Blogs from United States, North America - page 4768

Geo: 39.103, -94.583We went to Kansas City for a wedding. Very nice and sentimental jewelry was stolen. Numerous phone calls to the hotel were never returned. :-( It was a beautiful and expensive hotel with some not-so-nice staff members who apparently had sticky fingers. The wedding was beautiful, I drank wayyyyyyyy too much wine, and the drive home was very long and quiet. :-/... read more

Wow. German first, English below... Wie ihr am Titel sehen koennt, will Donika ein bisschen spannender (und nicht nur einfach VIEL) schreiben. Nun gut, die Quantitaet meiner Beitraege muessten sich noch um Einiges bessern. Nachdem wir nun ein paar Tage in Seattle verbracht und die Stadt lieben gelernt haben, haben wir uns ein Auto ausgeliehen. Ein kleines Auto (Chevrolet Aveo) und so dachte ich Narr, es wuerde wenig Sprit verbrauchen, aber in den USA scheint ein Autopilot, Automatikschaltung, Armstuetze ... unabdingbar zu sein und ein Verbrauch von 9l/100km als wenig zu gelten. Egal. Zuerst sind wir Richtung Mt Rainier (ein Vulkan ca. 100km suedoestlich von Seattle) gefahren. Unser erster Tag dort war super. Die meisten Dinge koennten wir nicht sehen, da der Nebel extrem stark war und unsere enorme Wanderung hat sich als fies herausgestellt, es ... read more

Wow, that guy can talk. We got downtown at 8:30 and had to wait 45 minutes in line before the metal detectors. the line was huge. started at the corner of front st and main, then went along the river to roughly pine and front, then back, up main and a right on 2nd st. a lot of people spoke first, local politicians, grass roots organizers and then around 10:30 he came on. the streets were packed. the fire department estimated about 15000 people. you don't really need me to tell you that he's an amazing speaker but hearing it in person is pretty moving. he lamented that he couldn't stay and have a pint at oktoberfest since he is flying back to washington to try and push through the economic rescue plan. a lot of ... read more

Great Architecture We had a really interesting if somewhat strange visit to the Seattle Public library. The library is an iconic building of architectural note. It is popular and attracts a lot of visitors. It is one of those buildings that demands a strong reaction and I expect there are aspects of it that some people love that others hate. Unfortunately the nature of the visit we were offered meant we learnt very little about how the service is delivered. We did not meet a single person who was involved in running the service. Our observation of front line customer service was not favourable although that could have just been the person on duty at the time of our visit. Seemed to me that Seattle Public library may need to think about how welcoming it is ... read more

This blog is about the lovely week we spent in Seattle leading up to the wedding of our dear friends, Troy and Kristen (Todd's brother and his new bride). On our first night there, Todd surprised me with Mariners tickets since I'm such a big baseball fan. We went with Todd's friend Jamie and our nephew Noah. Although Seattle is the worst in the league this year, as evidenced by attendance, we had a great time and stocked up on ballpark hot dogs, which we've missed so much. The next day we had brunch in Kirkland overlooking the water. I really fell in love with this little town! It's so scenic, particularly for those of us who reside in a concrete jungle like Seoul. I spent the afternoon burning a hole in my wallet at the ... read more