It’s about time

Washington state House approves same-sex marriage

Snow in Seattle

And there's supposed to be more on the way.

Occupy Seattle

Last weekend, the Brit and I went to Melrose Market which wasn’t around before we left Seattle. Afterwards we decided to pop up the street for some coffee and on our way to the coffee shop we saw people marching up the street. It was Occupy Seattle protestors on their way to I don't know where.

Afternoon in the Arboretum

Sun!

For those who don’t understand why sun in Seattle is such a big deal, click here.

You know you’re married to a Brit when…

…he spends a weekend morning listening to cricket on the radio rather than sleeping.

Where’s the fire truck?

Yesterday early afternoon the lights flickered in our temp apartment and about a minute later they went out completely. While I was trying to figure out what was going on, the fire alarms started blaring. I immediately put on my shoes, grabbed my purse and headed outside.

There were a few of us standing around and I chatted a bit with one of the other tenants. I mentioned that the fire trucks hadn’t arrived even though the alarms had been going for quite a few minutes. It turns out she works for an insurance company and said that the fire department not receiving the alarm signal happens much more often than people would think. It turns out, that’s exactly what occurred.

Fortunately, there was no fire in the building. But there was a fire at an energy substation that cut power in Kirkland, Bellevue and Redmond. I know this could have happened on the other side of the lake, but this gets added to my list of reasons not to live on the Eastside.