Category: Etcetera

  • Discovery Park

    Lately, now that wedding season is over, Ryan and I have been spending more time outdoors, namely in parks and trails geocaching. Today we checked out Discovery Park and I must say it is one of the nicest parks we’ve been to in the Seattle area. It’s huge, which despite the many visitors makes the…

  • Jamie and Val in Frankfurt

    Currently stranded in SFO waiting on a delayed flight. Since I haven’t gotten around to post this entry from when I was in Frankfurt, now’s as good time as any time. Here goes! My last two days in Germany, Val and I stayed in Frankfurt. We arrived by train early Sunday afternoon and very luckily…

  • Acquisition Close Day

    As you may have heard, the Microsoft-aQuantive acquisition closed today. I actually had forgotten it was today and was surprised to see the above sign as I got off the elevator this morning. It was nice finding a free espresso cart and a fancier assortment of our usual Monday morning bagels, including lox and capers.…

  • Scrabble Pwnage

    OH SNAPS! (click thru above to see screenshot) My co-worker Emily recently got me addicted to Scrabulous on Facebook and it’s pretty sweet. Especially when you spell a word like SIZE on a triple word score square for 45 points. But I can’t really brag, before this move Ryan and I were pretty point for…

  • Pink Lilies

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  • Kevin’s Birthday at diVino

    Since today’s officially his birthday–Happy Birthday, Kevin! View Kevin’s Flickr Photoset from last night. Oh diVino, our new favorite wine bar in Seattle. <3 Interestingly, we also checked out the new Fusion Ultra Lounge on 45th which was pretty empty, but eh–private party?

  • Friedrichsbad Baths

    Baden-Baden – Day 2 The following day we had breakfast in our cute little hotel above a pastry shop (The Hotel Beeg) and walked around town some more. Most notably, Val brought me to the Freidbrichsbad Baths! At the Friedrichsbad you lose track of time within 10 minutes and track of the world within 20…

  • Casino Baden-Baden

    Baden-Baden – Day 1 On Thursday, Val and I took the train (actually 3) to Baden-Baden, the famous casino and spa town. We arrived in the afternoon and walked around before having dinner. We ultimately ended up in this bizarre little restaurant filled with smoke and chicken dolls hanging from the walls. This oddity aside,…

  • Tübingen, Germany

    While in Germany, I stayed about 3 days in Tübingen, the university town that Val is studying at this semester. Besides teeming with college students, I soon learned that the streets there are filled with chubby-cheeked, blond, blue-eyed babies, and a disproportionate amount of people carrying ice cream cones. No, really. It’s rather bizarre. It…

  • London Sightseeing

    My parents arrived to London Saturday morning where we met at their hotel in South Kensington. It was a pretty eventful next 3 days where we went sightseeing and I had the chance to show them around (namely via Tube). During their stay we went to the Natural History Museum, Westminster Cathedral for Sunday mass,…