In Seattle last week
So I spent this past Tues. night through Friday in Seattle / Kirkland for business. But during the evenings I was able to meeting up with friends and family for dinner, and it was great. Wednesday night I met up with Stephen and Karen, Eva (sans Adam), Nathan “Dickie” Cosgray, and Stephen’s friend, John – it was great seeing all you guys! I met them at this German pub Feierabend, which was a pretty cool place although I didn’t get to try the food (I’d already eaten at that point).
It’s amazing how much things can change and how little they actually do. Duckie looked..the same, although he was a sporting a Caesar-style haircut instead of the buzz. Stephen and Karen — still not married. Eva — still married and her bio-diesel car does smell like french fries. John, well I never met him before so it was all new 
. But it would have been nice to spend a little more time together. We spent most of the time catching up and not as much just hanging out as I would have liked.
Later on I met up with Trang and the kids and Quoc at their house and we headed out for dinner in downtown Bellevue. Surprisingly (to me, anyway), Bellevue is a city in it’s own right. It looked more urban and bigger than Cincinnati, which is a bit of a shock for a city that many people probably never heard of.
But it was great seeing everyone; the kids seem to have assimilated just fine into their new schools, Trang spent most of the time trying to convince me how Huong and I should move up to the area. It’s definitely a nice place, but I don’t do well with foul weather — that’s one of the reasons I wanted to move to California in the first place (before I met Huong, of course). Maybe one of these days…
You’re so full of shit. I was the sole reason you moved to California!
Hi Tom. My name is Wonderful (It was cahnged to Wanda upon my arrival to America) Okay a lil family history…My mother is Alma Remotique Palabrica and her mother is Felisa Remotique who is the sister of your father…OMG Im pretty sure thats how the history goes anyhow…I live in Bellevue and I do agree with about this so GREY weather I always say the rain isnt to bad, but all this damn grey skies can get yoou. Although it is a great place to raise a family. Well next time you come up give me a call or email I would love to get together with you.