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- Pollination and Propagation
- Windows that open
- Are there people inside the camera?
- Gallery
- What are you reading?
- Creation and Re-creation
- Favorite Restaurants
- MUSEE de la CHASSE et de la NATURE
- Handstand anyone? Cupcake with Sprinkles?
- Wallingford Greenway opens with a Kidical Mass Gathering
- A June day
- Surfing on her birthday
- Amber and Todd and baby Parker!
- April Fool’s Day Pranks
- Jumping into the pool
- Being four
- The new series of jewelry is selling at the SAM Store
- Howling the night away
- White blanket for the skyscrapers
- Making Friends with Every Gecko in Belize
- We were looking for Santas and found Do Ho Suh’s Gate!
- Living past 100… actively
- Homework in the Globe
- One way to work with fractions.
- Tickle Time
- Have you ever had to walk uphill all night to get to a bunny in trouble?
- Sunny reading
- “To play without passion is inexcusable” or Rascal and the Minnie Bergman’s Park.
- Inspiration is for Amateurs or The Olympic Sculpture Park
- When was the last time you hung out under the surface?
- Sleeping model
- Sand and water
- Being Plumb
- Three Plumb earrings
- Naomi at Catherine and Mike’s wedding
- The dream just floats up into her head.
- Two sisters outfit their digs and enjoy the design mishaps
- Chocolate Cake
- Jeanne gives us a gardening tip and Elinor visits.
- Bang Bang at Camp Casey
- The first-grade book club
- Chalking it up on the front porch
- He said, “Nobody gets out of here alive.”
- Crazy hair day at Evergreen
- Naomi’s party
- “You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” or How many times have you been married …to the same person?
- A Furry Hammer met us on the sidewalk. Hello Nick Cave!
- Did your school teach insatiable desire, focus and the art of persuasion? Sir Ken Robinson & Seth Godin pipe in on what we should and should not be teaching.
- Naomi’s birthday is just around the corner.
- Selling pigs off a bike
- Simone’s book club
- The importance of vulnerability
- Easter 2011
- The Artist Toolbox – NOW for Season Two!
- Why they were saying among themselves that it cannot be done, it was done.
- The Artist Toolbox
- Carrying the world on your shoulders?
- IndieFlix
- The floating bakery
- Which moments do you remember?
- Naomi tells the story of Rosa Parks
- Half the Sky is both a brutal awakening and an unmistakable call to action. -Melinda Gates
- Bringing Science to Science Fiction
- A half century of kids playing with Circuitry
- Simone’s take on Dolphins
- How to have a lovely birthday.
- Are you stuffy? or The cost of Consumerism
- A sheet holding confetti and balloons
- Simone’s on the cover of Life Magazine in Shanghai
- They are so much fun!
- Airport Santa
- What is Santa’s favorite midnight snack?
- A party about stories
- Santa stopped by the tower.
- Round and round
- Ten Favorite toys!
- 14 GREAT Children’s books (7 for a 3 year old and 7 for a 6 year old)
- Violin
- Storytelling gathering for the holidays
- Kevin is making it safe to Gulp it down
- Massive art involving tens of thousands of individuals and best seen, in many cases, from outer space.
- Snow day or Ahhh L-I-F-E
- Are you honing in on the virtues or letting them slide? Honestly?
- "Failure is Impossible"
- A global beginning to the day
- Naomi’s KOMO tour of the Tower or “What was on the cutting room floor?”
- Art is never chaste.
- 115 "area ways" below the streets of Pioneer Square
- Hillary does Pier 30
- First time
- "Please Vote!" or Clinton’s in Town
- Mieraye, Obama and Murray or the President comes to town.
- Java with Senator Patty Murray and President Obama
- Making a Home in a Pyramid, 462 Feet Above Seattle
- Ending nuclear proliferation
- Making body parts and firing madly!
- Brunch with Margit, Ben, Sarah, Rob and Pascal or Hot Lava
- Simone’s laptop
- Why are you smilin’ like a rabbit in a briarpatch?
- You’re just jealous cause the voices only talk to me or "Pumpkin Head"
- A One Nation Sunday
- Instead of Driver’s Education, Children attend Biker’s Education
- Hot Lava
- Naomi at work
- Venture Capital Panel at Bell Harbor or "Due Diligence Live"
- Naomi & Annabel on their First Day at Evergreen School
- Claudette & Susan do Seattle
- Boogie All Day Long
- Monica, David, Sophie & Annabel come over.
- Seattle Center …our extended yard…
- Baby Pia
- Enjoy KT Niehoff’s “Relatively Real” from 2005
- wing span
- rock n roll camp
- Deluged in Seattle
- A Garage Sale detour enroute to the Reptile Zoo
- Occidental Market
- Ballard Commons
- Mama Mia
- Circumnavigating 100 feet from home court
- Limb to Limb
- The surface of the water at Moss Bay
- On Thursday We Were A Circus
- Zombie Parade or The sum was far greater than its parts
- Geocaching or There was Shakespeare at the Troll
- And besides, they are DISTINCT!
- How we ended up in the Smith Tower lighthouse?
- Birthday at 3700 feet
- There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. -Winston Churchill
- Greenlake ships.
- Abbey Road
- Leaping McKinley
- Arne’s egg.
- Mazama Migration 2010
- PHOTO FRIDAY
- Grandma Elinor and Naomi
- Chinese Carving on the Bedroom door
- Event at Perkins Coie
- Heating Up
- Wiffling the afternoon away
- Josie Schembre channeling Josephine Baker & Isadora Duncan
- Nomadic kids
- Antigua back yard
- Pioneer schmoozing
- Merging collective experiences – AR from Blaise
- Daily Rituals or Off to School
- Dinner with the Strains across the Square
- Yelling at the TV
- Holiday 2009 or slinky on the hotel stairs
- Sweet and HORRIFYING! or A Whirling Deverish Halloween
- Elinor and Naomi enjoying the day.
- Pausing at Rhoad’s End
- Rhoads’ catch
- Gritty Oasis in Seattle or Beaching in Seattle
- Ferry on over to Vashon Island
- Knighted by chivalrous iron-clad warriors in Gasworks Park
- Therese and Dale and Serra
- The BIG DIG Treasure Hunt or Simone’s 5th or Great Traditions
- Naomi and paint
- Santa stopped by the tower a week early
- Jewel in the Oval Office (Sally Jewel)
- Boardman Lake
- Boardman Lake
- Annual Summer Sail
- Sailing
- Mazama hike with Ben and Margit and Naomi
- Brody’s brother arrives for tea party with Simone
- Her medium is gnarly. She works “in” plants.
- Take Your Time – Olafur Eliasson & Who’s afraid of Jasper Johns at Tony Shafrazi
- Fishing at twin ponds on crazy hair day at Evergreen School
- Home Depot or Cart Etiquette
- Susan Robb does the Lawrimore Project
- You Complete Me
- The manufacturing of controversy about Evolution!
- David and Naomi after work
- Legislation Trumps Jurisprudence “Deciphering the Siberian Wolf Code”
- The tribe aflight or Zander, Scott, David, Eric and Stefan leap together
- Double-wide jaunt through urban landscape
- Treasure Trails Nordic Snow day!
- Kidspace and The Getty Museum
- Simone and Naomi concerto
- Vitamin D
- Slithering or Rhoads’ End or Ahoy Mateys! or Sunset Boggie
- The Gorgeous Power of Seadragon
- Margit and Naomi meet
- Welcome Naomi!
- Terminal socializing
- Jessica, Blaine, Lucinda and Arno come over for dinner
- A Citizen of the United States!
- Wilfred and Elinor visit us in Sun Valley
- Simone sounds out
- Knocked up and low on carabiners or Enjoying Zion
- Saying I do.
Category Archives: Gatherings
Favorite Restaurants
Bar Sajor from Matt Dillon (whose other spots, Sitka & Spruce and Corson Building are also fabulous). SW corner of Occidental & Jackson. Scrumptious! (206) 682-1117 Their online reservation tool works well. Bar del Corso from Jerry (and Gina) Corso 3057 … Continue reading
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Naomi at Catherine and Mike’s wedding
Naomi making art at Catherine and Mike’s wedding at Golden Gardens.
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The dream just floats up into her head.
Sophie was telling me that to help her go to sleep she made a dozen or so small drawings of the things she likes to think about. Then she put them in an envelope by her bed. Each night she … Continue reading
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Bang Bang at Camp Casey
Each year at Evergreen School involves a retreat culminating in the 8th grade with a month in Vietnam. This year Simone’s class did two days at Camp Casey. Constructing forts on the beach to watch for Orcas. Head adornments followed … Continue reading
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Naomi’s party
We made lanterns at Naomi’s birthday party. Pirate Naomi attacked the bull pinata with everything she had. And Annabel swung on the tire horse. Until Eli finally broke the pinata open and let the toys out. The party guests hanging … Continue reading
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“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” or How many times have you been married …to the same person?
“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” -Barbara De Angelis —————- Don’t you think re-reading vows and being part of a raucous party makes sense. Proposing again? Better skip that part. Chances are, at … Continue reading
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Easter 2011
We started the day coloring eggs. We heard there was a bunny parade and ran over to Occidental to see. Naomi left directions for the Easter bunny. Hopefully he will come by again. The parade arrived bringing a WOLF, two … Continue reading
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A sheet holding confetti and balloons
The girls went over to Trixie and Vivian’s house for a Disco New Year’s Party. Sarah and Scott Miller have been doing this for a few years and the kids love it. At 7pm there was a huge countdown and … Continue reading
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Tagged Confetti, Disco party, Doug Miller, events, Family, friends, gathering, Holidays, Naomi, new year's eve, party, Sarah Miller, Simone, Trixie, Vivian
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Ten Favorite toys!
I’ve been thinking about Simone and Naomi’s favorite toys. 1.) A horse tire swing ($79.99) We’ve tied this swing to a zip line across our living room and use it everday. Sheets get thrown over the zip line to create a … Continue reading
Brunch with Margit, Ben, Sarah, Rob and Pascal or Hot Lava
The morning started in the backyard with Margit creating crowns from the giant leaves. Ben and Naomi were doing an improvisation about a family of animals. We seem to descend on Ben and Margit fairly frequently on Sunday mornings. Naomi … Continue reading
Why are you smilin’ like a rabbit in a briarpatch?
We are fairly frequent visitors to the CLAMS house. Cora is 4, Liam is 5, Annie is the mom, Miela is a dog and Scott is the dad. Like their other parties, this one was wildly fun! The horse theme … Continue reading
Claudette & Susan do Seattle
Claudette and Susan arrived in Seattle with a purpose.They wanted to visit the Sea Otters. Simone and Claudette watching the Skates and Sturgeons in the underwater dome. One of the fun things you can do at EMP is create a … Continue reading
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Tagged Claudette, David, events, Family, friends, Music Room, Naomi, Pacific Science Center and Experience Music Project, Seattle Aquarium, Simone, Smith Tower, Susan, Tower
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Event at Perkins Coie
Joe Ruben with Funding Post asked a few of us in the early stage investing arena to talk about the start-up environment. The event was sponsored by Perkins Coie and held at their downtown Seattle office. Bill McAleer, Managing Director, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Bryant, Funding Post, Joe Ruben, Lucinda Stewart, Perkins Coie, Petra, Vault Capital
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Gritty Oasis in Seattle or Beaching in Seattle
We indulge in long days at the beach in the summer. Somehow we always stumble into friends and gatherings, on this day it was both…the recess monkeys arrived as well as friends from “Tribe Seattle.” Lake Washington beaches have darker … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, David, Elias, Elizabeth, Family, friends, Golden Garden, Kaya, Lola, Mckinley, Melissa, Naomi, Recess Monkey, Simone, Stella, Tribe Seattle
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The BIG DIG Treasure Hunt or Simone’s 5th or Great Traditions
We have a few traditions. One of these is the annual sailing trip, another is the annual BIG DIG treasure hunt that happens every year for Simone’s birthday. We bury chests with treasure across the Global Gardens beach, pass out … Continue reading
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Tagged Global Gardens Beach, Sailing, treasure hunt
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