Saving log - $0 tip box + $40 DRP1 + $100 DRP2
Spending log - $17 brunch (for 2)
We finished a brunch card, so we got a free entree this morning. Top of the month we paid the rent, and I figured out how much to put into DRPs. Funny how when I send a bit of money to the transfer agents I get bummed if their stock prices go up.
Seattle is wearing its November soggy togs, but the leaves are much better this year than usual. Hard to find small change through the leaves. 
But along my walk, I've been noticing the signs of the times. Exhibit 1: a bit of paranoia. He's had this sign for years, but the sign itself is a fresh version.
There's that word "layaway" again, this time out in front of a hip Seattle boutique.
Not a funny or a repent sign in front of this church, more of a "we've all lost money together" vibe.
This condo was for sale for the longest time with no bites. Now its time for a different tack.
A different sign had "only 3 left". There were 6 "townhomes" (why can't anyone say house anymore?). A 50% closing rate is decent, but belies the urgency of the "only". It always pays to do the math.
The lack of a sign is the sign here, yet the sign post remains. A bit of schaudenfruede here - the sign had a price of the princely sum of "$750,000". If I'm asking for 3/4 of mil, the least I could get is a perfect picture window (note the plastic). Back to the picture. No sign, so did the house get sold? Unlikely - why keep the sign post? Rented out - perhaps, because there were fresh items in the window. Owners give up for the selling season? Probably. See ya next spring.
Our final exhibit. It made me laugh. I'm fairly sure, based on the placement and expression of the various characters, the bar is advertising to Democrats. Alcohol is the universal solvent - equally useful in both celebration and condolence. Can get them coming and going, as grandpa used to say.
signs of the times (long)
November 2nd, 2008 at 03:52 am
November 2nd, 2008 at 09:20 pm 1225660817
Oh, found four pennies on the streets of Boston Halloween night. Yes, picked them up!
November 3rd, 2008 at 07:28 pm 1225740534
I'll be watching the election returns from a hipster cafe.
November 3rd, 2008 at 08:10 pm 1225743054