(Jackson Street) Books on 7th is around the corner and on the internet tubes. We strive to be your full-service new and used bookstore, emphasizing good literature, progressive politics, and, of course, books about baseball. Opened in Hoquiam October 1, 2010
Sorry for dawdling with my travelog entries, but as you all know, X-mas is exhausting... However, seeing as one of the main reasons for this trip at this time had been for me to have a real X-mas (i.e., not in summer) with a real tree with real candles on it, I thought I’d send you a few pics of said tree. So, here we go, the tree being chosenwrapped transported home expertly and decorated By the way, in Germany Santa, who around here is not called Santa but “der Weihnachtsmann” (the Christmasman), comes to bring his presents on the evening of the 24 December. The kids usually wait in the kitchen, while one or the other parent oversees the transaction in the living room. The wait in the kitchen is on average 3.7 days long when you’re six years old, and then progressively decreases over the years until it is but a few minutes when you’re 36. (I timed it over the years, and can send a time series graph on request.) I hope der Weihnachtsmann was as generous with all of you as he was with me (yay! I can afford Disneyland now!), and that you all had a wonderful time!
More episodes to come... Serenity
P.S. Still no snow. I asked mom to have a word with the weather. The forecast says there is a chance for "a few flakes” over the next few days. It’d better snow before I leave here on Monday! S.
Having been "tagged" by the Rev. Paperboy over at his place, The Woodshed, I submit to you the worldly earnings of SeattleDan:
Made construction tools (very menial) for my good friends father's business Ran a music shop that sold bootleg 4-track, then 8-track tapes Bussed tables/Washed dishes for the UCLA cafeteria Retail Clerk B. Dalton Books Portland, Or. Retail/Shipping Receiving Clerk Pickwick Bookshop Beverly Hills Owned/Operated Agenbite Books Seattle, Wa. Retail/Shipping Receiving Clerk/Asst. Mgr. Tower Books Seattle Sales Rep University of Chicago Press Chicago Ill. (very short stint) Store Mgr./District Mgr. Crown Books Seattle, Wa. (horrible company, good riddance to bad trash-main perk was meeting Tammy) General Book Buyer/Eventually Asst. Mgr. Seattle University Bookstore (17 years, first 15 great, wonderful boss; last 2 miserable, with worse boss ever) Owner/Operator Jackson Street Books formerly of Seattle, now conveniently located in Hoquiam, Wa.
SeattleTammy's resume: Strawberry Picker Babysitter Raspberry Picker Ole Lady HouseCleaner/ButtWiper Service Sales and Water Duty - Plant store in Parkland, next to a yarn store, 2 blocks off of PLU campus Dairy Dell- learning how to make chocolate/banana milk shakes and french fries? DeliveryVan Driver Floral Shop- everybody loves you but no one tips you. Job Duty #1: comb out shop owner's 4 foot long hair and braid it. also became floral arranger. The Depot, stained glass studio! OMG! I am PUTTY GIRL! I am so honored! Especially when I drive to Puyallup 15 years later and see my drawing on a Billboard. (note to self: Never leave drawings behind.) Graphic Artist: Johnson-Cox Printers: I had a great drawing room in an ancient building, until the art director laid blame on me for mis-casting the type on a brochure. Tony Ford Ad Agency, I did a Don Bonker brochure and the back page of a Sunset Magazine Jenny. That was a lost year! What didn't I do? Azteca waitress. It's hard being the token gringa! Waldenbooks! Vi Bruster taught me how to sell books. Crown Books! Pat S introduced me to Dano... Sales Rep: New American Library, Dutton, Scholastic, later Penguin et al Seattle Mystery Bookshop dogsbody. I once hosted 84 authors over 3 days and it worked! Jackson Street Books: the Rest of My Life.
Another pre-X-mas episode in our series “Nothing much interesting about Serenity’s travels”. On Sunday, the fourth Advent Sunday, mom and I went to the city centre to hear Berlin’s Children’s Choir sing X-mas songs in the Konzerthaus Berlin (pics #18 and 19). The Konzerthaus is one of the many beautiful venues for classical music events in Berlin see the German Wikipedia site for a couple more pictures, and it is located on one of Berlin’s most beautiful squares, the Gendarmenmarkt. Currently, the square is taken over by a Weihnachtsmarkt (pics #20 and 21). After the concert, mom and I had planned to visit my sister-in-law at her booth at a different Wihnachtsmarkt. I tried to persuade mom to start a drinking game; at every Weihnachtsmarkt we pass on the way, we would have had to have a mug of mulled wine (pic #22). Mom did not want to play. :( But I got to make more mulled wine at home later on. :) Here is my sister-in-law at her booth (pic #23). She makes angel-type creatures. Seriously, that’s the best I can do to translate “Engelsame Wesen”, which is what her enterprise is called. ;) And here, finally, a photo of our local Weihnachtsmarkt (pic #24) in front of the closed-down cigarette factory. Rather a little bit sad looking, but I had a nice waffle with cream and advokaat. Apparently, Berlin has some 80 christmas markets this year, so with a bit of planning one could have had a pretty good buzz with my drinking game... ;) Hope you are all well! Merry X-mas and/or Happy Holidays to all of you!!! Serenity
P.S.: No snow for X-mas, that seems to be for sure now. But mom has decided that there will be snow next Sunday. Let’s hope the weather is a good little weather and listens to mom. S.
When I got up this morning, everything was coated with a rime of ice. Couldn't get a decent picture until after daybreak, when it was already melting. Thought it would be easy enough to walk across the street and get a picture for you, but one step onto a "wet" looking sidewalk sent me ass over tea kettle, so I hope you really like these two. Only one bruise, we'll see about my back tomorrow.
The car had a lot of snow drifted on the driver's side. The rains formed a crust that remained after the drift melted. Lacy ice shelf, about 6 inches deep.
wrapped
transported home expertly
and decorated
By the way, in Germany Santa, who around here is not called Santa but “der Weihnachtsmann” (the Christmasman), comes to bring his presents on the evening of the 24 December. 
The kids usually wait in the kitchen, while one or the other parent oversees the transaction in the living room. The wait in the kitchen is on average 3.7 days long when you’re six years
I hope der Weihnachtsmann was as generous with all of you as he was with me (yay! I can afford Disneyland now!), and that you all had a wonderful time! 
