The overblown, schmaltzy strains of Queen’s “We Are the Champions” filled my ears as I stepped through the doors of the 73rd floor of the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle. I had just climbed 1,311 stairs — 69 floors — in Seattle’s tallest building to help raise awareness and money (by the way, you still have time to donate) for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, but I didn’t feel like much of a champion. The first 60 floors of the Big Climb were pretty easy as I kept a steady, gentle pace floor after floor. But when the bracelet Maria gave me the day of Celia’s funeral snapped in half after catching on my pocket, I just wanted to be done, so I raced up the last nine floors. I was a sweaty, breathless mess by the time I got to the top, and I had awhile to wait while Meg caught up with me. Thinking time.
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It’s finally winter in Seattle! It started snowing Saturday night, so Meg and I took a short walk around the neighborhood to see the sights. Here are a few pics of what we saw. The last picture is from my ride home last week — the Christmas ships were playing carols over their loudspeakers for the crowd at Ballard Locks.
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Actually, my birthday came right on time, I just took forever to blog about it. Thanks to everyone who called or sent a card. I felt very loved. Even the folks waiting for the Interurban had birthday wishes for me. 
Meg made some fabulous chocolate pots de crème in lieu of a cake for me. All in all, it was a pretty decent birthday.
Cheers!
Last month Meg and I decided to take a last-minute trip to San Francisco. We bought our plane tickets and reserved a hotel online on Friday night, and Saturday morning we were on our flight there. We didn’t have much time to plan what we wanted to do in our two days there, so we probably didn’t use our time as efficiently as we could have. But we did ride a trolley, visit Fishermen’s Wharf, watch sea lions fight for dock space, take a walk on Golden Gate bridge and visit Chinatown and Japantown. It was a pretty fun weekend.
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