Many of you know my biggest disappointment with Seattle is the stunning lack of good ice cream (gelato doesn’t count, and neither does Cold Stone). Though I’m a ways away from opening up my own store, a friend and I did make our own ice cream last night – cinnamon pear. It was excellent, and I’m on the lookout for a used ice cream maker so I can continue the experiment on my own. My grandparents used to have one of these – wonder if they ever come up on Craigslist.
We also went yesterday to The Fair in Puyallup, in search of deep-fried goodness. Though we ate reasonably well, it wasn’t the bounty I was hoping for – where were the deep-fried twinkies, oreos, and snickers bars I’d been promised? The mutton bustin’ did go a long way to offset the dearth of 3000 calorie foodstuffs, though. Check out some pictures here.
For those of you keeping score at home, I ate a donut for breakfast yesterday, in addition to the corn fritters, funnel cake, french fries, burger and salt water taffy that comprised lunch at the fair, and then had ice cream for dinner. Grown-up’s prerogative?
posted September 17, 2007 – 10:32 am
It’s been a little more than two months since the layoff, and a little less than a month since I started looking for work in earnest. I’ve noticed my level of motivation started significantly lower than the last time I was looking for work (two years ago when I moved to Seattle). Fortunately, I’ve found some good leads early on, which not only get me more excited about the search, may actually pan out into jobs. I’ve had a couple interviews already and more scheduled.
Work on the light machine has gone well, and it’s 99% done. Pictures soon.
Two weekends ago, Jared & Chika and I went out to North Bend to Bybee-Nims Farms for some blueberry picking. We came home with over 16 pounds of blueberries (!), so the ensuing week involved a fair amount of baking. You can see our haul and the results here.
Shadrach continues to be fun, and we’re gearing up for Sectionals in a couple weeks. We should finish second and continue on to Regionals, but you never know.
posted September 11, 2007 – 10:08 am
A while back, some friends asked me to take some photos of them for a contest in BUST magazine. They didn’t win, but did make it on the honorable mention page. Congrats Cameron & Rachel!
posted August 31, 2007 – 3:20 pm
The beard is back. I don’t know how long it’ll last, but it started on my bike trip to Portland, and so far, I like it.
posted August 30, 2007 – 12:03 am
I went out last night to watch the eclipse, and came home at 3 AM with some photos.
My dad’s upcoming 40th college reunion prompted us to work on finishing up the light machine. Look for pictures (and maybe video?) soon.
posted August 28, 2007 – 10:30 am
