Over the weekend.

[derekl_1963]

Always mean to post these weekend updates, almost never remember to.

Saturday...

Saturday, at least during the day, was a pretty ordinary day.  Housework, housework, housework...  But, in the evening:

LLLiiiiiIIIPPS!!

Off we went to see the Rocky Horror Show at CSTOCK.

As we headed out of the house, I realized that by some vast oversight we didn't actually own a copy of the soundtrack on CD, only on tape. So, it was off to f.y.e. (formerly Wherehouse) to pick it up. (They seem make their living mostly selling DVD's and various merchandise nowadays. How much longer before they follow the video rental chains into oblivion?) After dinner, we ended up getting to the theater early (not on purpose, I swear), so it was just like old times - standing out in the parking lot with the soundtrack blaring. (Of course way back when, we were listening to it on 8-track car stereos and boom boxes.)

The play turned out pretty dang good. Parts of the cast were a bit weak, but the gentleman playing Frank-N-Furter absolutely stole the show (which is actually As It Should Be), and Brad was extremely well played. There was a decent level of audience participation (and I got in a few myself), but nobody did the Time Warp. Chatting with some other folks during intermission, it turned out that we'd all been waiting for someone else to bell the cat and stand up and start the dance...

We wanted to go out for something after the play... but there really isn't much of a place left that's decent and open that late unless you want to hit Silver City for a drink. Starbucks and a crappy pastry is no replacement for a coffee and big slab o' pie over at Elsie's. I miss Elsie's.

Sunday...

Sunday was up early and off to Seattle to do some shopping. The 'up early' part was very annoying... I knew Brenda had set her alarm forty five minutes before mine, so when hers went off and woke me I snuggled back under the covers expecting a nice little nap, when mine went off all the sudden. She'd been hitting snooze for forty five minutes...

The ferry ride over was excellent, and I took many shots... hopefully a few will turn out.

The first stop was Dick Blick (where I was bored to tears), then over to Elliot Bay Books which is just around the corner where I snagged a manga on Japanese cuisine. Then it was off to Glazer's where Brenda took her turn being bored to tears and I was pissed because I'd gotten the dates of their tripod trade in/sale back asswards. (It was Fri/Sat where I had actually written down Sat/Sun.) Last stop was Daiso and Uwajimaya down in the International District for lunch and stocking up on a few things we can't get over here. (Kitsap County is a nice place to live, and has all the shopping and services you need for day-to-day... but in some ways it really is a small place out in the sticks.)

A mini-debate then ensued over how to get back home. I favored the ferry, but Brenda was more in favor of the (less expensive) route of driving around. I pointed out that the ferry was cheap for the photographic opportunities, and since she was going to nap the whole way - what did it really matter? Which is pretty much how it turned out - we were getting excellent light, so I spend the whole trip on deck taking photographs and she stayed in the van and napped.

By the time we got home, we were pretty wrung out from a busy weekend, so it was delivery pizza for dinner and then early to bed.

Comments

[derekl1963.livejournal.com]

I touch up in the computer...

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

I miss Elsie's.

and the cow pasture... sigh.. something about getting an Elsie burger on the chow run..

[maegwynn.livejournal.com]

Lips!!!