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Fred Meyer is a regional chain of stores, sort of like Target, but with a full grocery store and a little less of the other stuff. Our local store closed a year ago for remodeling and finally reopened at the beginning of the month. One of the things about our local Fred Meyer was the…
Last post for The Music Man. The performance started at 7, and the plan was to go out to dinner beforehand. I wanted to leave at 4:30 and get downtown and park by 5:00 which would give us 2 hours to walk to and from the restaurant, order food, eat, etc. Since it…
I have just a little bit more to follow up on my post yesterday about The Music Man. There was a band in Seattle in the early 90s, Fear The Cow. I wish I could find any information on them. The group was a sort of country punk outfit, almost a form of performance…
Previously I blogged about sharing one of my all-time favorite films with my kids in my favorite movie theater. Now I get to share another favorite. Last night I took August and Déla to see The Music Man – not the movie, but a stage production at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater. This wasn’t my first…
Found an interesting CD a few days ago. My affection for The Replacements is certainly no secret. Those who know me also know I’m not above purchasing a soundtrack to a film that I have no intention of ever seeing just because it has one song by a favorite band. Put these two things together…
While it may be a cliche, there is some truth to the common belief that when you get older you’re more prone to yelling at kids to get off your lawn. Presumably the kids in question in this scenario are strangers trespassing on the older person’s property. And then…
I am so frustrated with Amazon’s Instant Video service. It’s a great resource, in theory, but in practice, it’s an exercise in frustration. Particularly if you’re a member of Amazon Prime – a service I pay for. You expect, when you pay for something, to get a certain level of service. Granted, this is an…
August, my 9 year old, is home sick from school today. It is nothing serious, but definitely worth keeping him home under quarantine and observation. Since he is older, he is able to watch certain things that I (and most parents) feel is inappropriate for the younger kids. Unfortunately, with one television in the house,…
You would think the prospect of going to get a doughnut and a trip to the zoo would be an exciting proposition for a youngster. Not so for my Ciárán. There is no pre-school for Ciárán Thursday or Friday of this week. Pre-school conferences are taking place (essentially assessments for Kindergarten readyness). So my…
I recently came across two things that baffled me. Where are we as a society that we need these in our lives? Really? Isn’t this supposed to be half milk and half cream? Isn’t cream supposed to be the fat from the milk? I don’t even want to know how this is possible. And…