Adventures

Another brush with fame

I am a couple of days late blogging this, but i wanted to make sure i could show you the video easily.

Some of you know that my mother Janice is an internationally award-winning lacemaker; now the viewing population of the greater Chicago area knows it, too. On Wednesday afternoon my mother was interviewed for about two hours by a reporter from the local Chicago ABC affiliate for a segment they call Someone You Should Know. The segment aired on the Thursday 5:00 news.

It's a great piece, and i'm really proud of her. (FYI: the version embedded after the jump is quite a large file; a smaller, lower quality -- therefore faster loading -- version can be found here)

See Mum's website here and visit the Land of Lincoln Lacemakers IOLI 2008 Convention site here.

Atlanta

So, i have been watching some of the footage of the tornado(es) that ripped through Atlanta last Friday night, and it seems strange to me that i'm not there. After living in the city for 14 years, it has become just somewhere that i once lived, and that makes me a little sad in some ways. I will probably never live there again.

For coverage of the damage, check these links:

• WXIA Channel 11
• Wikipedia
• Wikimedia Commons
• Google

Save the Date!

Eek!

Seattle has had some crazy weather over the past few days. From snow on Saturday to torrential rains on Monday.

Here's what Andy emailed me last night:

I stay inside working and occasionally wondering if water is slowly creeping into my basement and meanwhile nature falls apart all around outside. Michael fixed the drain problem and we hardly had any damage. Somehow, it doesn't seem like a big deal by comparison.

News Story
Photos

45 foot waves
Mudslides in the city
Houses falling down
Lynnae couldn't come in to work today because the road by her house was completely washed out
100+ mph winds on the coast
80,000 or more people without power
I5 closed
Amtrak closed
most roads along the coast closed and washed out
"The worst rainstorm in years"...possibly a record-setting rainfall.

GOLLY!

A better write-up of my Vancouver visit

Raincoaster has written a post of our Vancouver encounter from last month, and i highly recommend it. It's way better than the one i did, plus it has footage of eels (that's not a plate of eels over there, by the way; it's squid).

Photo credit: Diva Eva