Tag: Urban

  • ideaX from KCLS is awesome

    In the past month, I had taken my 7-year old son to the ideaX event at the Bellevue main library. At this event there are an array of things to play with – blocks, lego mindstorms, 3D printer pens, line tracing robots, liteBricks, paper planes, etc. Besides kids, even adults were enjoying the event. This…

  • Flying High (Poem with Picture)

    Thanks to a wonderful bird photo from a friend, here is the poem card. Thanks S.Sivakumar for the excellent photo of a soaring bird flying high. 

  • Getting ready for my longest bike ride

    About 10 days back, one of my friends casually (actually strongly) suggested that I ought to do a bike ride with them for their planned Seattle to Portland (aka STP) ride. Every possible excuse came out of my mouth: “oh no, I cannot. I do not have the time. I am not ready. Too Tough. …”. He…

  • Light Rail in Tacoma – simple and convenient

    Yesterday, on Apr 16th, we had a wonderful experience with the Light Rail system in Tacoma. I would love for such experience to be more common in Bellevue, WA. I visited Tacoma to have my son attend the Washington State Chess tournament held at the Convention Center.. We were asked to park near the Tacoma…