Well, I'm hanging out at Franz's father's apartment overlooking Lake Union after an arduous afternoon of sailing, neighborhood walking tours, and brew pub hunting. This is hard work! Ivar's sea food restaurant was another trial, having lunch there while we watched the boats running under the University Bridge and dined on smoked salmon, broiled oysters, and other accessories.

The sail out of the Wooden Boat Center was a success in that we didn't ram anything significant. They checked me out the previous day and passed me on the strength of a couple of sea shanties and my Roll & Go T-shirt. Fortunately there was very little wind so we managed to get our little sloop away from the float with a minimum of tramor. My crew included Franz, his wife Mary, and their father Herb. We noodled about for an hour, avoiding the sea planes landling and taking off, several kamakazi keyakes, and someone's multimillion dollar yatch.

Only in Seattle would you find a brewery marketing an amber ale labeled "Red Manace." We've got an assortment of oddly labeled brews for Stewart's Sunday House Concert for show and tell. Proably, everyone will be teae-totlers.

Stewart gave me a fine tour of greater Fremont the previous day. I have a much greater appreciation for public art than I previously had: Lenon, the missle, the troll, and the group waiting at the bus stop. One of the neatest places we stopped at was the History Project, which was a building stuffed with displays of neighborhood history with photo images and write-ups done by students. It's an amazing place with room for musicians to gather and sing as well. We went on to Dusty Strings, a high order music and instrument repair center, where I managed to get a replacement head for my old Stewart banjo.

Another find was Sea Ocean Book Berth, a highest order nautical book store where I found several interesting sea songs books, including one I didn't have of C. Fox Smith short stories. I recommend the place, 3534 Stone Way Lane. Tell Chris Flavell that Charley Noble sent you!

Sunday at 5 pm is Stewart's House Concert/Music jam. Be there for a very good time or be forced to hear about it for years from those who did attend.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble