Monday, March 17, 2008
New Year: Thai-style
Just a reminder that Songkran is only a month away... I can hardly wait to throw water at unsuspecting tourists-and then smear menthol powder all over their innocent faces! This is a photo of Andrew and I celebrating the new year Thai-style 2 years ago. Hard to believe we have sustained living in Asia, camping in Canmore, Christmas-ing in Seattle, beaching it in Australia, living in a van in NZ, and doing the back and forth between Canada and the US for 2 years! Guess it must be love.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Web albums for New Zealand & Australia are up!
http://picasaweb.google.com/morrisonandrew
We invite you to have a gander at these selections from our photo stockpile.
We invite you to have a gander at these selections from our photo stockpile.
It's about Seattle!
Okay so I haven't yet posted our holiday photos- but they are on Andrew's camera, which is with him in Seattle. So next time he comes to visit (FYI March 25th) we will load them on.
Speaking of Seattle, I just got back from yet another visit out west. I can honestly say that Seattle is starting to feel like a second home. I know where the kids suffering from "hip-ititis" go for their coffee (The Bauhaus), I know where to see a fun all ages show with lots of awkward teens (The Vera project), I know where to get the mini donuts at the market, I frequent Nemos and (before it was closed) the Croc, and I can drive like any Seattlelite- although my first time downtown on a super steep hill in Andrew's car I may or may not have "rode the clutch".
I look forward to Seattle: The green grass, the art museum, the Market, the coffee and the prices. In Canmore where I live, A box of Emergen-C (Vitamin supplement) costs...wait for it..... $27.99!! The same box (without french labeling) in Seattle costs....$8.49! This same formula can be applied to clothes, skis, books, tea, chocolate etc. Needless to say, everytime I leave Seattle I am carrying about 15lbs of vitamins which I dole out to a bunch of near-scurvy Canadians!
The only thing I cannot love about Seattle is the rain. I have seen Seattle in the sun and it is gorgeous, glistening, sparkling, vibrant and happy. However the rest of the time it is perpetually in gray...drizzing, dark, damp, mouldy gray. How do you people do it? Even with an umbrella- how do your pants stay dry? How about your feet....? Are you wearing gore-tex socks inside your dress-shoes? When I am down town in a down-pour I wish I was wearing a rain-suit, but I never see anyone in a rain-suit. How come? Do your offices have clothes dryers that you can use? Do you spray your work skirts with a waterproof technology that isnt yet available in Canada? All I can say is Seattlelites are tough. Sure the roads and schools close when there is more than an inch of snow. And yes, if the temperature goes anywhere below zero (32) the city is pratically in a state of emergency. But to live through 35 days of straight rain is a feat. A feat no true Albertan would know how to achieve.
Speaking of Seattle, I just got back from yet another visit out west. I can honestly say that Seattle is starting to feel like a second home. I know where the kids suffering from "hip-ititis" go for their coffee (The Bauhaus), I know where to see a fun all ages show with lots of awkward teens (The Vera project), I know where to get the mini donuts at the market, I frequent Nemos and (before it was closed) the Croc, and I can drive like any Seattlelite- although my first time downtown on a super steep hill in Andrew's car I may or may not have "rode the clutch".
I look forward to Seattle: The green grass, the art museum, the Market, the coffee and the prices. In Canmore where I live, A box of Emergen-C (Vitamin supplement) costs...wait for it..... $27.99!! The same box (without french labeling) in Seattle costs....$8.49! This same formula can be applied to clothes, skis, books, tea, chocolate etc. Needless to say, everytime I leave Seattle I am carrying about 15lbs of vitamins which I dole out to a bunch of near-scurvy Canadians!
The only thing I cannot love about Seattle is the rain. I have seen Seattle in the sun and it is gorgeous, glistening, sparkling, vibrant and happy. However the rest of the time it is perpetually in gray...drizzing, dark, damp, mouldy gray. How do you people do it? Even with an umbrella- how do your pants stay dry? How about your feet....? Are you wearing gore-tex socks inside your dress-shoes? When I am down town in a down-pour I wish I was wearing a rain-suit, but I never see anyone in a rain-suit. How come? Do your offices have clothes dryers that you can use? Do you spray your work skirts with a waterproof technology that isnt yet available in Canada? All I can say is Seattlelites are tough. Sure the roads and schools close when there is more than an inch of snow. And yes, if the temperature goes anywhere below zero (32) the city is pratically in a state of emergency. But to live through 35 days of straight rain is a feat. A feat no true Albertan would know how to achieve.
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