[3.7] East Meets West (Part Two)

[Update on Lisa's first post: No progress. She promises to do it this weekend. I'm skeptical.]

Earle and Kelli blew back through town late in the week after a few days in Portland and a night at a B&B across the Sound near Olympia. I picked up Lisa at work and the four of us (plus Foz) enjoyed a picnic lunch at a sculpture garden on Puget Sound, right near our old apartment.

Always prepared, E&K had a bottle of wine from a winery visit in Portland, but we were not sure of the open container laws. So we wrapped the wine in a paper bag and poured it into opaque plastic cups while constantly swiveling our heads to see if the bicycle cop was about to cruise past us again. We spent most of the time enjoying the day and our lunch while E&K shared the stories of their adventures the prior few days. We learned that E&K were "retiree magnets", but these folks love Kelli and her stories.

Thanks to E&K for the visit, we hope you can make it back soon.

Quick wrap on the rest of the weekend: Earle and Kelli left Thursday afternoon after lunch and on Friday after work, I met Lisa and her co-workers for Happy Hour. Lisa may have had one appletini too many. She did not, however, have enough to prevent us from going on a 35-mile bike ride on Saturday, which took us over Lake Washington and around Mercer Island, which is a small, upscale neighborhood in the middle of Lake Washington. I'm tired of trying to do these rides on my mountain bike and will be buying a road bike this week. After the ride (and a nap), we headed out to the bike shop to look at bikes and then to a local Wurst Festival. The festival was more of a mini-fair and there was little wurst to be had and even less beer, so we said, "this festival is the wurst" and left to have dinner elsewhere. On today's agenda, we're going to have a Dim Sum brunch with some folks we've met here, and then some shopping for blinds. I know you're all dying for an update on the blind situation.