12th June 2011 Photos, Travel
Yes, that’s right! Over £15K or $25,000 for an 8ft by 6ft wooden hut by the sea that you can’t even sleep in by law!
A………..mazing!
But there is free parking so that’s a bonus huh!
6th June 2011 Photos, Travel
Will write up a review of our stay at Cave B this weekend, but just HAD to get this photo up of Ashley on top of the cliff at the Columbia River Gorge.
She looks AMAZING!
This photo was taken at the same viewing point off the I90. Someone on Facebook smartly suggested that surely you should “listen out” for, rather than look out for these slippery fiends!
We didn’t come across any…. ;-(
6th June 2011 Photos, Taste
Spotted on Broadway in Capitol Hill……….just in case you were out for a spot of nanny…..too!
2nd June 2011 Advertising, Technology
Another one of my favourite interviews in the Microsoft Ad Vision Series is with Ivan Pollard from Coca Cola.
He used to be group partner at the comms agency Naked.
Fascinating perspective from someone so experienced, all with a dash of humour and self-deprecation…..which we like!
You can read about his presentation at Imagine too.
Can’t see the video? Click Here!
1st June 2011 Photos, Taste
Look at the size of this whopping trout I caught while camping at Summit Lake!
AJ’s nearly three years old and it’s nearly as big as he is……….
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1st June 2011 Photos, Travel
Just spent an idyllic three days camping down at Summit Lake near Olympia in Washington.
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26th May 2011 Travel
Spotted Kirstie Alley and co from the US Dancing with the Stars show in Times Square yesterday morning. Not quite sure what the deal was, but there was quite a throng we had to wade though.
Can you spot her smack bang in the middle avec minder?
Posted this for Ashley who lets me “play on my computer” while she watches the show with gay abandon!
26th May 2011 Reviews, Taste
One thing lacking in the UK are decent Vietnamese restaurants….
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24th May 2011 Reviews, Taste
Saturday night was an all singing, all dancing affair for me and Ashley as we were treated to tickets to Mary Poppins at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle.
I had the LP (remember those?) as a child so was looking forward to reliving some happy memories of precociously performing chimchimminy and supercala (not even going to try and spell it) etc for my family.
The mammoth set – 27 trucks were used in the “get in” – “load in” in America – was simply staggering for a touring production as buildings transformed into streets that transformed into parks – made me a little homesick too.
I’m writing this in a New York hotel room and don’t have the exact cast list with me, but I did have to ask how many of the Mary Poppins cast were English and I think we only counted one! So thumbs up for fooling everyone with the crisp cockney and received pronunciation.
Did you know the writer – P. L. Travers – actually wrote a series of books about the gifted nanny? That’s apparently where the musical drifts off script from the film and adds in a few more twists and turns.
The 2 1/2 hours simply flies by like an umbrella in the wind and we’ve been humming the tunes ever since.
If you’re thinking of heading downtown for a bit of foot-tapping nostalgia for all the family, then do. Mary Poppins is just the tonic for cheering Seattle up after the coldest April on record.
No spoonful of sugar for me though. I have the Paramount Club to thanks for my latest tipple. They were serving Mary Poppins-themed cocktails and I devoured two “Chim Chim Cheeroos” which are simply Jim Bean and ginger ale deliciousness.
A man has dreams…..
