Party Like We're on Vacation

For day one of summer break, I am rollerblading at Greenlake. So far the sun isn't quite out (yay) so fewer people are here. I did have to tell two kids on scooters that the outer lane is one way. 

Cruising

It's cruise ship season here in Seattle! You definitely notice the uptick in tourists.

It's a beautiful Saturday: 70 degrees and sunny with crisp, clean air.

The Good Parking Spot

Today I got the good parking spot in my parking garage. This has only happened one other time in about five months. It's a big deal. Maybe because I've had a week of bad parking spots? I've had to drive all the way down into the depths of the garage to find middle spots (spots without a concrete pole or support next to them) all week long. This good spot is a single spot with a pole on the left and a wall on the right. But it's bigger than the other spots. And there is less of a chance of someone dinging your car with their car door. 

The other day, I had a stand-off with a person exiting the garage: I was approaching from outside/in the alley and this person in their giant Audi SUV was leaving. The garage gate is the style that opens side to side--almost like an accordion the two doors open up and fold up to the left and right sides. They close automatically after a few seconds so better not get caught between them! Anyway, this Audi was too big for me to pass by so I waited outside of the garage for her to exit. But she didn't! The doors closed. I waited for this driver to open them. Nothing. So I waited some more. Eventually she opened the door and left.

I was giving her the right of way, but she passively sat there ignorant of the fact that I couldn't fit past her in that narrow excuse of a parking garage. 

So yeah, I think I earned some good parking karma. Now I don't even want to use my car because I'll have to give up the spot when I leave :/

Uh Oh

Is it possible to bring your car to the dealership to check for spiders? I think there is a nest in the space where the door closes into the body of the car on the rubber material. There is a white web thing and it's really freaking me out. 

Or maybe they will think I'm crazy? 

Coffee

The most delicious coffee...

Are the beans infused with donut essence or something?

Hot Dog

It's 86 degrees in Seattle right now... A heat wave! 

How?

How the hell do you make an omelette? For real. Because all of my omelettes turn out like this:

Walking in the Woods

The weather this weekend isn't exactly inspiring for nature walks, but I saw this book and couldn't resist. I like getting lost in beautiful places and these are all near Seattle!

Appreciation

That feeling... When it's only 64 degrees outside, but the sun is out so you are very appreciative :) 

Belltown, 4th Avenue 2:33pm

40,000

Just hit 40,000 email... 

Doesn't make sense to even try to delete any of it at this point, right?

Yakima

Hiked the Skyline Ridge Trail. 

Stopped for a shot at the Tree Top factory:

Volcanic Earthquakes

I woke up this morning to several alerts from my Earthquake app because of nearby seismic activity at Mt Hood... I only get alerts with 2.0+ magnitude shakers so this was significant. Mt Hood is understood to be dormant so it's perplexing that there is a swarm happening. Perhaps it is related to the nearby Mt St Helens swarm? There has also been sightly elevated seismic activity near Mt Rainier over the past couple of months. 

From Wikipedia:

Mount Hood is considered the Oregon volcano most likely to erupt,^[9] though based on its history, an explosive eruption is unlikely. Still, the odds of an eruption in the next 30 years are estimated at between 3 and 7 percent, so the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) characterizes it as "potentially active", but the mountain is informally considered dormant.

 Magma chambers must be filling up and one of these volcanoes might have a little eruption at some point in the near future!

Deep Thought

What if we just filled in the water with dirt so that Seattle was no longer an isthmus? Filled in Lake Washington all around Mercer Island from Renton up to Bothell. Build another north-south highway. It would really alleviate the bad traffic!

99 Problems

The Viaduct (aka 99) is closed for two weeks so Bertha can tunnel underneath. It's usually loud and traffic-laden, but as you can see in this photo, it is nice and empty. And. So. Quiet. 

Throne on Wheels

Oh, I went there. Here are some reactions people had when seeing Rocco in a stroller:

"Oh my god, yes."

"Awwww"

"Can I take your photo? I'm a professional photographer."

"Happy Mother's Day!!!"

It was a sunny 80 degree day today so I thought Rocco might like to stroll to Olympic sculpture park. It's too hot for him to walk that far so the stroller was perfect. If you know me, you know that I don't give a f*ck what other people think :)