The Big Climb 2012
Scott wanted to do the Big Climb this year — a fundraiser for Lukemia where participants climb 1300 stairs (or 69 floors) up the Columbia Tower, Seattle’s tallest building. Being the ever supportive wife, I joined him… But Scott did all the work in fundraising and signing us up. Together we raised $1500! We matched everything that was donated to us out of our own pocket. To practice for the event we climbed the stairs off of Broadway together (it’s approximately 4x up/down), and I…
Hummingbirds in the Hood
I love, love, love the hummingbirds that zoom around as I walk to the bus in the morning. I picked up on the sound of their chirping last year at some point, and now whenever I hear it I have to stop and look for the little birds who are usually perched on some very high point. I love it. So, this post about our local hummingbirds on the Capitol Hill Seattle blog was pretty great to stumble across! It’s MATING SEASON! “The Anna’s hummingbird,…
Latest Addiction: Solitaire Blitz
Luckily, I play video games for a living because I am addicted to Solitaire Blitz. Have you played it? A friend of mine did the art for it (which is adorable), and others I know developed the economy and balancing, but that does not make me biased at all. It’s blitzy! And fun! By the way, I’m going to be re-posting some of my gaming content that I wrote last year during the MBA program. It’s going to show up in RSS feeds, even though it isn’t…
Workout Playlist
I’ve been practicing for the Big Climb coming up in a few weeks by climbing the 12 flights of stairs at work a few times a week. I generally like to listen to NPR when I work out, but climbing stairs in a boring stairwell requires music, so I’ve put together playlist. You can get it here! afrolicious | The Dining Rooms | Experiments In Ambient Soul Bondade E Maldade [Yoruba Soul Mix by Osunlande] | Césaria Évora | Club Sodade Remixes On the Floor…
Pizza de Amor
A while back, Scott was inspired by this video of Robert Rodriguez (director of Sin City and From Dusk Til Dawn — I have to reference because I wouldn’t otherwise know him) making puerco pibil. In the video, Robert Rodriquez notes that everyone should have a menu of “house specialties”. He recommends learning how to cook 2-3 of your favorite dishes very well. “You’ve gotta eat the rest of your life, so you might as well eat well.” –Robert Rodrigues Scott showed the video to me,…
Born Mini
Scott and I haven’t owned a car for 5 years. We’ve gotten by on public transportation, Zipcar and very kind friends. About a month ago, I got the idea that we should buy a car. And three weeks later we bought a MINI Countryman! We started out thinking that we’d get a Mazda (zoom zoom!) or a Subaru. I wanted one, Scott wanted the other. One didn’t have 4WD, the other one did. One was cute and sporty, then other one was standard Seattle fare….
Gaming
