Good stuff girls! The following video is a montage of photos and video of our 2007 Fall Season. See you next year!
-Coach Dennis
Monday, November 19, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Fresh Homemade Salsa Time!
This year we have expanded our food production skills, and found that we can grow and produce really yummy things from our own yards. Imagine that... and only ten minutes from downtown Seattle. Our community garden flourished this year quite nicely do to Rick's watering, Louise's weeding, and Mark and Margaret's elbow grease and TLC. In the end, when combined with our own personal gardens, we ended up with various types of tomatoes, onions, grapes, hot peppers (serrano and cayenne), etc.
One day, Margaret brought over some delicious salsa, and after we gobbled it all up, I asked if we could have a salsa party and combine our crops to come up with another salsa creation. Thus, Margaret & Mark came over again, and Abbi & I joined in to learn some of Margaret's salsa recipe secrets.
Instead of lime, we decided to try some tart grape juice from our grape vine. In the video below, Abbi mashes up the grapes, which gave us a nice local flavor instead of using lime juice.
After lots of chopping, and mashing, and adding in some extras (garlic, olive oil, cumin, and cilantro) we mixed it all up and voila! Incredibly delicious salsa!
Time to dig in! Mmmm Mmmm, that is tasty!
Oh yah! That hits the spot!
This year we are finding out that making good things happen can easily begin right in our own back yards... or in this case front yards! Thanks for sharing the goodness Margaret!
One day, Margaret brought over some delicious salsa, and after we gobbled it all up, I asked if we could have a salsa party and combine our crops to come up with another salsa creation. Thus, Margaret & Mark came over again, and Abbi & I joined in to learn some of Margaret's salsa recipe secrets.
Instead of lime, we decided to try some tart grape juice from our grape vine. In the video below, Abbi mashes up the grapes, which gave us a nice local flavor instead of using lime juice.
After lots of chopping, and mashing, and adding in some extras (garlic, olive oil, cumin, and cilantro) we mixed it all up and voila! Incredibly delicious salsa!
Time to dig in! Mmmm Mmmm, that is tasty!
Oh yah! That hits the spot!
This year we are finding out that making good things happen can easily begin right in our own back yards... or in this case front yards! Thanks for sharing the goodness Margaret!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Flecktoberfest!!!
Good things are happening all around me... so much so that I'm having trouble finding the time to document them... thus, I must start somewhere, and what better place to start than Flecktoberfest in Bellingham with one of my favorite families in the world... Jon, Lisa, Audrey, and Emma Fleck.
Jon and I met at Western Washington University, as teammates on the Men's Varsity Soccer Team. We roomed together and shared many wonderful memories. Since that time, we have kept in touch and our families have tried to hookup when possible. There are lots of good things happening in Bellingham, and if life in West Seattle wasn't so satisfying, I would probably contemplate a move to join my Bellinghamster friends up north.
Anyway, every year Jon and Lisa open up their warm and welcoming home and put together a memorable Octoberfest celebration...
A great smorgasbord of potluck foods... yummy salads, delicious desserts, barbecue grub,etc.,
... and of course nice cold home-brew from various brewers around the neighborhood.
It's a great family event, with parents socializing and warming by the fire,
kids running around, twirling on the swings, jumping on the pogo sticks,
hula hooping...
and getting the elders to join in.
I've been fortunate enough to attend the last five years, reveling in the celebration and increasing the number of wonderful people I call friends... I'm not sure how many years Flecktoberfest has been taking place, but it's a great tradition, celebrating community, people, and good things.
This year we were treated to some fun entertainment... an excellent trio of musicians came together to play an uplifting set of tunes for the evening. Despite the rain, they rocked the house (with a much fuller sound that the tinny video below) and brightened our spirits!
In the middle of the show, we were graced with a re-incarnation of Ethel Murman, as Lisa Fleck impersonated her, while belting out the Violent Femmes "Blister in the Sun". It was awesome!
What fun! Making good things happens is what this blog is all about... and the Fleck Family excels in this category. Long live Flecktoberfest... see you next year!
Jon and I met at Western Washington University, as teammates on the Men's Varsity Soccer Team. We roomed together and shared many wonderful memories. Since that time, we have kept in touch and our families have tried to hookup when possible. There are lots of good things happening in Bellingham, and if life in West Seattle wasn't so satisfying, I would probably contemplate a move to join my Bellinghamster friends up north.
Anyway, every year Jon and Lisa open up their warm and welcoming home and put together a memorable Octoberfest celebration...
A great smorgasbord of potluck foods... yummy salads, delicious desserts, barbecue grub,etc.,
... and of course nice cold home-brew from various brewers around the neighborhood.
It's a great family event, with parents socializing and warming by the fire,
kids running around, twirling on the swings, jumping on the pogo sticks,
hula hooping...
and getting the elders to join in.
I've been fortunate enough to attend the last five years, reveling in the celebration and increasing the number of wonderful people I call friends... I'm not sure how many years Flecktoberfest has been taking place, but it's a great tradition, celebrating community, people, and good things.
This year we were treated to some fun entertainment... an excellent trio of musicians came together to play an uplifting set of tunes for the evening. Despite the rain, they rocked the house (with a much fuller sound that the tinny video below) and brightened our spirits!
In the middle of the show, we were graced with a re-incarnation of Ethel Murman, as Lisa Fleck impersonated her, while belting out the Violent Femmes "Blister in the Sun". It was awesome!
What fun! Making good things happens is what this blog is all about... and the Fleck Family excels in this category. Long live Flecktoberfest... see you next year!
Monday, July 16, 2007
Goodbye... for now
Matt Robinson is hitting the road, along with his lovely wife Kim, and will soon be doing good things in Peru.
They will be missed, but can be contacted at Matt's Monkeys or mmrobins.com. Stay in touch M and K! Happy Trails to you... may our paths cross sometime in the future!
They will be missed, but can be contacted at Matt's Monkeys or mmrobins.com. Stay in touch M and K! Happy Trails to you... may our paths cross sometime in the future!
The Good continues to flow...
Living, Loving, and Learning... life currently seems to have so much to offer... not that it didn't before, but maybe I wasn't as appreciative. It's feels funny to have a resurgence of optimism... this Lapchis life has really ebbed and flowed that way...
I wanted to mention a cool project I'm currently working on for KrekowJennings, and the KJNation, which is a new strategic plan we are working on. We are in the midst of overhauling the marketing plans, and it is a much anticipated and exciting change.
As a builder, we couldn't ask to be in a better market than King County... currently the hottest real estate market in the country.
I wanted to mention a cool project I'm currently working on for KrekowJennings, and the KJNation, which is a new strategic plan we are working on. We are in the midst of overhauling the marketing plans, and it is a much anticipated and exciting change.
As a builder, we couldn't ask to be in a better market than King County... currently the hottest real estate market in the country.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Making Good Things Happen
There is so much to be positive about! I've always been a positive individual (Voted Most Optimistic - Class of '85 Hazen High), but the realities of today's world have caused me to spend many moments contemplating the negatives in the world... war, corruption, greed, dishonesty, etc.
Despite the many things in the world to dwell on, I decided to create this blog to focus on the positive, and the many wonderful things in my life. No longer respecting and rarely paying attention to the mainstream media, with its endless distractions and half-truths it peddles, I began to realize that we the people are the next generation of media. Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and the like, are of no importance to me and my family... real people with real issues are what we want to hear and learn about... our family, our friends, our community... and with the advanced technology tools available, the average citizen can create, report, and disseminate their own style of news and information that makes sense to them.
I truly feel fortunate and blessed to be experiencing such an incredible life and wonderful journey... and I plan to make the main focus of this blog all the good things taking place in this world... mostly with a local twist and flavor. If you feel inspired, I invite you to forward a good thing that could be added to this blog, or start your own blog and forward me a link. The wired world is an incredible way to network with like minded people, which I hope is another benefit of this website.
Thus, please join me in this journey through the positive aspects of the world, despite the many unsettling events that can seem to dominate our lives... By focusing on what's real, what's local, and who's making good things happen, the world will be a better place.
Peace... and Goodness,
Dennis Lapchis
Despite the many things in the world to dwell on, I decided to create this blog to focus on the positive, and the many wonderful things in my life. No longer respecting and rarely paying attention to the mainstream media, with its endless distractions and half-truths it peddles, I began to realize that we the people are the next generation of media. Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and the like, are of no importance to me and my family... real people with real issues are what we want to hear and learn about... our family, our friends, our community... and with the advanced technology tools available, the average citizen can create, report, and disseminate their own style of news and information that makes sense to them.
I truly feel fortunate and blessed to be experiencing such an incredible life and wonderful journey... and I plan to make the main focus of this blog all the good things taking place in this world... mostly with a local twist and flavor. If you feel inspired, I invite you to forward a good thing that could be added to this blog, or start your own blog and forward me a link. The wired world is an incredible way to network with like minded people, which I hope is another benefit of this website.
Thus, please join me in this journey through the positive aspects of the world, despite the many unsettling events that can seem to dominate our lives... By focusing on what's real, what's local, and who's making good things happen, the world will be a better place.
Peace... and Goodness,
Dennis Lapchis
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