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Our flash mob is mobbier than your flash mob

Posted Monday, August 31, 2009 3:43 PM by HeatherLeigh
Sometimes I am reminded why I love Seattle (sorry to steal your line Mike P., but I am right there with you!). Specifically, our flash mobs don't look like professional dancers...none of them do. And also, in a very crowded Pike Place Market, people will Read More...
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My love is fleeting.

Posted Friday, December 19, 2008 2:39 PM by HeatherLeigh
So the "hunkering down" is really starting to get to me. To the point that calling one of my ex-boyfriends sounds like a good idea. No booze required. Working from home is one thing. Not having a conversation of any length about anything than work for Read More...
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Surviving the cold, the Seattle residents edition

Posted Friday, December 19, 2008 8:58 AM by HeatherLeigh
I remember the cold winters in Chicago. And I also remember that they are why I had to move. Because, I mean, who voluntarily leaves Chicago? Really. If you know me even relatively well, you have heard me say this: I don't like to be cold. I usually explain Read More...
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Whilst I listen to Snow Patrol, my street remains unplowed.

Posted Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:30 PM by HeatherLeigh
People here have lost their damned minds. I actually heard the newscaster call people "idiots" and if he was cool like me, he would have had much better names for those people and better hair too. People complained because snow was predicted a few days Read More...
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The appliest place on earth

Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 4:15 PM by HeatherLeigh
I never used to get the "apple" thing here. What's the big deal; they're just apples. And you have to cut them up to eat them or they just drip down your hands and make you all sticky and messy. I remember how weird I used to think a girl in my sorority Read More...
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My comfort zone definitely does not include mayonnaise

Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 11:59 AM by HeatherLeigh
But it's good to get out of your comfort zone now and then. My friend Dave is one of the founders of J&D's Bacon Salt (which would have made it onto my good stuff list if I weren't talking about them here now), financed by America's Funniest Home Read More...
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You can take the girl out of Chicago (and Los Angeles)

Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 3:41 PM by HeatherLeigh
I have to admit that I am still perplexed by the weather here. Either my memory bank resets once a year or I'm just not a quick learner. I definitely know I am not fashion challenged (OK, well maybe once in a great while when I get too experimental). Read More...
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Whoah...Seattle Storm!

Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:09 PM by HeatherLeigh
Just saw on the news that Lisa Brummel (our VP of HR and my boss's boss's boss) is one of the new owners of the Seattle Storm. Cool! News here , here , here, here, here. Read More...
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24 Hours in Seattle

Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:33 AM by HeatherLeigh
Microsoft employee spends 24 hour hours seeing the sights in Seattle with 2 guys in spandex. Video: 24 Hours in Seattle (In case you were wondering about the "video stuff" I was working on this summer.) Read More...
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Another Restaurant I Love

Posted Monday, November 12, 2007 11:00 AM by HeatherLeigh
I have been trying to test out more restaurants and the fact that my friend Denise just rejoined Microsoft and flies in from San Diego regularly has given me a perfectly enjoyable excuse to do that. We try to go out to someplace nice each time she is Read More...
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A Lot Like You (and Me), Northwesterner

Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:10 PM by HeatherLeigh
These ads are fantastic . As someone living here, they definitely ring true. It's hard not to identify with at least one of them. I won't tell you which one that I identify with but if you've been paying attention, you may already know. I may have to Read More...
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Microsoft and Seattle

Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:05 PM by HeatherLeigh
According to press reports today , Microsoft is expanding into office space in Seattle. In the past, Seattle city office space was limited to the space previously inhabited by companies we acquired (like Visio). Appears that there's room for several hundred Read More...
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Seattle's Most Fashionable Man is, Unexpectedly, a Microsoft Employee

Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 4:16 PM by HeatherLeigh
Jasmine Park, a Program Manager at Microsoft, has a cool fashion blog . She's also friends with Seattle's most fashionable man ...or maybe that should be Most Fashionable Man, Gopi. I have to concur; Gopi is one stylish man. And to those of us accustomed Read More...
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We like to do things differently here in the Seattle area

Posted Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:47 PM by HeatherLeigh
Goats for rent. Read More...
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Fun team events in the Redmond/Seattle area?

Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007 9:47 AM by HeatherLeigh
This is a question for any locals that read my blog. I know a lot of teams do fun/morale events locally but there's really no repository where someone can go to find out about them. I've come across a couple things (there's a ropes course at Red Hook....who Read More...
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