Saturday trip around Puget Sound with kids and cameras.

One of the things I did today, was sign up for ‘foursquare‘, an app that lets you ‘check-in’ to places, and those with participating incentives will send coupons to your phone. It’s and interesting experiment. I’ll see how that works out today.

M.V. Kitsap mid-sound, enroute Bremerton

Passengers on stern pickle-forks of ferry [...]

Saturday in Seattle

It was neither dark nor stormy. Discuss.

With my parents in town, and having the need to pick up some parts at Ducati Seattle, I hatched a masterful plan for all of us to have fun, while allowing myself to take care of the essential needs of my beloved Ducati.

We caught a lucky [...]

A parent’s terror – attempted kidnapping at Pike Place Market

Monday morning, a visit to the Pike Place Market was one of many highlights for visiting family from California.  My sister and her two girls joined myself and my two kids, along with our mother for a tour of Seattle.    One of the places we spent quite some time, was at the Pike Place Fish [...]

Decent PNW weather.. FINALLY some sun!!!

It was a wonderful weekend in the PNW.   When the weather is good here, it is phenominal.    Downloaded a weekend’s worth of photos now.  Those that pass the ‘does not stink so much’ test will be posted here.   *stay tuned!*

Getting rid of trash dumpsters in Seattle’s core

In what seems like a bizarre move in a city that is self-describes itself as environmentally sensitive, Seattle is planning to outlaw the use of dumpsters in downtown areas, and instead force everyone to use color coded special trash bags (at considerable expense per bag). Source

In times of financial strife, it seems odd that [...]