I had started another entry covering the past couple weeks, but let’s forget that now and talk about today in order to not fall completely behind in weblog updating.

Tammie, an old friend from Ithaca, was in the area this weekend. She was primarily here for a wedding outside of Portland, and she and her mother spent the weekend seeing the sights between Seattle and Oregon. She had worked with Amanda at a daycare in Ithaca (this was after Amanda had graduated from Cornell but before she started medical school). Around the time Amanda started med school, Tammie moved down to Washington, DC to become a paralegal; we had not seen her since then. Now she is married, about to have a kid of her own, and is attending law school while still working full-time.

We met up with her this afternoon. We picked her up outside of Pike Place Market, walked around the Seattle Center, went up the Space Needle, went to the Olympic Sculpture Park, had dinner at Mioposto, visited the garden, and relaxed at home. Amanda is taking her to the airport right now for her redeye flight back to the East Coast. It was great to catch up with her.

Here is a picture of Tammie and Amanda from the winter of 2001. The view is looking west from the highest point on the Abbot Loop in Danby State Forest.