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Tuesday, July 1 Bellevue, WA... Hong posted the 1st shot on Fackbook with the following caption: "Me this morning using my daughter's hair clip." I attached the 2nd (photoshopped) shot to the last comment below: Steve Thompson: Nice style! Your daughter may have a future in fashion consulting! Love the new highlights... July 1 at 10:06am Hong Hoa Duong: I wanted red but my sister decided to be in charge of my hair, she gave me burgundy. BUT I want RED! July 1 at 10:13am Steve Thompson: Maybe merlot next time... (*___~) July 1 at 10:15am Steve Thompson: All this talk of red, burgundy, and merlot... say, where were you this morning? July 1 at 10:50am |
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Tuesday, July 1 Renton, WA... at Fry's Electronics... post swim Club Sandwich. One good pickle shot deserves another... right Ward? |
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Friday, July 4 Bellevue, WA... with Hong and Geneva atop the Eastgate Park-and-Ride car deck, where we had front row balcony seats for the Independence Day fireworks. From this high vantage point east of Seattle we had a commanding view of the shows in downtown Bellevue and Seattle's Lake Union, and of scattered explosions all around the area... |
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Saturday, July 5 Factoria, WA... still trying to get the right shot of the purple T-Mibile buildings with the Sony DSC-WX350... |
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Sunday, July 6 Bellevue, WA... the Silver Cloud Inn, where Pete and Christie will be staying when they visit next week... |
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Tuesday, July 8 Factoria, WA... Top Gun Dim Sum with Chenphen... |
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Wednesday, July 9 Bellevue, WA... Crossroads Cafe... a biscuits and gravy QC check in advance of Pete and Christie's visit next week... |
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Friday, July 11 Redmond, WA... in the Houston room at Microsoft Studio A... my workmate Meiru (Kathy) Sun, having just returned from Beijing, presented me with a gift... a Chinese ear pick and brush... |
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Saturday, July 12 Bellevue, WA... I stepped out to see the supper moon, and took a shot... resulting in this oddity... |
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Renton, WA... at Hong's place... Geneva accepting her gift from Pete's mother, Francis Davis. Pete delivered the gift a few days back during his and Christie's visit to Seattle. Geneva said that she was soooo happy! Thank you, Mrs. Davis... |
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Renton, WA... Geneva was teaching me how to swing! |
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Monday, July
21 Redmond, WA... This is the Bigfoot Country coffee mug that Christie gave me a few days prior during the "Christie and Pete Visit Seattle" trip. In the 2nd shot, I'm in the Microsoft Studio A Houston room, about to take my first sip from the new mug... as Meiru (Kathy) Sun, Tsehay, and Shirley-Nita look on... |
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Wednesday, July 23 Bellevue, WA... I-90 approaching Factoria... a rainy, cool day... |
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Saturday, July 26 Renton, WA... at Coulon Park with Hong and Geneva. Our mission was to catch a big bug with the super glass yellow deluxe bug catcher and take its picture, and to see Mr. Rabbit. We didn't find any good bugs or rabbits, but we did see a nice sunset over Lake Washington and the Olympic mountains... |
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Bellevue, WA... Seattle sunset... from Eastgate. The first shot was made using the Sony iSweep Panorama function, with downtown Seattle in the center and downtown Bellevue to the right... |
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This rainbow over Bigfoot, at Redmond Town Center on April 8, 2008, appeared just after I had been deeply touched by John McDermott's song... More about this rainbow... |
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Downtown Seattle, approaching Chinatown... |
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Under the I-5, walking to the Pacific Rim Center... Imperial Foot Massage... |
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Invigorated, we stepped over to the Tamarind Tree for an early dinner. It was pointed out to me later that I had enjoyed "Bún Riêu"... |
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From the edge of Chinatown... Mount Rainier to the southeast... |
