After a full day where we caught up on our sleep, we wandered out into the streets of our hotel’s neighborhood, Casco Viejo. The area is the second oldest part…

We landed in Panama after connecting via a red-eye flight through Miami. It’s plenty hot here. Our hotel has air conditioning in the individual rooms, but the halls are only…

In June Kim decided to run her second half marathon. She ran her first back in 2009, and wanted to run another. This time she signed up for the Rock and Roll half marathon that winds its way through Seattle. But the hilly course was not to her liking and she didn’t have anywhere near as much fun.

In January of 2012 we got a few inches of snow on a Sunday afternoon of a three-day weekend. Since we didn’t want to drive, we walked out to University Village and did a little shopping. These are the pix from our neighborhood at the start of the walk.

As you may have heard, we recently closed on a new house in the Portage Bay area of Seattle. We closed on the property in mid-March, and we hope to…

In February of this year my friend Jim got tickets to the all-star game in Dallas. He was also kind enough to invite me along. We had four fun days…

Each year the Arthritis Foundation sponsors 5K runs around the country to raise money for their annual budget. The Seattle one is attended by over 12,000, many of whom show…

Since my August knee surgery made it impossible for us to do an overseas trip this year, we decided to visit one place we haven't been in ages, LA. We…

On a cool October morning we drove to Lake Stevens to see our nephew Jared and his football team take on the Panthers from Snohomish. It was going to be…

For her 2009 visit, we took Kim's mother out to Mt. St. Helens. This was actually our second try, as the first time we went over ten years ago we…