The last week...

This last week I was able to attend and check out a few places that are listed on the Seattle Announcements Calendar.  We had dinner on Saturday at Olympia Pizza on 15th and they have expanded into the space next door and now have a great looking bar.  In fact part of THE actual bar is from the old J & M.  We then dropped in at HotFlash which was packed with a full crowd.  According to Pauline it boasted its largest crowd to date.  I was glad people had left as we could still move around and talk with friends.  We got there a bit late and stayed just for a bit.

I finally made it to the Little Red Bistro and it was worth the wait.  It has a very nice atmosphere to enjoy relaxing in during the day.  Plenty of comfortable seating next to windows covered with lush draperies.  Books fill the window ledges for perusing and I immediately found one on 'chocolate' that I began drooling over.  I was able to visit with friends and work on trying to get the problems with this blog not posting resolved via their wi-fi (unsucessful on the blog part - lol).  I will be going back next week to the Day Spa and let you know what I think...I can't wait!

Tonight I enjoyed the quite large group at Wallingford's Meaningful Movies by Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice showing of Maggie Growls.  It was a touching portrayal of Maggie Kuhn who started the Gray Panthers.  She was an extremely feisty woman who created change through her unconventional ways.  Most of her methods were quite effective in the movement to create equality for older folks.  The one thing she suggested that created disagreement in her own group was to suggest that due to the large number of single older women that they should try being lesbians.  She was serious...they were appalled.  She was unconventional in many ways including taking a male lover 50 years her junior and having several affairs.  When asked how she had managed to remain unmarried she replied 'sheer luck'.   It was a good movie and I will return to view others with this group and invite you to do the same.  Ms T