yesterday and tomorrow

Fine day of accomplishments, and a good though shortish climbing workout. Our kid has been refurbishing the 1978 VW camper bus my parents brought out here in 1993, having decided they couldn't drive such distances any more, wisely, and on their own. He managed to reseal and seat the windshield, which is tricky, due to the pressure on the large bowed piece of glass.
We headed down to Seattle's "ID", or International District, formerly known as China Town, where our family dentist has her office. Microsoft was having its annual meeting, and we lucked into the middle of its time span, thus avoiding horrible traffic snarls. As I wandered over to Uwajimaya's Asian supermarket, I saw Howard Schultz, head of Starbuck's, jump out of a large shiny black Mercedes sedan. He ordered his carload of people to "run over and grab a table while I pay for parking." They sped to the Shanghai Seafood Restaurant, a fairly humble establishment for such capitalist illuminati. And he had to pay for parking on the street just like I did.