"Junuary" 2012
  
 
june_2012_01.jpg (480624 bytes) Saturday, June 2
Ai Sushi, at Crossroads... Julie at the register...
 
june_2012_02.jpg (253313 bytes) Saturday, June 2
Startled by the image in the mirror at Salon West Wind! Sweet Jane offered me 50 dollars to cut that beard...
 
june_2012_03.JPG (507511 bytes) Sunday, June 3
 Rhododendrons... On a pleasant Sunday morning walk... a splash of pink against the grey...
 
june_2012_04.JPG (597685 bytes) june_2012_05.JPG (405579 bytes) Wednesday, June 6
My workmate Lorrie and I stopped in at Microsoft Building 41 to see young Jazzy (heavy with child)...
 
june_2012_06.JPG (926297 bytes) june_2012_07.JPG (599026 bytes) june_2012_08.jpg (453327 bytes) Wednesday, June 6
 XXX Rootbeer, in Issaquah...
 
june_2012_09.jpg (512997 bytes) june_2012_10.jpg (557781 bytes) june_2012_11.jpg (538206 bytes) Thursday, June 7
Crossroads in Bellevue open mic night... Jim Nasan on the gutbucket (mop) bass and Terry (of the Daily Planet News at Crossroads) on slide guitar...
 
june_2012_12.JPG (442649 bytes) Friday, June 8
Lorrie and Chewy at work...
 
"Junuary" Strikes Again - Scott Sistek's (KOMO News) Meteorology Blog, June 8, 2012
 
Update - "Seattle now home to even less than 78 minutes of summer" - Scott Sistek's (KOMO News) Meteorology Blog, July 19, 2012
 
june_2012_13.JPG (626283 bytes) june_2012_14.JPG (463079 bytes) Monday, June 11
The entrance to Trailer Inns RV Park in Bellevue at Eastgate... nary a half mile (the way the crow flies) from my workplace at Advanta-C...
 
june_2012_15.JPG (474363 bytes) Wednesday, June 13
Microsoft Advanta-C in Bellevue... my current workplace. When parked at the nearby RV park I oft ride the bike in. On this morning it was cool, windy, and overcast, but not raining... and a pleasant ride...
 
june_2012_16.jpg (512807 bytes) june_2012_17.jpg (452853 bytes) Wednesday, June 13
The Tully's at Eastgate (near Lil' Jon) had overhead space heaters going in the outdoor seating area... in mid-June...

The Electra (bike) tied up at the Lil' Jon for a dinner appointment...
 
june_2012_18.jpg (569899 bytes) Friday, June 15
Bellevue, Crossroads Stage... Croatian music by "Bonaca"...
 
june_2012_19.JPG (471213 bytes) june_2012_20.JPG (426073 bytes) Saturday, June 16
Bellevue, Crossroads Stage... the Casey MacGill Trio...
 
june_2012_21.jpg (336694 bytes) Sunday, June 17
At Bellevue Kelsey Creek Starbucks with Chenphen...
 
Friday, June 22
From a 4th floor window in Microsoft Advanta-C... the "Juneuary" weather in western Washington State continues... cool, dark and rainy...
 
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june_2012_26.JPG (290399 bytes) Thursday Evening, June 28
Both rear driver's side tires went flat! I heard the blowout just before pulling in to Crossroads with Chenphen. Evidence suggested that I ran over nails in the road. The fix would require a professional mobile service - which would not be available until the following morning. So... Chenpehn and I enjoyed a nice dinner and coffee at Crossroads and I called a cab to take her home. I then spent a pleasant night in Bigfoot about 50 yards east of the Bed, Bath & Beyond...
 
june_2012_27.jpg (381992 bytes) june_2012_28.jpg (304142 bytes) june_2012_29.jpg (317158 bytes) Friday Morning, June 29
The Les Schwab mobile man arrived at 7:30am to put 2 new tires on...
 
june_2012_30.jpg (265925 bytes) After the aforementioned mobile tire change was completed I stopped in at the nearby Bel-Red Les Schwab shop to have 2 more tires changed as well. I ended up with 4 new Wildcat HT tires across the rear and 2 old but still good Wrangler tires up front... and a nice little $1,025.13 bill!