Craig,

Cool pix...

Anyway, during the winter, it is not uncommon for it to be raining at the base of the Columbia Center and snowing at the top. Also, back in the '80s, I remember seeing the original Starbucks logo at the old Bellevue Square Starbucks location that was inside the mall itself... That store hasn't been in existience for a few years. There's now a location on the NE corner of the mall.

Also, when you visited the UK store, did you run into Uncle Oddball (aka Uncle Otto)? Last time I visited w/him, was in October '06, when Mr. Kilt was in town and missed me by 5 minutes.

Good to see that you're growing back out, btw...

-J