05.12.05
Weekend
Saturday was Opening Day of boating season here in Seattle. The Seattle yacht Club is the sponsor of the event, and they invite all the Commodores from area yacht clubs to participate in the opening/closing ceremonies. So, even though the Washington Yacht Club is hardly a real yacht club, I still got invited. Anyway, I figured it might be kind of fun so I got the proper attire together and attended. Yeah…so I now own a pair of white oxfords, which I’ll probably never wear again. Anyway…so I went to breakfast and I was like, “huh, I’m the youngest person here by at least 20 years…”. After breakfast was the commissioning ceremony where they raise the American flag and the burgees from all the attending yahct clubs. The American Flag was raised by Navy ROTC people from UW, so they were probably close to my age, but I was definitely the youngest Commodore there…it was kind of weird…I was always half-expecting someone to say to me “ok, who are you really, and why are you here?” There were a lot of VIPs at the commissioning ceremony (Seattle mayor, police chief, UW president), but I didn’t get to meet any of them.
After the SYC stuff I walked (yes, still dressed up) to the Waterfront Activities Center at UW, where we were having our own opening day party. It’s only a 15 minute walk…but I’m sure I was quite the spectacle. We had burgers and chips and cake and stuff, and I managed to eat lunch without getting anything on my white pants or shirt.
After our party I took a nap on the couch in the conference room, then headed back to SYC for the “Commodore’s Reception” and closing ceremony. So yeah…they know how to do food over there. Bacon wrapped scallops are really good. I want some. If you know how to make them, please tell me!
Sunday I had lunch at Azteca with Preston and some other folks with UCF since he was heading back to wherever it is that he comes from. 
Then I went home for Mother’s day and had dinner with the family…at Azteca. 
Oh yeah, there are pictures of me dressed up for opening day…I’ll update this entry with a link when I get them posted in a permanent location.