Pizza, Sidewalks, More

 

 

RantWoman’s Sunday journeys included a missed opportunity to hear the NW Choral Sounds in Burien, two sets of sidewalk issue adventures, actually three counting one previously unreported, and enough pizza from Zeeks that both RantWoman and RantMom could have pizza for breakfast. RantWoman has no information about RantMom’s breakfast choices, but definitely endorses the pizza for breakfast option for herself.

 

RantWoman loved the invite to the concert but wound up tending other less musical threads of her life. RantWoman mentions the concert though because “hear more music” is definitely on RantWoman’s “would be nice” list. In Seattle’s overheated real estate market weekend trips on transit to the ‘burbs for affordable interesting cultural activities are definitely a thing.

 

Sidewalk issue number 1: RantWoman should maybe have called in reinforcements from Little Sister sooner about one set of gurgling, not simmering, gurgling problems in her life. RantWoman is VERY grateful that Sunday, in contrast to a LONG period of exhausting medical realities, Little Sister is definitely available and able to help right now.

 

Help needed a trip for debriefing to the Starbucks in the U district on NE 42^nd street coming from the west. RantWoman walks on NE 42^nd street a lot but almost always walks on the N side of the street. This means RantWoman had little information about the condition of sidewalks on the S side of the street, until yesterday. Can you say crappy sidewalk? Can you say not fun for Little Sister in her wheelchair? But the RantSisters are a plucky lot. The sidewalks closest to the Ave were not crammed with TOO many people hanging out at the street fair, and Starbucks got to welcome both sisters!

 

The Rant Sisters had long and long-needed giggles about many things, not just the debrief before it was time for Little Sister to head home to Brother In Law. RantWoman called RantMom about a Sunday visit. RantWoman has been feeling a pang. RantMom has recently been able to move into a retirement community in NE Seattle. This has been an AWESOMELY good thing but it has required new thinking about the flows of faith community and Rant Family life. In particular, RantWoman and RantMom are experimenting about options for our long love of Sunday get-togethers.

 

Keep Trying seems to be the key concept. Recently RantWoman envisioned a meeting at a coffee shop near a bus stop RantWoman THOUGHT RantMom might arrive at on Campus Parkway. The bus stop has a direct transfer to a bus that goes right past RantMom’s retirement community. One reason the retirement community is a good fit is that the community both has great transit options and other residents besides RantMom who connect partly over all their transit experiences. Anyway, RantMom arrived at a different bus stop because a church friend dropped her off. RantMom arrived WAY early and RantWoman’s schedule was full. RantWoman did not realize RantMom was not at the intended bus stop and suggested finding the coffee shop RantWoman had in mind.

 

MUCH miscommunication. RantMom is, um, not a big user of navigation apps and neither really is RantWoman. RantMom was mixing up the E-W and the N-S streets. The commercial places RantMom was describing did not match RantWoman’s mental map, for one thing because RantWoman seldom wanders off Campus Parkway very far to the north. A couple phone calls of frustration later, RantWoman decided she needed just to stand in a sunny corner on Campus Parkway and see if RantMom could find her. Yes! Then the RantWomen visited the coffee shop RantWoman had in mind. RantMom found a yogurt parfait, but the RantWomen both noted a much younger demographic. RantWoman will probably still keep coming, but even with the convenience to the bus stop, RantWoman may find a different option when she is with RantMom.

 

Yesterday the RantWoman had left rendezvous details unclear because of the concert invitation and other things. After the sister confab, RantMom definitely still wanted a visit but she also wanted a walk in the sunshine and maybe different food options than the dining room. The Zeek’s pizza on NE 65^th has been getting great buzz at the retirement community. Both RantSisters are fans of Zeeks in other places. So off the RantWoman went for some sidewalk and traffic signal scoping.

 

There are other dining options, but Zeeks definitely seemed most appealing. Plus the RantWoman found a table in a part of the restaurant where they were the only customers. Big thanks to the waiter. Besides telling RantWoman about the cider options, he suggested just ordering a whole salad and two plates instead of two half salads. Done, with thanks. Next time the RantWoman will ask for dressing on the side and consider a box to take home leftovers. Both RantWomen liked the wild greens with gorgonzola, nuts and raspberry vinaigrette! Both RantWomen have no qualms about eating pizza off the salad plates: that is what we do at home!

 

RantWoman let RantMom pick the pizza and RantMom went for Chicken Club. The RantWomen were not dissatisfied. For one thing, Zeeks runs toward thicker crust but in RantWoman’s experience the crust is consistently well-cooked and never doughy. But next time, RantMom wants to pick her own ingredients. The RantWomen ordered a medium and there was enough left over to need two boxes to take home. So next time the RantWomen may consider a small or two mini pizzas.

 

Dessert? RantWoman was full and just wanted to finish her cider but realized she should ask about dessert. RantMom asked about ice cream and definitely recommends Full Tilt, the house brand.

 

Probably not an every week event, but much happiness, contentment, gratitude.