A big THANK YOU to Bruce Fleisher for giving me tickets to the Boeing Classic held this weekend at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Pictures are coming soon.
Area polititians Gary Locke and Ron Sims were barrier breakers who now work for a President who himself is a barrier breaker. Members of the Obama cabinet, they are featured in a lighthearted way on the cover of " Washington Law And Politics" magazine.
Former Colts and Cardinals standout running back Edgerrin James has joined the Seahawks. He is an 11 year veteran out of the University Of Miami. He is 31 and a native of Immokalee, Florida. He is expected to be used in short yardage situations. He joins Carl Eller, Jerry Rice, and Franco Harris as NFL superstars who play their twilights years in a Seahawk uniform.
The voyage home.We left Lincoln City about 1:00 on Wednesday, immediately noticing that the temperature was rising. It was about 90 plus when we arrived in McMinnville, Oregon, the home of the Evergreen Aviation Museum. The star attraction is obviously the Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes mega project. The picture above is me next to a fraction of the Goose. The way that the Goose was brought to the museum is a story itself.
Tuesday August 18, we took the hour long drive toward Florence to see the Sea lion Caves. The picture, which I got off the web, is somewhat misleading. The sea lions where, for the most part, not in their caves, but out towards the sea. You could still see a few that had clung to the rocks. 
On Monday, we drove down to Newport to visit the Oregon Coast Aquarium, also known as the "Newport Aquarium". It is a fun and informative way to spend a day. We had dinner that night in Depoe Bay at the "Sea Hag". The food was excellent as was the service. That evening, we watched a beautiful sunset from the condo.
From Lincoln City, we continued our trip to Depoe Bay. This picture was taken from the "World mark Condo that we stayed in with Deb's Mom, Grandma, sister, and the boys. Depoe Bay is famous for having the World's smallest harbour and for the whale watching. We had a sweeping view of the ocean. did see some whales, and some spectacular sunsets.
Views of the Oregon Coast, from Highway 101 can rival any scenery from the California coast. In some cases, so can the traffic.
We just got back from a few days on the Oregon Coast, and while the trip did not have the shear madness and mishaps of last year's Sedona trip, I thought it would be fun to share some of the highlights. We arrived in Lincoln City Saturday night after a four and a half to five hour drive. We had gotten a late start and hit Portland in the evening. As you leave Portland you have to drive through the suburbs of Tigard and Sherwood, on through Dundee and McMinville and finally arriving in Lincoln City.
The festival that largely defined Rock and the Counterculture, Woodstock, turns 40 on August 15th. The 1969 festival took place in Bethel, New York and ran from August 15th (a Friday) to August 18th. Some of the acts which played were Country Joe (pictured above), CCR,, Richie Havens, Grateful Dead, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin. Woodstock was often imitated, but never duplicated.The Altamont festival, which was held 4 months later is,for the most part, considered a disaster by historians.
Battle In Seattle, had Oliver Stone attacked this project it may have been a blockbuster hit. It is a frighteningly accurate portrayal of 1999 riots that disrupted the WTO Conference in Downtown Seattle directed by Stuart Townsend. Although the disclaimer says that any portrayal of characters is purely fictional, Ray Liotta, as mayor delivers a spot-on performance as Seattle's mayor. On the other hand, the actor who portray Washington's governor, bore no resemblance and was a rather mean spirited portrayal of Gary Locke. At seen that his home the most, where the shopper who were stranded downtown and could not find a way to get out of the melee. Working downtown at the time, I thought that I was going to be stranded, but finally retreated to the bus tunnel, where I was able to board a bus to Renton. It was a terrifying experience.
Seattle mayor hopeful Joe Mallahan met with some politically engaged citizens at the Sammamish home of Dean and Dorothy Willard. Even though many of the attendees 
My friend, Kathy sent me this picture. Until recently, it was my Dad's building on 4Th and Main. The billboard advertising was painted on the back.
San Diego recently hosted it's annual Comic Book Convention, known affectionately as "Comic Con". This account of the event by Cousin Tod Goldberg, appeared in the LA Times. Thank you to my brother Danny for bringing it to my attention.
This is Robert Pattinson. I had not heard of him, but People Magazine gave him top billing on the cover, rather than Walter Cronkite, who passed away last week. Cronkite was shown in a smaller "blurb" on the front.
American Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the Moon. Buzz Alrin becomes the 2nd.
This is an actual ticket from the first game ever played at Safeco Field on July 15th 1999! The Mariners played the first half of the season in the Kingdome. 
I'm not going to go into Mr. Nelly's ownership of KUJ. It is probably still fresh in people's memories. To say that he changed the culture of the station would be an understatement. The station became a 24 hour all hit station. Suddenly, the KUJ salesman who was your buddy popping in, sitting on your couch and shooting the breeze with you, was now pulling at your sleeve, it was "sell to survive" Nelly's wife Pat ran the minor league Walla Walla Padres and their son Jim, Jr. worked at the radio station. He would later work a few days at B. Barer And Sons until he decided that there where better ways to make a living.
