JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

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On Monday, the girls and I toured Washington state’s Capitol in Olympia. The girls had been asking to go and the capitol recently re-opened after completing renovations from the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Tours are offered on the hour throughout the day.

I gasped when I first glimpsed the building from the freeway. It loomed in white, [...]

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I envy Vancouverites who may soon be seeing many newly-planted fruit trees in public spaces. [ via Four Seasons via Rebecca Blood]
Philippe Boucher wrote of Bainbridge Trees

On March 1, I submitted a grant application to the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Fund.
The request is for a $1200 grant in support [...]

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One more reason to return to Vancouver - and soon! -
From the Vancouver Province via U2LOG.Com:

U2 to take over GM Place for month
Dublin rockers here to rehearse before Vertigo tour starts March 28

The Province has learned that U2 — the biggest band in the world — will take over GM Place for a [...]

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After enjoying a wonderful stay in the city this past weekend, Ted and I have been thinking of taking another trip north. Here would be one way to do it:
I read in Lilly Tao’s blog this morning that the Oscar goodie/goody bag/basket 2005 includes

$10,000 package for a three-night stay at the Opus Hotel in Vancouver, [...]

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I still haven’t yet posted pictures and thoughts from our trip to the Bay Area in August. So I thought I would combine a brief trip report with the announcement that I, like my beloved (who beat me to the post!), have a flickr account. I have noticed other bloggers using flickr to post pictures [...]

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Both David Weinberger and Dave Winer on the same day last week commented on wifi available in hotels. In choosing hotels for two recent road trips, I have failed to be choosy about wi-fi availability, leaving Ted dial-up on a line as his only option. I agree with David Weinberger, that I’d rather [...]

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On my post discussing the Corp of Discovery’s diet, Rayne commented

The Corp of Discovery probably did eat that much meat — but the guesstimated daily amount of 8-10 lbs. is probably gross weight, including all skin, sinew, bones, antlers and hooves, less desirable organs or tissue that may not have been consumed as food. During [...]

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An exchange of letters between Lewis and Clark

The film at the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center noted that Lewis and Clark treated each other as equals even though Lewis officially held higher rank than his partner. It was also said that the two leaders respected and cared for all of the Corp.
Much has been said [...]

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Perhaps I should have taken it as a premonition that Robert Scoble posted a hotel horror story the weekend before our family vacation. I didn’t think twice about it though, just as I didn’t think twice about the hotel I had chosen…but I should have….
I didn’t think it would matter much where we stayed when [...]

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