Piecora's Pizza

I went hiking today with Prashant to Greenwater Lakes, which is a bit past Enumclaw (about an hour and a half southeast of Seattle). It was pretty decent - the forest was nice. The lakes were more like ponds though. And we couldn't find the "awe-inspriing western red cedar" that my guidebook called out.

I was too lazy to cook dinner (and don't have very much food in my apartment), so I decided to go to Piecora's Pizza, which was near my house. (I've never gotten a pizza there before). I phoned in my order and they said it would be 20 minutes. I waited a bit and then walked over there, about 15 minutes after I phoned. They hadn't started making the pizza yet even. It took nearly 50 minutes by the time I got my pizza and walked back home, so I wasn't very impressed. It was good pizza though. I'm not sure if it's worth going back though - too much time/effort. Heating up a frozen pizza is cheaper and a lot faster.

Real Madrid Photos

Photos from last month's Real Madrid v. DC United football match.

Mount St. Helens

I put up some photos of Mount St. Helens on Flickr from when I went hiking there with Suor in August.

Wine Is Confusing

My Mom sent a clipping from Vintages (a wine-marketing magazine from the LBCO) about Washington and British Columbia wines.

Columbia Crest 'Grand Estates' Merlot 2002...The nose is a bit shy at first before unveiling notes of Oreo cookie, black cherries, oak spice and cedar. Brace your lips, though, for an explosion of sweet, dark and rich fruit - black cherries, plums, and marionberries - joined by tannins with some grip. Then there's the finish, as remarkable and smooth and complex as you will find with cherries, cinnamon, blueberries, and cococa.

What on Earth does that mean? I thought listening to golf commentary was intense, but reading that is a whole other magnitude of psychedelic.

Lost Season Two

DVDs for season two of Lost came in the mail on Thursday. I watched the first two episodes last night. It's an awesome show! My plan is to watch the whole series by the end of the month, so I'm caught up before season three starts.

Mount Si

I went hiking up Mount Si yesterday with Sudhanshu. It was my third time hiking up to the top. I can tell that I'm in better shape then the previous times, but it was still quite grueling (and my knees are a bit sore today). The weather was little hazy, but the view from the top was good.

I'll post some photos once I install a new hard drive. (My current one is a bit small and full of music and photos).


And is it just me or does the Joliet file system suck. Why can't perfectly valid filepaths from a FAT or NTFS drive be copied onto a CD as is. Is that too much to ask?