Winter 2009
 
january_2009_001.JPG (304726 bytes) Friday, January 2
 Leaving Bellevue Bally... through the intersection of Eastgate Way and 150th Ave SE... looking eastward toward the Cascade Mountains. The old Bally at Briddle Trails closed the month before...
 
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 With Chunhee in Kirkland, then parked at the old Mamason lot in downtown Bellevue...
 
Monday, January 5
 
january_2009_005.JPG (344404 bytes) january_2009_006.JPG (263744 bytes) At the Brown Bag in Kirkland with Chunhee... demonstrating the finer points of a well designed coffee cup handle...
 
january_2009_008.JPG (319602 bytes) My "in between contracts break time" weekday routine through January and February included taking Chunhee to her morning ESL class at Lake Washington Technical College in Kirkland, then stopping in to visit with her mother in Kirkland (where I would make coffee and watch 2 late morning episodes of "Little House On the Prairie" on the Hallmark channel...
 
january_2009_007.JPG (452386 bytes) The cold Sammamish valley, just north of Redmond...
 
january_2009_009.JPG (353997 bytes) Tuesday, January 6
 Downtown Bellevue from a condo in Old Bellevue...
 
january_2009_010.JPG (235161 bytes) Friday, January 9
 Outside Bellevue Bally... evidence of an attempted break-in...
 
january_2009_011.JPG (363775 bytes) january_2009_012.JPG (314030 bytes) Thursday, January 15
 Celebrating my birthday at the Cheesecake Factory in downtown Bellevue with Chunhee, then a thousand dollar brake job at the Overlake Bellevue Les Schwab...
 
Sunday, January 18
 
january_2009_013.JPG (362214 bytes) january_2009_014.JPG (219651 bytes) Visiting John, Jeannie and Josie... with Chunhee...
 
january_2009_015.JPG (311610 bytes) Young Josie was telling Chunhee a big story... something about a duck quacking behind the couch...
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Monday, January 19
 
january_2009_019.JPG (261720 bytes) Foggy morning in downtown Bellevue, from near Tully's on Main St...
 
january_2009_020.JPG (323574 bytes) january_2009_021.JPG (259670 bytes) january_2009_022.JPG (247107 bytes) Chunhee and I took a short drive up to Edmonds by way of the Boeing facility in Everett...
 
Edmonds, WA...
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january_2009_028.JPG (293789 bytes) Tuesday, January 20
 Downtown Bellevue Pullic Library with Chunhee... Chunhee was taking a weekly Monday night Citizenship study class at the library, requiring ocassional extra visits...
 
Wednesday, January 21
 
Vewing an atmospheric inversion over Puget Sound from atop Newport Hill in Bellevue. Ai-chan was taking a meterology class at Bellevue College and found this to be interesting...
 
january_2009_029.jpg (1086037 bytes) Facing west... I-90 over the East Channel of Lake Washington between Bellevue and Mercer Island... Seattle under the inversion... the Olympic Mountains in the distance...
 
january_2009_030.JPG (1116446 bytes) Facing north... Mount Baker in the distance...
 
january_2009_031.JPG (989908 bytes) Facing west toward Seattle and the Olympic Mountains...
 
january_2009_032.JPG (999518 bytes) Facing northwest toward downtown Bellevue...
 
january_2009_033.JPG (1839725 bytes) Facing north toward the Microsoft campus... the construction cranes are at the future "Microsoft Commons and Studios" site... Mount Baker in the distance...
 
Thursday, January 22
Back at the downtown Bellevue Public Library with Chunhee, and a Southern Supreme fruitcake in Bigfoot afterwards...
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january_2009_039.JPG (277564 bytes) january_2009_040.JPG (196393 bytes) Saturday, January 24
 Old time Jazz at Bellevue Crossroads...
 
Sunday, January 25
Walking at Marymoor Park and along the Sammamish River Trail in Redmond, with Chunhee...
 
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 Dropping Chunhee off at Lake Washington Technical College in Kirkland for her ESL class... later at Bellevue Square Mall we met with Chunhee's friend Aki...
 
january_2009_056.JPG (330666 bytes) Wednesday, January 28
 Fetching Chunhee after her class at Lake Washington Technical College...
 
Peggy Visits Seattle, January 29, 2009
 
Saturday, January 31
 
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february_2009_001.JPG (241474 bytes) february_2009_002.JPG (194501 bytes) february_2009_003.JPG (219859 bytes) At Bellevue Crossroads with Ai...
 
february_2009_004.JPG (386716 bytes) Sunday, February 1
 Chunhee and I visited the First Baptist Chunch in Bellevue...
 
february_2009_005.JPG (266817 bytes) Wednesday, February 4
 Watching Dancing With Wolves whilst parked near the Mainstreet Tully's in downtown Bellevue...
 
february_2009_006.JPG (441594 bytes) Sunday, February 8
 Chunhee at Crossroads Park in Bellevue...
 
Thursday, February 19
 
february_2009_007.JPG (444169 bytes) For the jaunt over to Seattle for Lion King I rented a car, as parking Bigfoot near the Paramount Theatre would be challenging. My old apartment was a block over from Aero Rent-A-Car, so I drove by, for old time sake...
 
With Ai at Lion King... at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Seattle...
 
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Saturday, February 21
 
february_2009_014.JPG (476992 bytes) february_2009_015.JPG (437352 bytes) At the Warthog Barbeque Pit in Fife/Tacoma with Chunhee...
   
february_2009_016.JPG (274926 bytes) february_2009_017.JPG (337611 bytes) On the Tacoma waterfront...
 
february_2009_018.JPG (1516931 bytes) Mount Rainier, from Tacoma...
  
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february_2009_020.JPG (239647 bytes) The Tacoma Narrows Bridge..
 
SSunday, February 22
Walking with Chunhee along the Sammamish River in Redmond...
 
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Thursday, February 26
 
february_2009_029.JPG (412333 bytes) february_2009_030.JPG (239968 bytes) february_2009_031.JPG (309659 bytes) february_2009_032.JPG (381254 bytes) The old Mamasan parking lot in Downtown Bellevue...
 
Picking up Chunhee at her condo in Old Bellevue and a short drive to Chunhee's friend Abigail's house for coffee and a luncheon...
 
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february_2009_049.JPG (454759 bytes) february_2009_050.JPG (374240 bytes) february_2009_051.JPG (334277 bytes) february_2009_052.JPG (405845 bytes) At the Wilburton Train Trestle...
 
Friday, February 27
 
february_2009_054.JPG (221442 bytes) Enjoying coffee and "Little House On the Prairie" while visiting with Chunhee's mother in Kirkland...
 
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Near the Everett Mall, in Everett, WA... observing the Cascade Mountains to the east...
 
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february_2009_069.JPG (253876 bytes) february_2009_070.JPG (252288 bytes) Saturday, February 28
 Bellevue Crossroads with Chunhee...