Thank you sir! May I have another?

Haven't posted for awhile, been busy moving and with work. I spent all last week with Safeway in Seattle doing operational meetings with the kiosk managers and field merchandisers. Karen was on Spring Break so we went up for the weekend. Unbelievable eating. I am a huge fan of Tom Douglas and no visit to Seattle is complete without a stop at Serious Pie. The special pizza on Friday was a panchetta, apples, caramelized onions and sheep's milk pizza. It tasted even better then it looked.

While we are there, the waitress told us about the Dahlia workshop on Westlake. The second Serious Pie is located there as well as a breakfast shop called the Dahlia workshop. The workshop serves biscuits in several alliterations. All fantastic. Karen and I decided to have breakfast there the next morning.

We had a brisk walk down Westlake along with some window shopping and made it to the biscuit mecca. I had the biscuits and gravy with fried chicken. It was sublime.

We spent the day walking off our breakfast. The weather was great. sunny and not a rain drop to be seen or felt. The sunset was beautiful. I caught the public market at twilight and was well pleased with the results.

On of the kiosks managers told me about a great sandwich shop on capital hill that is always named "the best of Seattle", Baguette Box. The shop is known for their "drunken chicken sandwich", Chinese food on bread. It was awesome. The rest of the menu looked great as well : but I was exceeding the calorie count for the year on this trip so I refrained. Here's the website: http://www.baguettebox.com/

Took these shots the last night from the pier facing the public market. Really a beautiful city.

King of Fling

Busy week and I am coasting on fumes right now. Spent most of the week doing divisional meetings with Vons to align everyone on the priorities and operational expectation. I stayed at the Roosevelt this week for the meetings in Burbank. we started at 7 am each day and I didn't want to fight traffic from Long Beach to be on time. Had a fantastic dinner with the Damianos and Tami's brother as well in the Roosevelt's new dinner house.

Yesterday, I had to meet with the Long Beach Convention Center for their upcoming opening. I had to check out the site in the convention center during the visit. Much to my delight, the bass fishing and boat show was in the house. I was walking back from the potential site when I passed this sign:



WHAT??!!
knife throwing show!!!
Jack Dagger?!! THE KING OF FLING?!!
how awesome would it have been to stay and see the show. I love the fact that someone can make a living touring the country throwing knives at someone else.

highs and lows

Just got back from Denver tonight. I had meetings with Safeway and with the traditional franchise operator the past few days.
I forgot what I hated about Denver until the plane was about to land on Tuesday. The pilot announced that "it will be a little bumpy coming into Denver".
Really?
What he should have said was " the plane will shudder like God has it in his firm grip and is shaking the plane like a baby's rattle". THAT would be closer to the actual landing.

Once on the ground, I had a pretty good visit. Charles and I had breakfast at Little Anita's on Broadway. Potato and bacon burritos with green chili. That was good! I was gulping water for an hour after to control the burn in my gut.

Saw this driving through Littleton on our way to the Highland's Ranch store. I wonder if Idiot lane is close by. Jackass Hill could you imagine that as your address?

thank you so much

To whoever adjusted the stop sign at Beachwood and Scenic, thanks so much. I can not get Steve Perry out of my head now. I hated that song in 1983 and I hate it now.

I'll get that done later

I was suppose to spend this weekend packing up all my possessions for the impending move....

Suppose to but instead I grab my camera and spent Saturday taking pictures. I took the shot above in Silverlake. I've photographed this wall before but wasn't satisfied with the results. This turned out much better with the light and newer camera.

Liked this shot outside of the 101 cafe on Franklin. Felt like a paparazzi in the stealth shot. Most people today don't like getting their pictures taken. He didn't notice.

Still the best place to see a movie. Karen and I had dinner and then a movie on Friday. The King's Speech is playing in the dome. Not sure that should be seen in that large of a screen but ok.

Gave up on attempting to pack and have called a moving company to do the move next week.

Headed West

Preparing for my move to the beach and a new environment. I will miss my neighborhood. Been here for so long. I am spending the last few weeks just kicking around and making note of the things that I have taken for granted over the past few years. It always seems to be like that.

When I moved from Arizona, I panicked because I hadn't gone to the Grand Canyon in all the time that I had lived there. I went a week before I left.
When I lived on Miami Beach, I spent the last week walking around just looking at the buildings and beach that I really hadn't considered in the time I had lived there. Kind of like that Ral Donner song, "you don't know what you've got until you lose it".
On Sunset this afternoon and saw the signs above by the Palladium. Must be shooting a scene from Southland around the neighborhood.

Had to go to Phoenix on business yesterday. what seemed like a fairly simple half day gig turned into a long day and late flight back to Burbank.

This is what it felt like when I finally got off the plane at 10 pm.

This past weekend's highlights

Had lunch with a dog.

Chris and Tami's next door neighbors had a event at their house on Saturday to celebrate the new year. Lots of dancing and drumming. Very interesting to watch.