an actual weekend

Topher took Saturday off and we went to the Seeds of Compassion Program. The day could not have been better, sunny, in the 70s with Mount Rainier and The Olympics in full sight! We attended Compassion at Home, in Schools and the Community, the Procession of Cultures and the Main Event with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who spoke with other people working for compassion in the Seattle community. It was amazing! There were so many people there and Topher finally got to know His Holiness a little better. On Monday my school will attend Children and Youth Day at the Key Arena. A group of students made a stop motion animation short that will show during the program, which is pretty amazing.

We meandered from Qwest Field towards our house and along the way did things that couples usually get to do on weekends together! We window shopped, got iced tea and ended up at Racha in lower Queen Anne for dinner. It was really good. Seattle has some really good Thai food! Then we stopped at Twice Sold Tales, a neat bookstore with lots of cats, and I finally got a copy of Art Spiegelman's In The Shadow Of No Towers, a book we have both been wanting for a long time about living in New York during the Twin Towers attack. We opted to take the bus up the hill instead of walking.

Once home, we did not want the day to end! Topher remembered the Emerald City Soul Club was holding a Soul Dance Party at the Lo_Fi Performance Gallery in Eastlake, so we got our dancing shoes on and headed out to shake it. Wow. It was tight, people losing it all over the dance floor and great music from the 50s, 60s and 70s. When it got too hot and crowded we decided to go home and sleep. While we waited a while for a cab we enjoyed the scene at the bar next door...which reminded me of the Midwest. Dru Hill and 50 Cent mixed with Van Morrison, people from both spilling out on the sidewalk and mingling...without a problem.

Topher had to work early today and I am having a relaxing Sunday. Later, I am meeting him down by Boat Street and we are going to see The Cup, which is about young Buddhist Monks and The World Cup! Seattle International Film Festival is currently showing films which are Reflections on the Buddhist World, they all sounded really good, but we had to limit ourselves to one. As soon as Topher heard World Cup, he was excited. Speaking of Soccer, this week I go to my first real Futbol game!

namaste