Ode to Suz

My dear friend Suz is spending her summer rubbing elbows with international women and men of mystery at the ICTY (Yogoslavia). I missed her a lot today, so I had an Ode to Suz evening: I went jogging around Capitol Hill, made a pizza (home made crust) with caramelized onions and sausage, listened to PJ Harvey's Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, and drank a glass of wine. This one's for you Suz! Hope all is well!! XOXO

Well, we did it

Ryan and I have officially joined the ranks -- we purchased a home!!!!!!!!!! It is in West Seattle (Delridge area) and we are so excited. It is a lovely little town home with a decent little yard. Everybody far and wide, there is ample guest roomage so, as of July 12, we say COME ON OVER and stay a while!

WOO HOO!

Reading Stresses

So, I am a little stressed out about this book I am reading. As you can see (on the right) I am in the middle of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. Frankly, I don't love it. I'm not even sure if I like it. The only redeeming quality of the book is that the chapters are short, so I can make some decent headway before wanting to take a spoon to my eye. BUT, I kind of feel obligated to read it (obligated to like it even). I mean, it is the 2006 Booker Prize winner. Usually I love most, if not all, Booker winners and short listers and I generally feel like it is a waste not to finish books (remember my pledge to finish all of the books I started in law school and didn't complete??). So, HELP! Do I finish it, or at least commit to finishing it, all the while supplementing the tedium with better books? Or do I just let it go?

Birthday Tip-Off

Tuesday, June 5 was my dear friend MV's birthday. A group of us headed to Via Tribunali to celebrate. These festivities were the catalyst for a better than average week, which I will summarize.

Tuesday - MV's birthday celebration started over excellent wood fired pizzas and the evening commenced at a new bar named Moe (right by Neumo's). Moe was excellent because when we walked in they were playing Minor Threat's Good Guys Don't Wear White, which I haven't heard in forever and we sang and sang until it was over.

Wednesday - The other interns and I met with Senator Fraser, who is on the Natural Resources Committee (the committee I was assigned to for the summer) and is also the senator in charge of the capitol budget. She was delightful and wonderful and completely engaged in our meeting, which was awesome. After meeting with Senator Fraser, I left feeling inspired and excited about state government (dorky) because she spoke in depth about problems constituents had presented her and was genuinely trying to remedy their situations through the legislative process. She meets face to face with her constituency; how many people could meet with their U.S. representative... not many, and that is why state government was so cool to me that day.

Thursday - I went to bed very early after doing my Computer-to-5k training (it is actually called the Couch-to-5k program, but I renamed it because it is not like I have been sitting on my couch for the last two years).

Friday - I made pizza for MV and Ryan and then we went and saw Knocked Up -- so incredibly funny I can't even begin to explain.

Saturday - I had the best brunch and best conversation of all time at the Kingfish Cafe with AW. We chatted about books and school and work and life and love. All of this over a shared plate of crab cakes and poached eggs topped with a spicy hollandaise sauce (yum) and a pot of black tea. After brunch, Ryan and I headed into the evil demon realm of Seattle real estate for the day. We found some promising things, but nothing quite right. Then we headed out to dinner with P & MW and had a delightful evening indeed.

Sunday - I read Plenty (see Read and Recommended) which I highly, highly recommend to you all. The tone of the book can be a little condescending at times, but the message is an important one and it is well written. In between chapters, Ryan and I headed out to look at some more houses, AND we found one that we are going to put an offer on... so I'll keep y'all updated on that. After finding our dream townhome, I went to a CCLS fellows dinner/strategy meeting, which was fantastic and inspiring and wonderful. I feel so lucky to be involved with CCLS, and it keeps me interested and excited about law school when other things fail to.

Monday - I met with MC after work for a drink. We had hoped to go to Licorous, but they are closed on Mondays so we ended up at this cute new wine bar, Poco. It was so good to see MC, and as we chatted I realized how quickly the summer is passing and how many more fun times there are to have...

Tuesday - My fellow interns and I were able to meet with the Governor. It was super exciting to meet with her and chat about lawyerly things. Again, I felt so happy to live in a state with a female governor (who also happened to be the first female attorney general in WA) and marveled at the beauty of state government (dorky, I know).

So, that was my fantastic week. LOVELY!