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Tuesday, September 3, 2013, Bellevue, WA |
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Friday, September 6, 2013, Redmond, WA |
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Saturday, September 7, 2013, Redmond, WA |
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013, Redmond, WA Victor's Coffee Co. & Roasters, in downtown Redmond. A finer place to spend an hour on an afternoon off is hard to imagine. New boots, from Redmond Western Wear, down the way from Victor's. Ariat Heritage Roughstocks with "buckaroo" tops... |
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013, Bellevue, WA |
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Saturday, September 14, 2013, Redmond, WA |
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013, Redmond, WA
A late afternoon sunbreak lights the hallway outside my work area in Studio-A... |
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013, Tacoma, WA At Camping World... a little maintenance work and a good scrubbing for Bigfoot... |
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Saturday, October 13, 2013, Bellevue, WA A Dungeness crab in a friend's kitchen, just prior to the pot... |
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013, Bellevue, WA In a community garden... |
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Wednesday & Thursday, October 16 & 17, 2013, Redmond, WA |
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Friday, October 18, 2013, Redmond, WA At Microsoft... Geek Crossing on a Fall afternoon... |
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Friday, October 18, 2013, Redmond, WA Dinner and happy hour at my workplace in Studio-A... |
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Sunday, October 20, 2013, Redmond, WA At Salon West Wind with Jane and Kay... scans of old photos from Jane's scrapbook... |
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Tuesday, October 22 At the Bellevue Uwajimaya, where I bought a Yukata (with help from Masako-san). Is that a good price for a pig head? |
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Thursday, October 24, Bellevue, WA Coffee with my friend Sumana... |
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Friday, October 25, Redmond, WA A late night walk home... |
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Thursday, October 28, 2013, Redmond, WA |
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Thursday, November 14, 2013, Bellevue, WA Crossroads... Bonaca, Croatian accordion... and, the seasonal Pipeline Porter has arrived on local shelves - yet another sign that my favorite time of the year has arrived... |
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Friday, November 15, 2013, Redmond, WA Studio-A, my workplace at Microsoft. Xbox One pre-release rally... |
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Sunday, November 17, 2013, Bellevue, WA Dumplings... 饺子非常好吃！ |
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Monday, November 18 This is a little ditty from my days in the music business, back in Charlotte. Local rock legend Jake Berger stopped by my place on Greenway Ave (near the Bayou Kitchen) one afternoon, around September of 1993 as best I can recall, to see the old Orio accordion I had recently pulled out of storage. I started playing the riff that became "Beware The Cuckold", causing Jake to grab a guitar and chime in. The lyrics came fast, the chorus turned into a chant, and Jake coined the choice title. We had a rough cassette demo recording in about 30 minutes! Jake soon had his band, The Wire Mules, playing "Beware The Cuckold" at Jack Straw's, The Double Door Inn, The Stanleyville Grill, and other venues around Charlotte. A recording session at Jamie Hoover's Washiteria soon followed. I often joined the Wire Mules on stage as guest accordionist and a swell time was had by one and all... "Beware the Cuckold" 1993 From The Wire Mules album Against the Grain Elevator Produced by Jamie Hoover and recorded at the Washiteria (Clover, SC)... Music and Lyrics By: Jake Berger and Steve Thompson Accordion: Steve Thompson Guitar: Jake Berger Balalaika Electric Guitar: Lenny Federal Drums: Jeff Nesbitt Bass: Rob Tavaglione Lead Vocal: Jake Berger Backing Slavic Chant: Steve Thompson and Jeff Nesbit (Steve on the "she'll bleed you" callout) |
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November 19, 2013, Snoqualmie, WA |
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20, 2013, Bellevue, WA |
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Thursday, November 21, 2013, Redmond, WA 3:00 AM... Studio-A, my workplace, as the Xbox One launch countdown clock hit Zero... |
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1st shot: Tsehay 2nd shot: Tsehay Yinesu, Shirley-Nita Adjei, and Kathy Sun |
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Kam Woo... |
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Some of the 24/7 "Houston" workgroup: |
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1st shot: Scott Whipkey - "The Pride of Pittsburgh" |
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1st shot: Sam Elder and Todd Sparling 2nd shot: Ken Baker 3rd shot: My corner of the table |
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
