Quiet Sunday

One less hour sleep. Need I say more?

Today saw the least amount of activity on my part since I got here. Devoured the Seattle Times & the Peninsula Daily News and have come to the conclusion that the PDN is quite a good newspaper - particularly in view of the fact that it serves such a small population in comparison to the Seattle Times. It's still odd to not start the day with a LONG read of the Dallas Morning News. I had no idea what a fine newspaper the DMN is. The Seattle Times is a good paper, but it doesn't have the depth of reporting & features. BUT I have to take into consideration the size of the populations they serve. Something I'm not sure about is the overall size of the Seattle-Tacoma area and everything around & between. It's much like the situation in Dallas-Fort Worth & the "Metroplex" (gad, I disliked that term!) OK - I had to stop & go research this. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) in 2008 (most recent figures) had a population of 6,300,000 while the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue MSA had a population of 3,344,000. That's MUCH larger than I thought the SeaTac area was! Will have to think a bit longer about cutting the Seattle Times such slack.

Today's photo is an "archived" photo. It's of the wonderful Sweet Laurette's in Uptown on Lawrence (Uptown's "main drag"). It's approximately 2 blocks from 523 which may mean trouble in the future! It's a lovely combination bakery-cafe and a local favorite which means lines.

It was strange that there were no pooches outside waiting for their humans when I took this photo. Dogs are just such a presence in PT. This morning when I was on Haines, I looked up and a man on a bicycle had a "platform" attached behind with his gorgeous golden-colored dog which resembled a Huskie (can they be a golden color?) standing majestically on the platform, a la Cleopatra, being hauled around the water's edge. Do dogs have this figured out or what? No walking for this guy/gal. Unfortunately I only had my iPhone & he was too far away to get a clear photo but I laughed so hard that those seeing me must have thought I was ready for the looney bin. Dogs ARE loved & catered to here!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I can't wait to see the changes that will come to pass at 523 this week. I've heard we should be "out of the dirt" - a huge milestone, apparently. Stay tuned...