Rich Tong's Tips, Tricks and Traps
Well we’ve been up and down the I-5 corridor I don’t know how many times but a dear friend asked me what are some great stops on a 10 day journey from Seattle all the way down the coast. Here are some suggestions. As luck would have it USA Today just published a piece on…
Cool day with skiing at crystal. Perfect groomed day. Dinner at Flo’s was great. Too much traffic in bellevue buy an awesome Japanese sushi place. Trythe chirashi and also tuna carpaccio. If u haven’t tried Molly Moon’s for artisan ice cream. Tryviy perfect for the 2C day. Salted caramel is awesome but love the spiced…
Another 20cm headed Seattle’s way. How incredibly beautiful. More shots on the way. Was feeling sad but as my good friend John reminded me there is really one way to handle true sadness. Feel it and then do something about it. He reminded me of The Incredibles, Helen (aka Elastigirl, discovers here world is falling…
When you are in 10cm of snow there is nothing like dian Xin at Noble Court. And we got skis at Ski Mart too. Nice pictures Grace!
I love camera phones because even though I carry a dSLR whereever I go there are still so many times when I see something heartachingly beautiful. Here I was driving madly to do Christmas shopping. Headed to feathered friends and I turn and see this sunset. Blurry going 100kph but u get the idea.
Here are some of the things that are amazing for a small business: * “Galant Desk”:http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S29806818. $200. Black-Brown. 63″x31.5″ (160cmx80cm). A-leg. In stock. * Alternative is “Galant Oval Table”:http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19842001. $200. Glass top. * “Galant Drawer unit”:http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30116966. On caters. 18 1/8×24 3/4″. In stock in Seattle. $160 Then in the living room and “Bar stools”:http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19842001 *…
Kids loved it and I’m getting over being hit in the throat from point blank (the 14 year old who did it still lives 🙂 Anyway, turns out quite a few “places”:http://seattle.wikia.com/wiki/Paintball and there is even a review site at http://www.pbreview.com/fields/49/ Eastside Paintball in Duvallwhich is probably the closest ForestFire Paintball at Lake Stevens KC…
If you ever wanted to just enjoy the US countryside before gas is $10/gallon and we are all in electric cars, nows a good time. So, how to get from Seattle to Jackson Hole easily. It used to be hard, Mobil Travel Guides and so forth, but Google and Trip Advisor things are just so…
Hat tip to Abel for this one, as I ride the bus more, here is a great way to see where the buses are in real time: “Mybus”:http://mybus.org is the top level page. Plug in a route number, get a list of all major stops for the route, then select your stop. I’ve bookmarked the…
Had a chance to look at a Snipe. Its a two person 15 1/2 foot long racing sailboat. The class started in 1931 and it is a nice one to race and hang out with. The folks at “Snipe444”:http://snipe444.org are great and there is a “boat”:http://www.snipe444.org/classifieds.html for sale. It is boat 26752, I guess they…