Sylvia's Scenario

Boy, I feel old now.  After listening to John Keister  stand-up comedy show last night, Living and Dying in Seattle , so many memories have returned from the days of his local hit show Almost Live! from 1984 to 1999 that was about all things Seattle.  The show was so good that back then we would video tape it on our VCR and save them.  They were classics.  Like the sketches of the Californians all moving up to Seattle, Dick's Hamburgers turned into "Dudes"; the espresso babies needing their espresso fixes; Arthur Denny and Seattle's founding fathers pulling up onto Alki beach for the first time and hear that familiar sound of the steamed milk, SSSHHHHHH, with an Indian behind the espresso machine;  The High-Fivin' White Guys, who Keister referred to last night as saying he never thought he'd be spending the rest of his life giving people high-fives; the Ballard Driving School and how much Ballard has changed now.  He recalled the show's...

Last night, we attended  Touchdown for Tots   to raise money for Seattle's Children's Hospital   and it was a very fun and special evening.  The theme was football and during the event the Washington Husky football game was being played on the big screen.  The dress attire for this fundraiser was to wear your favorite sports team colors and most people were either Husky or Seahawk fans.  The Huskies are rated #4 in the country this year with a new coach, Chris Peterson, who just came to Seattle three years ago from Boise State.  He was very popular in Boise when we lived there, everyone called him "Coach Pete".  (I guess you could say we followed him to Seattle.) Maybe it's just me but I think he looks a lot better in purple and gold - but then I'm partial because I'm an old Husky myself. Anyway, now the Huskies are doing really great under Coach Peterson and the whole city is ecstatic.  The University of Washington hasn't ...