Visiting with Sherman

Before she headed to the gym, she visited Third Place Books, who had a very impressive tree, and an even more impressive author promoting Small Business Saturday and his own books and other authors, as well. The keeper has known Sherman for twenty years or so, and they got to chat when the line had a lull, so it wasn't a long chat. He had a winning way with the teenagers and Young adults who hovered. Then...the power went out!

Yes, snow!

   Yes, it snowed.  The snow was pretty.  But the air is very very cold! And the power went off as soon as we got up this morning, but right after I was fed, and the keeper had made her coffee. It came on just as the keeper was leaving for the gym which had power. But their power went out as soon as she was ready to check in!

Olympic

After trying out pens and feeling the papers at Silberman's they headed into the Olympic for a more civilized approach to Black Friday. They decided neither to give their lists to Santa nor to pose for pictures with him. But they did enjoy others doing that.

Soup

Finally it was time for soup at Piatti before going back out. Out the windows were  more police than pedestrians. 

Free Speech

It seemed everyone was expressing themselves and exercising their free speech rights. First, they cheered on the animal rights activists, but keeper made exception those saying that wool was bad. 

Then there were the anti Black Friday shopping, anti materialists in front of Pacific Place. The keeper said she cheered them on sheepishly as she carried a few bags of purchases. Finally they walked with the mostly peaceful protestors addressing racial injustice, and were shocked  when Pacific Place merchants, including Nordstrom, started locking all of their doors when they marched up the escalators to the top floor of Pacific Place with signs and chanting. 

COH

They checked out the Emmaus triptych at COH and the keeper found it very good. 

She liked Mr. And Mrs. Cleopas a lot.  I asked her where her picture of the third panel was and she said it came out blurry and crooked, as did the shot of the whole piece. I was grateful for her honesty. 

The Day Downtown

The Keeper and her friend Peter did the annual Black Friday  downtown day. And, as in almost every year it poured rain. They walked down from SU and saw very few people until they got to Pike Place which was wall to wall carpeted with people trying to stay warm and dry.