I'm a bad blogger, not keeping up with any sort of communication, public or private. And for some reason I'm having a horrible time typing tonight.
But enough of that.
Wenatchee was nice. The meetings went well. Apple Blossom Festival was fun. The blossoms had passed, but the weather and entertainment were decent. My mom would have especially enjoyed the craft fair. I've haven't been to one of those for quite some time. I don't know if new ideas have simply spread the national craft fair circuit or if different regions tend to have different specialty items, but the crafts here were substantially different than those I remember in northern Wisconsin and Door County. I ate bad-for-you food that I can't find in Seattle, like a foot-long corn dog. I don't particularly like corn dogs, but since I can get Thai or Mexican anytime I very well feel like it within a block or two of work, I figured a nasty-big corn dog it would be. That Saturday evening I went to the local musical theater to see Into the Woods. The players did a nice job with it, for the most part. (Jack needed to pay a bit more attention to his pitch.) As for the musical itself, I didn't really appreciate it. The first half was fun, but as the fairy tales fall apart in the second half, so does the musical itself. I didn't particularly appreciate the moral concepts/teaching either.
Wenatchee itself is in an odd location. To the west are the Cascade Mountains, some still snowcapped, some quite jagged and imposing. The city then lies on both sides of a large river that splits the valley. Looking east, one sees what appear to be the foothills of another towering mountain range, but the foothills seem to have lost their way and decided to just cap themselves off with a great plateau. It's strange in words but stranger still in person.
The week itself has been largely uneventful. I waited for a call most of the day Saturday and therefore didn't go out until the evening. This afternoon a friend and I went downtown to the Seattle Cheese Festival at Pike Place Market and sampled ourselves full of cheeses from across the country and around the world. Wisconsin had a decent showing and offered some of the best flavors there, in my opinion.
That's about it for now. Thoughts have been brewing, but nothing is taking form at the moment.
Posted by jonhanneman at May 15, 2005 9:18 PM | TrackBack