January-February 2013
  
 
january_2013_01.JPG (363998 bytes) Tuesday, January 1, 2013, Bellevue, WA
Bellevue Square... going through the plates with Michiko Iwaya at Blue C Sushi...
 
january_2013_02.JPG (1179870 bytes) Wednesday, January 2, 2013, Kirkland, WA
Green tree blue sky... behind the Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS test office at Juanita Beach...
 
january_2013_03.jpg (588100 bytes) Saturday, January 5, 2013, Redmond, WA
Bai Tong!
 
january_2013_04.jpg (357939 bytes) Sunday, January 6, 2013, Bellevue, WA
Chenphen's reflection...
 
january_2013_06.jpg (281624 bytes) january_2013_05.JPG (502091 bytes) Thursday, January 10, 2013, Bellevue, WA
1st shot: At the RV Park entrance, on the short walk to the bus stop.
2nd shot: The downtown Bellevue Transit Center.
 
january_2013_21.jpg (608450 bytes) Friday, January 11, 2013, Bellevue, WA
Crossroads... Eric "Two Scoops" Moore ticklin' the ivories...
 
 
Sunday, January 13, 2013, Federal Way, WA
Mamasan's Birthday
Mamasan and I were both born on January 15th and we've celebrated the occasion together every year but one since 2002.
 
I took the bus from Bellevue down to Federal Way. Michiko fetched me there and we drove over to Mamasan's "new" restaurant in Federal Way, I Love Ramen...
 
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january_2013_12.JPG (758439 bytes) january_2013_13.JPG (888190 bytes) Mamasan and Michiko...
 
january_2013_14.jpg (486801 bytes) 3 beautiful flowers... Mamasan, Michiko, and Mamasan's birthday orchid...
 
january_2013_16.JPG (680041 bytes) Just like old times... Otanjoubi omedetou, Mamasan!
 
january_2013_15.jpg (220396 bytes) january_2013_17.JPG (922140 bytes) january_2013_18.JPG (677915 bytes) january_2013_19.JPG (667530 bytes) Sara Udon was my favorite dish at Mamasan's former place in downtown Bellevue, and the new version at I Love Ramen is just as tasty! Oishi desu!
 
january_2013_20.JPG (503896 bytes) Michiko preented me with a new "old" hat... but it was a tad too small...
 

 
january_2013_22.jpg (523140 bytes) Friday, January 18, 2013, Bellevue, WA
The downtown Bellevue Transit Center... my most frequented Starbucks during the 6 month Mozilla Firefox period...
 
january_2013_24.JPG (554889 bytes) january_2013_25.JPG (716374 bytes) Friday, January 18, 2013, Kirkland, WA
In the Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS test team office... video conferences with the Mozilla test leads in the San Francisco area...
 
january_2013_23.jpg (547335 bytes) Friday, January 18, 2013, Bellevue, WA
Crossroads... Gypsy Fire holding forth. It's funny how as the cold, dark, foggy Winter wears on, occurrences of accordion music seem to increase...
 
january_2013_26.jpg (541774 bytes) january_2013_27.jpg (933250 bytes) January 20, 2013, Bellevue, WA
Bellevue Square... dummies everywhere...
 
january_2013_28.JPG (350496 bytes) January 22, 2013, Kirkland, WA
The Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS test team office coffee counter, as it was developing. The red Keurig machine was my birthday gift from Sweet Jane. The burr grinder is a Capresso from the nearby Sur La Table. The press pot is a dubble-walled stainless steel model from Starbucks that I've carried from office to office for several years now...
 
january_2013_29.jpg (521500 bytes) january_2013_30.jpg (583875 bytes) january_2013_31.jpg (541015 bytes) Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Kirkland, WA
The Royal Indian, across 98th Ave NE from the Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS test office... the Mango Mousse was delicious! I think the fish shot was from the nearby Thai restaurant...
 
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Crossroads... at Palace Korean BBQ with the Thai ladies - Chenphen, Tamarin, and Samart. If I said that I could positively identify everything that was barbequed, I'd be stretching things a bit...
 
january_2013_35.jpg (523844 bytes) Saturday, January 26, 2013, Bellevue, WA
At Crossroads... after a manly plate of biscuits & gravy at Crossroads Cafe and a manly triple ristretto espresso at Starbucks, I happened upon a very manly Popular Mechanics book: 75 Tools Every Man Needs - And How to Use Them Like a Pro. Yet another good find at Half Price Books...
 
january_2013_39.JPG (466744 bytes) Tuesday, January 29, 2013, Kirkland, WA
The Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS test team office coffee counter...
 
january_2013_37.JPG (536676 bytes) january_2013_38.JPG (289783 bytes) Tuesday, January 29, 2013, Kirkland, WA
In the Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS test team office... The Mozilla leads in San Francisco had pizza delivered to our office on the ocassion of having completed our first big test pass...
 
january_2013_41.jpg (535997 bytes) Wednesday, January 30, 2013, Kirkland, WA
Juanita Beach... looking out the window at Chun's Family Restaurant, where the Hot & Sour Soup was very good and Julynne so sweet! I oft lunched at this establishment during the 6 month Mozilla Firefox period...
 

 
february_2013_02.JPG (494892 bytes) february_2013_03.JPG (475629 bytes) Friday, February 1, 2013, Kirkland, WA
Palavi and Deepa served Indian lunch for the Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS test team...
 
february_2013_01.JPG (507768 bytes) Friday, February 1, 2013, Kirkland, WA
The Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS test team... I presided as Sr. Lead...
 
february_2013_04.jpg (322835 bytes) Friday, February 1, 2013, Kirkland, WA
The Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS test team office coffee counter...
 
february_2013_13.jpg (434721 bytes) Saturday, February 2, 2013, Bellevue, WA
Crossroads Cafe... Diego served up a particularly fine batch of biscuits & gravy this morning...
 
february_2013_05.jpg (285172 bytes) Saturday, February 2, 2003, Bellevue, WA
On a bus, somewhere in Bellevue... an articulate chair....
 
february_2013_06.jpg (609211 bytes) Sunday, February 3, 2013, Bellevue, WA
Moss at the Eastgate I-90 tunnel entrance. The RV Park where Bigfoot has been hooked up since November is a stone's throw up the way on the right. On my way to biscuits & gravy at Crossroads...
 
february_2013_07.jpg (383815 bytes) february_2013_09.jpg (367683 bytes) Sunday, February 3,2013, Bellevue, WA
Crossroads... the Jot "Boogie Board" I bought and sent to Ai-chan in Japan...
 
february_2013_08.jpg (164618 bytes) Sunday, February 3,2013, Redmond, WA
Salon West Wind... Sweet Jane... an edit of an older photo of Jane (from before I knew her)...
 
february_2013_10.JPG (338091 bytes) february_2013_11.JPG (573969 bytes) february_2013_12.JPG (382762 bytes) Saturday, February 9, 2013, Bellevue, WA
Approaching Crossroads... this was Bigfoot's first drive away from Winter camp at the Trailer Inns RV Park in almost 3 months...
 
february_2013_35.jpg (220380 bytes) February 9, 2013
From a package in the Crossroads QFC...
 
Cirque du Soleil with Nancy, February, 10, 2013
 
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Kirkland, WA... Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS team lunch at the Pizza Bank...
 

 
February 23, 2013, Bellevue, WA
Crossroads - The much anticipated "Day of the Accordion" anual event...
 
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february_2013_44.jpg (559048 bytes) The Ken Olendorf Tribute Band playing "Sweet Georgia Brown." Ken passed away a couple of years ago while onstage playing piano. I knew Ken from his work at Petosa Brothers Accordions in Seattle, and it was Ken who sold me my PanJet accordion back in 2007. Ken was considered by many to be the finest accordion player in the NorthWest...
 
Click here for a link to last year's "Day of the Accordion" festivities...