Friday marked the completion of my second month at the Foundation. Having only one more month full time in Seattle, I am now trying to make sure I meet and get acquainted with everyone I may need to interact with as well as complete my training - a three day course entitled 'Starting Gates' next week - before I start working remotely from home. I have to start planning how to get all the 'stuff' I have accumulated up here home or find places to store it, as well as make plans to access cellos to play in the weeks when I am in Seattle.
We have been enjoying a spell of gloriously warm and sunny weather, and I am taking advantage of the long evenings (the sun doesn't set until nine) to continue my explorations of the city on foot. On Thursday I hopped on a bus over to St Mark's Cathedral and from there walked all the way down the Blaine stairs, the longest in Seattle, to the east side of Lake Union, and then up the parallel Howe stairs to the top, with a scenic detour to tranquil Portage Bay, where Canada geese and goslings swam between the boats moored in the marina. On Friday I had a lovely solo dinner at a local restaurant called 'Crow', sitting at the counter watching the chefs toiling over the range while I sipped my wine and ate a pink grapefruit and avocado salad followed by basil icecream with strawberry syrup, and then spent a quiet evening grocery shopping and doing laundry,
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