Rich & Jan Formisano for their annual Riverwalk gathering. Rich is a Coast Guard friend & classmate of
Dan’s; & we were lucky enough to be neighbors in Novato, CA, back in the
early 90s. The Riverwalk is an annual
party/BBQ they put on every summer for neighbors, old fiends (like us) &
family. Their house is on the banks of
the middle fork of the Snoqualmie River.
The tradition is that at some point guests are encouraged to walk across
the river & back. Corrie made it
part way, Dan didn’t even attempt it. A great
time!
Sunday, 21AUG, after record heat the temperature drops 15
degrees cooler than yesterday? So we
bundled up & went to the Fresh Paint art show at the Everett Marina. This is a jury selected show for “new”
artists & crafters. Our main
interest was to the art work of Dan’s cousin Jennifer Hayes. It turned out to be a pretty big event,
w/very good talent. We tried not to
interfere w/Jennifer interacting w/potential customers, but did manage to have
a nice visit her & husband Mike.
Saturday, 27AUG, it was into Seattle for a walkabout. First stop was Espresso Vivace started in 1988
by David Schomer & a partner. Why a
coffee shop in the hometown of Starbucks & thousands of excellent coffee
stands? Because Schomer has “researched”
the perfect expresso for years to the nth degree; & is regarded THE world’s
expert on the perfect cup expresso.
Baristas come from all over the world to train under him. To his credit, he stays small & local.
From there it was a walkabout on Broadway, the “main street” on
Seattle’s capitol hill. Then to the Seattle
Center for Festal Tibet. As we have
discussed in this BLOG, these Festals are sponsored by local expats and/or
descendants of the noted culture. Some
are great & some are poor; Tibet was average. They had great crafts on display, but the
opening ceremonies dragged on forever; & we thought there was no “local”
food. But after fastfood for lunch we
discovered Tibetan foods outside (but there was no indication about the food
available inside?). Arriving back at our
car, we find many people (many costumed as super heroes/heroines) outside the
Streamline Tavern for “Ring Around the Needle” a pub crawl (7 total) to benefit
an ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) charity.
Sunday was the annual end of summer get-together at Hans & Martha
Dankers for their neighbors on Reiner Rd.
As described in the below BLOG link this a gathering where they provide
the entrees & everyone else brings a dish.
Again, a very good time.
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