easy live’n, musical goodness & random escapades

Andy & took off for a nice bike ride this afternoon. It wasn’t quite as long as the ride to Redhook, but it was a beautiful day to ride down to Alki Beach, grab a beer and enjoy the scenery before heading back up the hill home. I even got lemonade from a couple kiddies on the way home from an actual lemonade stand for one-whole-dollar!  Man, talk about inflation… but so worth it.

 

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On the ride, Andy and caught up about several things including life, love, work, politics and how much we enjoy living in Seattle.  It’s just so beautiful here, with so many great people, and so much to do.  It got me thinking about the past 2-3 weeks and all that I’ve done… it’s been a busy month!

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Entertaining the Ladies

My Aunt Sue and my mother came to visit about three weeks ago and I’m just now getting around to getting the pictures up and blogged about.  Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t exactly stellar for their visit, but the time we had was super.  I kept the ladies busy by taking them out hiking through the wet hillsides of King County and wondering the required tourist trap that is Pike Place market.  I think they had a great time.  There were a number of firsts to be had on this trip, including what we think was my Aunt’s first ever martini.  I find that hard to believe, but I was glad to be part of showing her the error of her ways.  You’ll be able to tell from the pics that she certainly enjoyed it.

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