On Sunday evening, we went to Casa del Ray. Freelander lit a fire of epic proportions on his second attempt.
Ashley and I took advantage of the lovely weather on Saturday and rode from Capitol Hill to Alki Beach. Mere seconds after the video above was taken, Ashley got clotheslined off of her bicycle by some ropes hanging from the mast of a sailboat whose owners had parked too close to the bike path.
Fortunately, Ashley did not get decapitated or seriously injured and was able to cycle away with only minor rope burns on her neck (and a great story to tell at parties and other social gatherings). Unfortunately, I did not have the camera rolling when the boat grabbed her or we would have also had $100,000 from "America's Funniest Home Videos."
After the incident, we stopped off at a local watering hole and had a glass or two of liquid medicine before continuing safely on our ride home.
On Thursday night, Dan and I played Call of Duty 4 with his neighbor, Geoff. Our games that night were noticeably less, um, stabby than they usually are. However, I managed to come in last pretty regularly just like normal.
Without Mikeg, I locked my keys in my car. And realized that Mikeg has my spare in NYC. After a fun-filled 90-minute long wait for the locksmith that included standing in the rain and wandering around the teeny Capitol Hill branch of the Seattle Public Library, I got back into my car and was able to go rescue my poor pup who had not been outside for 12 hours.
Just kidding. I didn't get locked out, but I did realize I need to get my spare key back. And I made waffles. With Mikeg's waffle iron that he forgot to get backfrom me before he moved. [insert evil laugh here]
Not only did we have drinks by the fire pit but we had a raging fire in the aforementioned fire pit.
On Tuesday evening, the Rays, Ashley and I learned about international relations, ballistics, aeronautics, robotics, surgery, ethics, metallurgy and alternate energy sources when we saw a new movie entitled "Iron Man." Though the name of the movie was somewhat misleading - "Gold-titanium Alloy Man" apparently didn't have quite the same ring to it - it was still pretty entertaining.
On Sunday, we ate quesadillas and lentil soup prepared by Carissa at Casa del Ray. After that, we went and had drinks beside the fire pit in their yard.
