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( Jan. 5th, 2014 07:46 pm)
Yesterday's discovery is that on a really clear day, I can see Mount Rainier from parts of Bellevue Downtown Park. It was a gorgeous January day, of the sort that I am used to from back east: clear, sunny, temperature in the mid-40s F (7 or 8 C). We've been getting quite a few bright sunny days, which I gather is thoroughly unusual. I may stop throwing on clothes and dashing outside at the first sign of sunlight, if this continues.

I solved the bra problem (which I was grumbling about a few weeks ago). Macy's, unlike Nordstrom, carries the brand I'm used to buying, and Bali makes a few styles of 38C bras that I like, all of them without underwire. (They do make bras with underwires, but unlike some companies they don't insist on that.)

Vanguard last night was fun: Jerry and Suzle hosted, and there was what felt like a fairly large crowd. This may be because it was cool enough that the party was indoors except for a few people who went outside to smoke: a few months ago at Kate and Glenn's, nonsmokers were also hanging out outside. Kate and Glenn (who were taking someone else downtown) gave me a ride to the bus tunnel, so I only had to wait for one bus, and worry less about schedules.

[personal profile] roadnotes came to visit us this afternoon; we had some good conversation, and she took some of our unwanted books home with her. (I have been donating them, a backpack full at a time, to the Friends of the Library, but there are a lot left.)

I took advantage of the monthly free day at the Seattle Art Museum to see the Peru exhibit on Thursday. It was good, but crowded (of course) and I got to feeling that I had looked at enough religious art already (representing a variety of religions at different times). My after-lunch wandering through some of the other galleries was more fun, because more relaxed. In between, I got a light lunch at the Crumpet Shop, a potentially dangerous place—they will sell you a bottomless cup of tea, and it's good tea—and had a nice conversation with someone who asked if she could share my table. I had been about to leave, but we were having fun talking, so I got some more tea and stayed a while.
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Feeling diligent

( Jun. 29th, 2007 09:57 pm)
As I may have mentioned, my office is on "summer hours," meaning it closes at 1 on Fridays. It occurred to me that this would fit nicely with an errand I wanted to run, namely going down to Orchard Corset Supply to buy bras. (This time of year, they're open Sunday-Thursday 9:30-6, and Fridays 9:30 to 4, so Friday afternoon seemed simpler than trying to get there by six.)

I stopped in the Village and got lunch at Paul's Heavenly Burgers, where I had a cheeseburger (not deluxe—a half-pound burger is quite filling on its own) and a chocolate egg cream. Then I ducked into the library branch across the street, grabbed a paperback, and caught a bus downtown.

The man at the front looked at me and said he thought I was a 38C. I didn't believe him, but let the woman who also works there bring me one. No, I'm not a 38C. I appear to be a 40C. It would be nice if I could maintain a bra size from one fitting to the next (the batch that are wearing out are 40D; the ones before that, for some years, were 42C), or at least understand the changes. (My shoulders are wider than they used to be.) It seems that I may actually need about a 39 C-and-a-half, but there is no such thing. In about 15 minutes, I wound up with three bras, for a grand total of $38. For someone my size, that's unusually low, and in fact I was surprised to be told the total at the cash register. I'd expected to pay at least fifty, likely sixty. But not only does this place have a good reputation for fitting women properly and carrying a wide range of sizes, they're relatively inexpensive, because you're not paying a nickel for decor or advertising. I expect I'll be back there, though I also suspect that I'm moving back toward bra sizes that I can find in more stores: the whole experience was comparatively quick and easy, and they didn't try to push me to buy an underwire.

On the two blocks south of that, I paid $5 for a new belt, and then ducked into Sol Moscot for a spare pair of sunglasses and a new hard case for my regular eyeglasses. I'd thought of going down to Kossar's for bialys, but my energy was waning, and the gym seemed more important, so I got on an F train, went uptown, and did a light workout.

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Feeling diligent

( Jun. 29th, 2007 09:57 pm)
As I may have mentioned, my office is on "summer hours," meaning it closes at 1 on Fridays. It occurred to me that this would fit nicely with an errand I wanted to run, namely going down to Orchard Corset Supply to buy bras. (This time of year, they're open Sunday-Thursday 9:30-6, and Fridays 9:30 to 4, so Friday afternoon seemed simpler than trying to get there by six.)

I stopped in the Village and got lunch at Paul's Heavenly Burgers, where I had a cheeseburger (not deluxe—a half-pound burger is quite filling on its own) and a chocolate egg cream. Then I ducked into the library branch across the street, grabbed a paperback, and caught a bus downtown.

The man at the front looked at me and said he thought I was a 38C. I didn't believe him, but let the woman who also works there bring me one. No, I'm not a 38C. I appear to be a 40C. It would be nice if I could maintain a bra size from one fitting to the next (the batch that are wearing out are 40D; the ones before that, for some years, were 42C), or at least understand the changes. (My shoulders are wider than they used to be.) It seems that I may actually need about a 39 C-and-a-half, but there is no such thing. In about 15 minutes, I wound up with three bras, for a grand total of $38. For someone my size, that's unusually low, and in fact I was surprised to be told the total at the cash register. I'd expected to pay at least fifty, likely sixty. But not only does this place have a good reputation for fitting women properly and carrying a wide range of sizes, they're relatively inexpensive, because you're not paying a nickel for decor or advertising. I expect I'll be back there, though I also suspect that I'm moving back toward bra sizes that I can find in more stores: the whole experience was comparatively quick and easy, and they didn't try to push me to buy an underwire.

On the two blocks south of that, I paid $5 for a new belt, and then ducked into Sol Moscot for a spare pair of sunglasses and a new hard case for my regular eyeglasses. I'd thought of going down to Kossar's for bialys, but my energy was waning, and the gym seemed more important, so I got on an F train, went uptown, and did a light workout.

( gym numbers )
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