Blogs from Burien, Washington, United States, North America

Another week in the woods has worn me out. I need somewhere to recharge and prepare of the next big item on the trip, the Siggraph conference. I found both at the Eagle’s View Bed and Breakfast. It is located directly on a high bluff south of Seattle. As the name should imply, the view is huge when the weather cooperates. It extends all the way across Puget Sound to the Olympic Mountains on the far side. Sadly, after a week of near perfect weather all I got to see was fog. I had dinner tonight at yet another brew pub, the Elliott Bay Brewery. Like many others in the Pacific Northwest, they serve really good beer combined with descent food. The beer was dark and heavy, the way I like it. Desert was n... read more

... and perhaps more importantly, I got back from the Embassy of Belarus in Washington, DC: my passport, with the visa securely affixed therein.... read more