Frozen Treats

A wonderful couple of days in the Emerald City. I took yesterday off - healed golf wounds, worked out, watched a little football.

Last night Terry and I went to Assagio - a very good Italian joint down on 4th Avenue a block or so from the Mayflower Hotel. She had heard it was a great place from a co-worker. It is a great place. It's also the same place we went to last fall. T. was embarrassed. I was just fine.

Her embarrassment increased, however, with the desert course. She ordered a lemon sorbet. The sorbet arrives; but it is as hard as a rock. She taps on it. I tap on it. Hard as a granite. And it doesn't appear to be melting. Hmmmm. The plot thickens.

After we largely devour my readily accessible gelato, we inquire of the wait staff as to the concrete-like nature of T's desert. He reaches over, takes the top off of the whole lemon in which the sorbet treasure resides. "Oh", we say. "Now we get it."

Today I joined the Elder Harrigan and T at Anthony's at Shilishole Bay for a great brunch. I had a classic eggs benedict which was very good. We watched sea lions frolic in the entrance to the Ballard Locks. It was a beautiful morning.

This afternoon T and I did a classic Seattle tourist gig - took the DUK tour of Seattle. The DUKs are WWII vintage amphibious assault craft. It's two parts tour and one part street theater. The locals have adopted the DUKs as a city symbol and are amused by them. Lots of loud 80's rock 'n roll tunes, much clapping and carrying-on. One of our "Captain's" gigs was to point out all the Starbuck's Coffee Houses - he'd say "Hey kids, there's a Starbucks" and our job was to do a vertical fist pump and say, in unison, "Kah-Ching." It was quite fun...

This evening I met up with Brent Long for supper on Capital Hill. We had a fine time... Brent is currently hosting his brother and sister-in-law who are here for the all too familiar medical drill on pill hill. Brent's dad still lives in Juneau. We compared notes on elders...

Brent will be up to Juneau over the Christmas holidays. I have promised him a home cooked supper.

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