The sun came out for a few hours this afternoon so we decided to take a drive. We stopped in Silverdale to stretch our legs and walk down by the water. I can't wait until it feels like Washington is our home and we aren't just tourists.
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Over Presidents weekend last year I went down to the Ojo Caliente Springs in New Mexico with my girlfriends Robin and Andrea. On the last day we were there Andrea and I woke up early to take some photos of a Hispanic graveyard we had seen up the road. I was going through some old photo files on my computer and had forgotten about those photos. Here are a few of my favorites.
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We were in Bellevue on Monday afternoon. It was gorgeous...the sun was out and it was warm.
It was foggy like this for about 4 days. It was a spooky Stephen King "The Mist" kind of fog. At times visibility was down to less than 200 feet...and let me tell you that makes for fun driving. In the end I will take fog over freezing rain. |
As promised Boyfriend took me out for pancakes this morning...and boy was I needing those pancakes. He took me to a place called Chase's Pancake Corral up in Bellevue.
Chase's has been around for about 50 years and is the type of place where the staff knows the names of all the regulars. It is a tiny little place that is always packed. We went around 11am on a Monday and still had to wait 20 minutes for a table...but it was worth it.
Today is the 14th day I have lived in Washington with Boyfriend. With the exception of going downtown last weekend, it has been a rather uneventful 2 weeks. I miss Colorado, my friends, and dare I say it...a job to go to everyday. Mostly I miss having a sense of direction...as in an actual direction sense...not in a life, career, relationship sense. I miss having those mountains to the west. If they are on your right you know you are heading south, to your left north, and in the rear view mirror east. Here the only real landmark is Mount Rainier...and that only helps if you actually know what direction Mount Rainer is and if it is not hidden in the clouds. It also does not help that the roads not laid out in a nice grid system like they are in Denver. You can drive 3 miles on on the same road and it will change names five times. If it was not for my GPS system I am not sure that I would ever get anywhere. Even with it I still feel like I am driving in circles...how can you make four left turns and not end up going on a circle? It is like NASCAR sans the go fast part. People do not go fast here and are actually quite happy going 5-10 mph under the speed limit. And did I mention that it does not mater how many turns you make you always seem to be heading in the same direction? In the end no matter how slow I go and no matter how many left turns I make I always manage to end up where I am supposed to be. Anyway it is a 3 day weekend so Boyfriend does not have to work tomorrow. I am going to blow off work and we are going to drive up to Bellevue for pancakes. YEAH PANCAKES!!! |
Boyfriend and I went to Costco last night to pick up a few things and he could not leave the store with out the jumbo 28 count box of Corn Dogs.
I guess I can't give him too much flack because just minutes later I found a 6lb bag of Gummy Bears I could not live with out.
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When I first heard that we would be moving to Washington I decided that at least once a month I wanted to take a picture of the Space Needle. Other than the Market I could not think of anything that screamed Seattle Louder. I also thought it would be a good way to guarantee that we got out of the burbs and into the city at least once a month. We were feeling a bit touristy yesterday and decided to head downtown. We were just outside of the Queen Anne neighborhood when I snapped this photo. I commented that I had just taken my first Space Needle photo. Boyfriend replied "that is great! Now we don't have to stop".
Ummmm...yeah...no...we are going to have to stop and then you are going to have to stand around while I take a billion photos in the hopes that I get at least one that I like...then and only then we we get to go to the Market to buy fish and get a bite to eat. Conditions were far from ideal, it was raining, the sky had decided to turn all the same shade of dreary grey, and I was cold. I did manage to get a few shots that I liked. I present to you Space Needle...the first in a series of 12
Since we were feeling touristy we decided to fo ahead and pony up the dough to go up to the observation deck for a look around. Now when friends come to see us we won't have to do that and can spend more time eating dim sum. P.S. Dear Universe, I desperately want a new camera. Anything you can do to make that happen would be greatly appreciated. Smooches, Melinda |
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