The Good Life

Lunch at Zeke's Pizza. Slightly rainy. Nice and warm, though.

Visited with Page and Charlie! After class, I travelled to Bellevue, but made two mistakes:

• didn't realize there was a difference between northbound I-5 Regular, vs. I-5 Expressway. I missed the Highway 520 exit, and ended up in the congested University of Washington area; and,
• missed one of Page's directions, and didn't realize the shopping mall was quite as far south of Highway 520 as it was, on Bellevue Way.

Nevertheless, because I got an early start, there were no real problems finding the Z-Tejas Restaurant.

We had a great time, over fancy enchiladas. The margarita went to my head, and I accidentally put 'Equal' in my diet soda. We talked about new times, and old.

Charles is in his element: young, successful stockbroker, working his way up to managing a portfolio. Page is in her element: designing catalogs for Pacific Rim. They bought a new house in Redmond less than a year ago, and they say it's value has appreciated 30% already. They just recently returned from a plush 1st anniversary trip to Scottsdale and Sedona, AZ. Ah, to be young, with resources, in a booming place!

Afterwards, we visited Charles' office, in the City Center Bellevue building (23rd floor). Beautiful place!

Seattle skyline, as seen from Bellevue, across Lake Washington, from the 23rd floor of the City Center Belluvue Building. The quiet community of Medina (pop. ~3100) sits on the near shore of Lake Washington (apparently Bill Gates lives somewhere around there).


Page and Charles Berghoffer.


City Center Belluvue Building.