Bon Soir from Parie

After 14 hours of flying (9.5 hours just from DFW-CDG) we are in Paris!  Our hotel, Le Hotel Littre is great.  A wonderful little boutique hotel, close to a Metro line.  Exhausted, we went out to Montmartre Walk (as suggested by Rick Steve's).  The weather is just perfect, sunny, but not too hot, I'd say in the high 60's.  Sacre Cour is a beautiful church.  After, we went to the "red light" district.  Lots of sex shops.  It's 1945 and I'm totally beat.  Au revoir!

Root Canal...EEK

I bit the bullet (so to speak) and finally made an appointment to get my root canal procedure done. It had been causing me off and on pain for the past four months. A month ago, the dentist prescribed penicillin to have me body take care of the infection naturally. Well, I guess it worked for a while, but now it was time. Dr. Horton just graduated from UW School of Dentistry. What! A new dentist. Well, he was very good. Gave me anesthesia when ever I could feel the drill going deeper and deeper. ZZZZZZZZZZZ. I survived. Here is the gold cap I had on the tooth.

Harry Potter - finished

Finally finished the last installment of the "Harry Potter" series. Okay, I confess, I actually listened to it on audio CD (in my car). In the beginning, I was kinda bored, especially when H, R and H were "on the move", but boy towards the end, I couldn't get out of my car. I was hooked and glued to my seat. I was almost late for work listening to "he who must not be named" second warning. (I don't want to say his name, don't want Deatheaters knocking at my door!) I really loved the way Ms. Rowlings did the epilogue. Glad to know all is well.

Sounders 1 Railhawks 0

Got the opportunity to see the playoff game between the Seattle Sounders and the Carolina Railhawks. Oh, did I say it was the Alaska Airlines Suite at Qwest Field ? Finally! Who cares if it was soccer. Now I can say I've been to all the "suites" AS owns.


The Sounders won after 90mins of regulation on a penalty kick. Here are some pic (from my cell phone, so quality is not great) Too bad I wasn't watching the Seahawks. : (

Pigs on Parade

Went to downtown Seattle this weekend, of course to shop the Banana sales. Here are a few of the Pigs on Parade.

"Hugley Pigtacular"


"007 Swine"


"Fortune Swine"


My Favorite, "Dreamswiner"

EWR Rewind!

It's been a almost a year since I assisted with the AC vendor change in EWR. After an extensive evaluation another vendor was selected and I was asked to join the Support Staff. Yea, for me!, thanks Mary.

The new vendor was DGS. After getting a briefing from Heidi (who taught them) I was a little apprehensive about it. But after meeting them, oh my gawd, they are awesome. They all are very positive and enjoying handling the AS counter. The transition was very smooth and without issue. Okay there were some, but nothing we couldn't solve. Again Maria is the best! Thanks for taking us to those fabulous restaurants. I wish them Good Luck and Great Success!

Angel, Harriett, Natalia, Milagos, myself

Mi Amore, Kathy (from SEA), Harriett, Lorelei (from PHX), Alex, Ileana, and Alejandro

Natalia and Keisha

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Liani (from BUR) coaching Alex

Sean and Lorelei

Ginny (JNU) coaching Dennis

Kathy coaching Alejendro
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Angel, Jeneth, and Milagos
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Idelisa

Fourth of July in DC

I love this slide show thing! Thanks Shanna!

Check out my Slide Show!

Chicago and the Taste

Finally my vacation week has arrived. I had planned to go to Chicago for the Taste, and DC for the 4th and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Here are the pictures of Chicago and the Taste of Chicago.

Ready for take off from Sea-Tac

The hazy Chicago Skyline

Blue "El" line to downtown
Get ready for some yummo grinds

The crowds grow!

Umm, BBQ Turkey Leg

Another yummo food booth. There was also the famous Eli's Cheesecake too

Yes, I'll try to make it again!
On the way to one of the best shopping areas with my favorite shops BUT....

how do I get my shopping bags down this narrow escalator ???

LiShan Harvest Dance

This was my first mpeg recording from my camera. Taken at the Smitsonian Folklife Festival in D.C. Featuring performances from the peoples along the Mekong River.

Hawaii here we come!

The worst kept secret in the airline industry, finally came to light. On May 31, Alaska Airlines announced service back home. Yes, I called it. The day before, I noticed that there were fares in the system for SEA-HNL, and told Leslie that an announcement was eminent. Lo and behold, she texted me about it at 1030am. Well, I was at home (parents) and had no computer. The crazy thing was that the Honolulu Advertiser had it as front page news in the Business section. I had the paper all thru breakfast, but didn't open the paper. Jezzz. Anyway, hope to get picked to OJT the contract employees. Service begins 12OCT.

View of Waikiki and Diamond Head.

I took this on the way back to SEA. Hopefully, I'll be seeing more of this.

Congratulations Kim!

Wow, how time flies! Kimberly has graduated from high school and on her way to college. Here are some of the pix of her graduation ceremony and the celebration afterward.

The Chun Family.
Kristi and David, Kim, Aunty Jackie and Uncle Eddie, and Diana

This was the sign the Chelsie and I made (with Kim's drawing)

Everyone was able to find her.

Universal Studios

Okay I forgot to include the pictures from our LA trip for Universal Studios.

Here they are...

Sunset Celebration Weekend, 19May

Karen P and I at our annual pilgrimage to Sunset Magazine's headquarters in Menlo Park for Celebration weekend.

Painting clay pots for our hands on Garden project.

Samples galore...NEW Jello Mint Chocolate Chip pudding...yummo!

Our hands on Cooking project. "Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Quick bread"

Mother's Day

I make it a point to return home for Mother's Day each year. This year we took Mom out for dinner at Sam Choy's. It was prime rib and crab leg buffet. Yummo!

Chelsie and Leighton presenting Popo with her gift.

Wow! It's a pair of Mikimoto Pearl earrings.