Weekend doings
Friday night, Mel and I stayed in with E and Shane to enjoy Mexican food, drinks, and Carcassonne.
Saturday night, we met up with Christina and her librarian crew for pool and bowling at Garage Billiards.
Sunday morning, Mel and I sneaked into the Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference to watch the keynote speaker, Ira Glass. He put on a fairly excellent presentation about the philosophy and narrative techniques used in making This American Life. I was amused by the conference's practice of turning some men's rooms into women's rooms.
After dropping Shane off at the airport, Mel and I brought E to the 15th street Victrola for a Seattle coffee shop experience. This used to be my regular morning place. I was glad that I was still recognized despite having been gone for five months.
Then, spontaneously, we drove into the mountains for a Twin Peaks pilgrimage. We visited Snoqualmie Falls, next to Salish Lodge, which provided the exterior shots of the Great Northern Hotel on Twin Peaks. We had a late lunch at Twede's Cafe, which was the Double R Diner on the show. I enjoyed one of their many idiosyncratic burgers. We all shared a piece of the iconic cherry pie, which was sadly not very good. The diner burnt down in 2000. The rebuilt diner is fairly different from its previous on-screen persona.
After that, we returned to the city for a low-key evening, watching Fire Walk with Me and eating homemade pizza.
Saturday night, we met up with Christina and her librarian crew for pool and bowling at Garage Billiards.
Sunday morning, Mel and I sneaked into the Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference to watch the keynote speaker, Ira Glass. He put on a fairly excellent presentation about the philosophy and narrative techniques used in making This American Life. I was amused by the conference's practice of turning some men's rooms into women's rooms.
After dropping Shane off at the airport, Mel and I brought E to the 15th street Victrola for a Seattle coffee shop experience. This used to be my regular morning place. I was glad that I was still recognized despite having been gone for five months.
Then, spontaneously, we drove into the mountains for a Twin Peaks pilgrimage. We visited Snoqualmie Falls, next to Salish Lodge, which provided the exterior shots of the Great Northern Hotel on Twin Peaks. We had a late lunch at Twede's Cafe, which was the Double R Diner on the show. I enjoyed one of their many idiosyncratic burgers. We all shared a piece of the iconic cherry pie, which was sadly not very good. The diner burnt down in 2000. The rebuilt diner is fairly different from its previous on-screen persona.
After that, we returned to the city for a low-key evening, watching Fire Walk with Me and eating homemade pizza.
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