HollyKing's Journal

On Saturday, July 26th, I will be giving a tour of the Arthur Foss. As I’ve mentioned before the Arthur Foss is a historic tug boat that was built in 1889. Now owned by Northwest Seaport she is docked at the South Lake Union Wharf just north of the Naval Reserve Building and part of Lake Union Park.

If you’ve been interested in checking out this beautiful ship that’s captured my eye I would love it if you could come take the tour. Not only would I enjoy sharing something I love with my friends I could use a few friendly faces to ease stage fright. The tour costs $5 per person and all you have to do is show up at the boat at 12:45pm for the tour.

This weekend was filled with fun and falling down. hollyqueen and I were fighting off a cold/flu and we kept bouncing between being energetic and collapsing on the closest piece of furniture. Still I did get out for a bit and here’s what fun I had.

First on Saturday I went down to South Lake Union and volunteered as a docent on the Arthur Foss for Northwest Seaport (NWS). It was pretty slow so I spent most of the time talking with bluemoonshark about NWS plans and what I could do in the future. It was fun and it only got better when we had a few people show up at the end of my shift.

After my shift ended I headed over to the House of Hong to meed hollyqueen, fallenpegasus, intrepid_reason and some others for Dim Sum. As usual it was tasty and full of good socializing. We even discovered a new dish that was a big hit with folks who don’t care for seafood.

After lunch hollyqueen and I walked over to Pink Godzilla but nothing was calling my name so we hopped in the car and headed over to Pioneer Square. Our goal was a visit to Seattle Mystery Bookshop.
I liked the book store but didn’t have a good enough idea of mysteries I enjoy to gorge myself on the books. I did pick up a copy of Peter and the Starcatchers and a new print of two Doc Savage novels in one graphic novel sized book. It looks like someone is going to print the entire series of books so I’ll be able to get them all without spending a fortune.

That wiped out our energy reserves for the day so we headed home and rested. At home we watched Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970). I had forgotten how much I enjoy this movie. It’s a good story and I particularly the ending. No spoilers for you! ;)

On Sunday I took $little out to see The Golden Compass (2007). I enjoyed the movie but there was quite a bit missing from the book. I didn’t expect much with all the “controversy” surrounding the changes. The one thing I didn’t know was that they ended the movie a chapter before the book ends. So instead of wanting to know what happens next I could care less about it all. I am happy with how Iorek and the other bears looked on the screen. I wish that they hadn’t skipped so much in Svalbard. Again I didn’t expect much so I wasn’t really disappointed.

After that hollyqueen went to pick up some shoes she had ordered and had a nice dinner at Claim Jumper and then it was home to rest and watch Barney Miller. Such wild people we are.