Costco at 5.199

Living in the world of inflation or end of the world- now, even Costco in Washington state is above $5 😦

μΌμ£ΌμΌλ§Œμ— λ‹€μ‹œ 기름 λ„£μœΌλŸ¬κ°„ Costco – μ§€λ‚œλ²ˆμ— μ§κ°ν•˜λ‹€μ‹œν”Ό 이제 5λΆˆμ„ λ„˜μ–΄μ£Όμ…¨λ‹€-…. 1주일 사이에 κ°€λ‘ λ‹Ή 20 μ„ΌνŠΈ λ¨Ήμ–΄μ£Όμ…¨λ‹€.. (μ§€λ‚œλ²ˆμ€ Redmondμ˜€κ³  μ˜€λŠ˜μ€ Kirklandμ˜€μ§€λ§Œ 원체 λ‘˜μ΄ κ°€κΉŒμš°λ‹ˆ 두 warehouseκ°„μ˜ κ°€κ²©μ°¨λŠ” 없을듯…)

λ¬Όλ‘ , 이제 κ³§ 10λΆˆμ°μ„κ±°λΌλŠ” Californiaμ΄λŸ°λ°λ³΄λ‹¨ μ €λ ΄ν•˜λ‹€λŠ”λ° κ°μ‚¬ν•˜λ©° μ‚°λ‹€…. μš”μ¦˜ μ–΄λ””κ°€μ„œ μ˜μˆ˜μ¦μ„ 받아보면 바이든 지지도 λ‚΄λ €κ°€λŠ” μ†Œλ¦¬ λ“€λ¦°λ‹€… κ²°κ΅­ μ •μΉ˜λ„ communication이고 λ§ˆμΌ€νŒ…μΈ 세상에.. λ¬΄μ˜μ‹μ μœΌλ‘œ “νŠΈλŸΌν”„κ°€ λŒ€ν†΅λ Ήμ΄μ—ˆμœΌλ©΄ 이런 일이 μΌμ–΄λ‚˜λŠ” 꼴을 보고 μžˆμ—ˆμ„κΉŒ-μ•„λ§ˆ λ‹Ήμž₯ Exxonμ΄λ‚˜ Chevron같은 Refineryλ“€ μ‘°μ§€κ³  μ‚¬μš°λ””μ— κ°€μ„œ λ‚œλ¦¬μΉ˜κ³  λΉ„μΆ•μœ  ν’€κ³  λ‚œλ¦¬λ₯Ό 쳀을거야…” ν•˜κ³  μˆœκ°„ 가정적인 λ§μƒν•˜λŠ” λ‚˜λ₯Ό λŒμ΄μΌœλ³΄λ‹€κ°€ νŠΈλŸΌν”„κ°€ – 항상 말도 μ•ˆλ˜λŠ” λ…Όλ¦¬λ‘œ 자기 곡적에 λΆ™μ΄λŠ” 데 ν˜ˆμ•ˆμ΄μ—ˆμ§€λ§Œ- communicationμ΄λ‚˜ λ§ˆμΌ€νŒ…μ€ κΈ°λ˜₯차게 μž˜ν–ˆλ‹€λŠ” 생각..

Inflation의 세상 ν˜Ήμ€ 말세에 μ‚΄λ‹€λ³΄λ‹ˆ 별 μ΄μƒν•œ μƒκ°κΉŒμ§€ λ‹€λ“œλ„€… 이제 였λ₯΄μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ”κ±΄ λ‚΄ 401k κ³„μ’Œμ˜ κΈˆμ•‘κ³Ό λ‚΄ 월급밖에 μ—†κ΅¬λ‚˜λž€ μƒκ°λ§Œ λ“ λ‹€…T_T

2022.6

B-R-K Tour

19.8 Mile with 2.5 hours on Saturday afternoon..

μ΄μ œλŠ” μ• μš©ν•˜λŠ” κ²½λ‘œκ°€ 된 Eastrail/Cross Kirkland corridorλ₯Ό 맀번 돌렀였던 Google Campus보닀 쒀더 κ°€λ΄μ„œ Totem LakeκΉŒμ§€ κ°”λ‹€κ°€..124thλ₯Ό 타고 Sammamish River Trail둜 λ“€μ–΄κ°€μ„œ μ˜€λ©΄λ˜κ² κ΅°ν•˜κ³  124th보고 무쑰건 μš°νšŒμ „ν•΄μ„œ μ£Όμš±κ°€λ‹€λ³΄λ‹ˆ NE 124th St둜 κ°€μ•Όν•˜λŠ”κ±Έ 124th Ave NE둜 λ‚΄λ €μ˜€κ³  μžˆμ–΄μ„œ λ‹€μ‹œ λŒλ¦¬κΈ°λ„ κ·Έλ ‡κ³  νž˜λ„ λ“  κ΄€κ³„λ‘œ κ·Έλƒ₯ λ‚΄λ €μ™”λ‹€… πŸ™‚ 뭐 Sammamish River둜 μ˜€λŠ”κ±΄ λ‹€μŒμ£Όμ— ν•˜λŠ”κ±Έλ‘œ..γ…Žγ…Ž

뭐 덕뢄에 λ²¨λ·°μ—μ„œ 말을 ν‚€μš°λ©° 타고 λ‹€λ‹ˆμ‹œλŠ” 저택 동넀도 μž…λ¬Έν˜• μžμ „κ±°λ‘œ μŒ©μŒ©ν•˜λ©° 달렀주셨닀. μ•„λ‹ˆλ‚˜ λ‹€λ₯ΌκΉŒ… μ–΄λŠ 저택 μ•Όλ“œμ—μ„œ 쉬고 κ³„μ‹œλŠ” 말 ν•œλ§ˆλ¦¬μ™€ 눈이 λ§ˆμ£Όμ³€λŠ”λ° “λ„Œ μ™œκ·ΈλŸ¬κ³  사냐”λŠ” λˆˆλΉ›……γ…Žγ…Žγ…Ž κ·Έλž˜μ„œ ‘λ‚œ λ‚΄κΌ΄λ¦¬λŠ”λŒ€λ‘œ μ‚°λ‹€’의 λˆˆλΉ›λ°œμ‚¬ν•΄μ£Όμ‹œκ³  μ§€λ‚˜κ°”λ‹€..γ…Žγ…Žγ…Ž

2022.4

Bellevue-Redmond-Kirkland to Google Kirkland Campus

μ§€λ‚œ 주말 Riding – 같은 μ½”μŠ€λ₯Ό κ°”μ§€λ§Œ 꼬맹이ꡰ을 데리고 κ°”λ‹€μ™”λŠ”λ° μ˜€λŠ”κΈΈμ— λΉ„κ°€ λ‚΄λ €μ„œ μ’€ 고생이닀 μ‹Άμ—ˆκ±΄λ§Œ κ²°κ΅­ 꼬맹이ꡰ Bel-Red λ‚΄λ¦¬λ§‰μ—μ„œ 철퍼덕…T.T

Repeating the B-R-K to Google one more time πŸ™‚ but rain showers put some challenges

2022.4

Eastrail Trail

Seattle에 μ²˜μŒμ™”μ„λ•Œλ§Œν•΄λ„ μ‹€μ œλ‘œ κΈ°μ°¨κ°€ 가끔 λ‹€λ‹ˆλ˜ κΈΈμ΄μ˜€λ˜ 곳이 λͺ‡λ…„μ „μ—”κ°€ 철도λ₯Ό κ±·μ–΄λ‚΄λ©΄μ„œ trail둜 λ°”λ€Œμ—ˆλ‹€. μ–Όλ§ˆμ „ Spring districtλ₯Ό μžμ „κ±°λ‘œ μ§€λ‚˜κ°€λ‹€ κ·Έμͺ½μœΌλ‘œ μ—°κ²°λ˜λŠ” 길이 λ³΄μ—¬μ„œ μ§€λ‚œ 주말에 μ‹€ν–‰..

μ§‘μ—μ„œ 520 Trail둜 μ‹œμž‘ν•΄μ„œ Northup Way둜 λΉ μ§ˆλ•Œ Sound Transit κΈ°μ§€μ°½ μ˜†μœΌλ‘œ λΉ μ Έλ‚˜μ™€ μ£Όμš±κ°€λ‹ˆ 일단 끝은 Google Kirkland Campusμ—μ„œ 끝.. κ±°κΈ°μ„œ μžμ „κ±°λ₯Ό 돌렀 λ‹€μ‹œ Spring districtλ₯Ό 거쳐 Bel-Redλ₯Ό 타고 집에 도착

κ²°κ΅­ λŒ€μΆ© 15 mile 왕볡에 λ‘μ‹œκ°„ 주파 (GPS trackerκ°€ κΊΌμ Έμžˆμ—ˆλ‹€..μ•„μ’Έ…) 3개 city (Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland)λ₯Ό μ§€λ‚˜κ³  2개 freeway(I-405, WA-520)λ₯Ό 따라 λ‹€λ‹ˆκ³  3개 νšŒμ‚¬(Microsoft, Google, Meta)의 campusλ₯Ό μ§€λ‚˜κ°”λ‹€ πŸ™‚

2 Hours roundtrip biking along with 2 freeways and 3 cities and 3 corporation campuses + view of Lake Washington

2022.4

Kirkland NE 85th

Luckily no rain – was absolutely happy to take the outside seat for quick on-the-road work while waiting for tire rotation. πŸ™‚

Tire rotationν•˜λŠ” λ™μ•ˆ 일을 ν•΄μ•Όλ˜λŠ” κ΄€κ³„λ‘œ wifiλ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄ μ°Ύμ•„κ°„ Starbucks – μ˜€λžœλ§Œμ— λ–¨λ¦¬λŠ” 마음으둜 in-storeν•  μš”λŸ‰μœΌλ‘œ κ°”λŠ”λ° λ‹€ν–‰νžˆ 비도 였질 μ•Šμ•„ λ°–μ—μ„œ 앉아 μΌν•˜λŠ” ν˜Έμ‚¬λ₯Ό λˆ„λ Έλ‹€. (λ¬Όλ‘  아직 살짝 μ„œλŠ˜μ€ ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ 뭐 μ΄μ •λ„λŠ” okay…)

λ‹Ήμ΅œ 이 λ°”μ΄λŸ¬μŠ€λŠ” μ–Έμ œ λλ‚ κΉŒ μ‹Άλ‹€….

2022.1

Sammamish River Trail: Bellevue to Woodinville

Roundtrip of 24 miles in about 3 hours from home to Woodinville πŸ™‚

Combination of easy & peaceful riding at the Sammamish River trail (Marymoor Park to Woodinville) & hell of biking up the endless hill on Bel-Red from Marymoor to Bellevue.. (Hard lesson learned – Next time I will try via 520 Trail to Redmond… πŸ™‚ )

However, had gone thru a major fall off from bike – maybe the last time I fell off from bike in similar degree might be the one I had in my 1st grade 😦 – trying to spin this fall off as a booster of fall off vaccination πŸ™‚

ν† μš”μΌ μ˜€ν›„ 날씨도 μ’‹κ³  혼자 보낼 μ‹œκ°„μ΄ μžˆμ–΄μ„œ μ™•λ³΅μ„Έμ‹œκ°„ μžμ „κ±° 타고 웃동넀 μš°λ“ λΉŒμ— κ°€μ„œ λ²„κ±°μ‹œμ‹ν•΄μ£Όκ³  μ˜€μ…¨λ‹€.. (당체 μ™œ μžμ „κ±°λ₯Ό 타면 버거가 μ™•λ•‘κΈ°λŠ”μ§€..γ…Ž) 즐겁게 λŒμ•„μ˜€λŠ”κΈΈμ— μžμ „κ±° κΈΈ κ°€λ‘œ 달리닀가 μ•žλ°”ν€΄κ°€ dirt κ΅¬κ°„μœΌλ‘œ λΉ μ‘ŒλŠ”λ° κ·Έλƒ₯ κΈ€λ‘œ μ­‰κ°€μ•Όν•˜λŠ”κ±Έ λ‹€μ‹œ μžμ „κ±°κΈΈλ‘œ μ˜¬λ¦¬λ €λ‹€κ°€ μ•„λ§ˆ μ–‘ 바퀴가 μžμ „κ±°κΈΈ 에지에 κ±Έλ¦°λ“―ν•΄μ„œ 유혈 곡쀑뢀양 철퍼덕 μ‹œμ „… (μ—­μ‹œ λ‚˜μ΄λ“€μ–΄ λ„˜μ–΄μ§€λ‹ˆ μͺ½νŒ”린거에 λΉ„ν•΄ μ•„ν”ˆκ±°λŠ” 아무것도 μ•„λ‹Œλ“―..γ…Žγ…Žγ…Ž)

μ•„λ§ˆ μžμ „κ±° 타닀가 λ‹€μΉœκ±Έλ‘œλŠ” 초1 이삿날 μ΄μ‚¬κ°€λŠ”κ²Œ μ•„μ‰¬μ›Œμ„œ μžμ „κ±° 이사짐 싸기전에 μ•„νŒŒνŠΈ 단지-μ΄μ œλŠ” μ—†μ–΄μ§„λ“―ν•œ μ„œμ΄ˆλ™ λ¬΄μ§€κ°œ μ•„νŒŒνŠΈ…γ…Žγ…Ž -λ₯Ό λ―ΈμΉœλ“―μ΄ 달리닀가 λ‚΄λ¦¬λ§‰κΈΈμ—μ„œ μžμ „κ±°μ™€ 같이 ꡬλ₯Έ μ΄ν›„λ‘œ κ°€μž₯ μ‹¬νžˆ λ‹€μΉœμ •λ„μΈλ“―.. 뭐 이땐 μ•„μ˜ˆ 얼꡴을 μ•„μŠ€νŒ”νŠΈμ— 긁고 μžμ „κ±°μ™€ ν•œλͺΈμ΄ λ˜μ–΄ 데꡴ κ΅΄λŸ¬μ„œ 온λͺΈμ΄ 피범벅이 λ˜μ–΄ μšΈλ©΄μ„œ 집에 κ°”μ—ˆμœΌλ‹ˆκΉŒ..γ…Žγ…Ž (사싀 초1λ•Œ 처음 μ œλŒ€λ‘œ μžμ „κ±°λ₯Ό μ‚¬μ„œ νƒ„κ΄€κ³„λ‘œ 그땐 μ°Έ 철퍼덕 λ§Žμ΄ν–ˆλ‹€..κ°€μž₯ 웃긴 철퍼덕은 동넀 μ² κ°€λ°© ν˜•λ‹˜μ΄ ν•Έλ“€ μ•ˆμž‘κ³  μžμ „κ±° νƒ€λŠ”κ±°μ— 감화받아 κ°‘μžκΈ° 손을 λ†“μ•„λ³ΌκΉŒ ν•˜κ³  흉내내닀 철퍼덕…)

μ•”νŠΌ 이 사건 ν•˜λ‚˜λΉΌκ³ λŠ” Sammamish River Trail은 ν‰ν™”λ‘œμš΄ μ£Όν–‰μ΄μ—ˆλŠ”λ° 집에 μ˜€κΈ°μœ„ν•΄ Bel-Red Roadλ₯Ό 였λ₯΄λ‹€ μ§€μ˜₯을 λ§›λ΄€λ‹€.. λμ—†λŠ” 경사에 μ‚¬λžŒμ΄ μ•ˆκ±Έμ–΄λ‹€λ‹ˆλŠ” κΈΈμ΄λ‹ˆ κ°€μ‹œ 덩쿨듀이 μ‚°μž¬ν•˜κ³  (ν•˜ν•„ λ‹€μΉœ 손등에 μ°”λ¦Ό..)… 뭐 κ·Έλž˜λ„ 철퍼덕 ν•œλ²ˆ ν–ˆμœΌλ‹ˆ κ·Ό 40λ…„ κ°€κΉŒμ§€ μœ μ§€λœ 철퍼덕 λ°±μ‹  효과 λΆ€μŠ€ν„° ν•˜λ‚˜ λ§žμ•˜λ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•˜λ ¨λ‹€..

2021.8

Bridle Trails State Park

A block or so area between Bellevue & Kirkland – Always passed by the other side of the road and maybe encountered several ‘ranches’ having horse barn and wondered where do they ride the horse. Now I know after trailing with extreme care of brown things left by horses.. :)..

벨뷰와 μ»€ν΄λžœλ“œ 사이에 μžˆλŠ” 두블락 즘 λ˜λŠ” 곡원 Trail – 주립곡원인쀄 λͺ°λžλ„€..γ…Žγ…Ž 항상 μž…κ΅¬ λ°˜λŒ€νŽΈμ˜ 벨뷰 μ‹œλ¦½ 골프μž₯ μͺ½ λͺ©μž₯ν˜• μ €νƒλ“€λ§Œ 보며 μ§€λ‚˜κ°€λ‹€κ°€ μž…κ΅¬μ— 와본건 처음… 뭐 μ™€μ„œλ³΄λ‹ˆ 사싀 승마 μ‹œμ„€μ΄ μ—„μ²­λ‚˜μ„œ μŠΉλ§ˆκ³΅μ›κΈ‰ μˆ˜μ€€.. Trail이 λ„“κ³  μžμ—°μ΄ 잘 λ³΄κ΄€λ˜μ–΄ μžˆμ–΄ μ’‹κΈ΄ν•œλ° Trail이 넓은건 말듀이 λ›°λ‹€λ‹ˆκΈ° μœ„ν•΄μ„œμ΄κ³ .. 곳곳에 말λ˜₯이 널렀 마λƒ₯ νŽΈν•˜κ²Œλ§Œμ€ λͺ»λ‹€λ‹˜…γ…Žγ…Ž

2021.5

Korean-Style Fried Chick’n from Shake Shack

μ–‘λ…μΉ˜ν‚¨λ§› μΉ˜ν‚¨λ²„κ±° from 쉑쉑… – λ°±κΉ€μΉ˜λ₯Ό slaw둜 λ„£μ—ˆλŠ”λ° 쒀더 넣어도 λ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ•˜μ„κΉŒ 싢은 λŠλ‚Œλ„ 듬.. 뭐 μΉ˜ν‚¨λ²„κ±° νŒ¨ν‹°λ₯Ό 살짝 νŠ€κΈ°κ³  ν•œκ΅­μ‹ 양념 μΉ˜ν‚¨ μ†ŒμŠ€λ₯Ό λ°œλΌμ„œ μ™„μ„±… λ‚˜μ˜μ§€λŠ” μ•Šμ€λ° μ‰‘μ‰‘μ—μ„œ κΈ°λŒ€ν•˜λŠ” 슀λͺ¨ν‚€ν•œ λ²„κ±°μ˜ 맛은 이 λ ˆμ„œν”Όλ‘œ λ§Œλ“€μˆ˜κ°€ μ—†μœΌλ‹ˆ μ•½κ°„ 그런 κΈ°λŒ€μ™€ 잘 λ§žμ§€ μ•Šμ§€λ§Œ λ‚˜μ˜μ§€ μ•Šλ‹€.. 버거 ν•˜λ‚˜ λšλ”± λ¨Ήκ³  λ‚˜λ‹ˆ 차라리 κ·Έλƒ₯ μ–‘λ…μΉ˜ν‚¨μ„ νŒ”μ•„λ³΄μ‹¬ μ–΄λ–¨κΉŒλž€ 생각도… πŸ™‚

Korean Fried Chicken burger from Shake Shack – burger includes (White) Kimchi slaw – this burger triggered my craving for KFC more..

2021.4