I’ve added a link to the site to my DaVo recordings — these are the recent shows I’ve recorded using my homemade TiVo-like box I call my DaVo.
The page is updated four times a day so that you can keep current with what I’m watching… er, rather not watching, since the whole point is to have something that watches television for me.
I had a lovely quick weekend to Seattle to visit family and friends. I stayed with my previous roommates, Jerry and Yi. Yi is finished her Ph.D. at the University of Washington, and Jerry is working for a large, Seattle-based company rhymes with SchmicroSchmoft. We had a great time eating sushi, walking around downtown, visiting the world’s first Starbucks, and then going next door to yet another Starbucks.
Saturday night we ate at this fantastic cheap sushi place, Hana’s on Broadway. Highly recommended!
I got up early on Sunday to have brunch in Abbotsford, BC (that’s Canada, people), to visit Shannon and Jason, friends I met earlier in Regina. Jason just got off a shift picking up dead people in his van and Shannon didn’t quite have to go to work at the immigration office, so we had a nice breakfast at IHOP and some fun chatting. They are without a doubt two of the sweetest people in North America.
Then on the Normany Park Cove, where, next to a neo-Nazi Republican rally, the Parr family had a little reunion. Uncle Greg, Aunts Margaret Ann, Jean, Beth, and Mary Ann were on hand along with a smattering of grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Then Jerry and Yi and I went out for a Korean meal. Not my favorite.
Sunday morning had us visiting Starbucks yet again, and walking around the lovely campus of the University of Washington. Then we had dim sum with Jerry and Yi’s friends.
Finally, we drove down to Burien to watch a good, old-fashioned 4th of July parade complete with dancers, a marching band, loud motorcycles, the governor of the state, and the mayor.
Dinner was a I Love Sushi on Lake Union, which was suprisingly expensive and bland. I guess I’m biased after Hana’s!
Dave had a very nice trip to rrrrrrrRegina (rhymes with China), the capital of Saskatchewan (or Sascratchyourass, as it’s called locally). It’s a flat prairie town, but it was quite lovely, and the people were very friendly. Everyone at the workshop (a crime data analysis workshop) was incredibly nice and made it a terrific time. I’ll remember it fondly, at least, the bits of it that I happen to remember.
You can see photos here: at Regina 2005.
So this weekend I’m off to Seattle for a family reunion and a chance to visit Jerry and Yi, my old roommates. I should also get to see Jason and Shannon, two friends I met in Regina. Huzzah! I’m really looking forward to the trip and the cooler weather. What’s better than that?
