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September 18, 2005
Not a bad way to spend a weekend.
Friday night we hosted game night at our place - Brad & Kat came (they almost qualify for perfect attendance award) as did Todd & Bronwyn, and Jakob decided to hop a ferry and come join us. We played Taboo, which seems to be a party favorite, and ended up watching the first episode of Coupling. At that point Brad & Kat and Todd & Bronwyn left, but Jakob had some time to kill before his boat, so we watched the first episode of Wonderfalls before dropping him off for the 1am boat back to Seattle.
Saturday morning Dawnise and I got up later than anticipated and were out of the house on the road to the Puyallup Fair by around 10. We wandered around a bit and were joined by a co-worker and his girlfriend around 3. We grabbed some lunch together, and proceeded to stuff ourselves with all manor of junk food. We started with an Elephant Ear (interesting, but I'll pass in future) accompanied by a Funnel Cake (can't go wrong there), and topped it off with a couple of Fair Scones (sort of a cross between Krispy Crack and Buttermilk Biscuits from KFC with butter and raspberry jam - yum).
Between eating all the junk food we wandered around the fair. They left around 6, and we stayed and watched the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) "Musical Ride." Essentially a drill team on horse-back, and very impressive. We got home around 9, had some tea, and hit the sack.
This morning we got up, did some basic housework, and sat down to watch Mulholland Dr. I had forgotten just how obtuse David Lynch can be. The movie wasn't bad, exactly, but neither was it a story, so much. Naomi Watts and Laura Harring did well (and the love scene certainly didn't hurt with regards to my paying attention), but I can't really say I recommend it. I'll have to have Dawnise call her friend Jason so he can 'splain the movie to me.
We caught the 5pm boat into Seattle and met Jakob for dinner at Fado for dinner. The food wasn't bad, and they had Boddingtons on draught, but the only way I can describe the place is - "old world charm, carefully simulated for your comfort and entertainment." We had dinner, desert (a quite respectable brownie accompanied by Guinness Ice Cream, which isn't nearly as weird as it sounds), and a nice chat before Dawnise and I caught the 9pm boat back home.
Posted by dberger at September 18, 2005 10:04 PM