It was an exciting weekend here in Seattle and around the (virtual) globe. Between the Seahawks win at home against Dallas, chart-topping iPhone 5 orders and some of the best online live-streaming we've seen, these stories have us talking around the office today.
Our top three links for this Monday morning:
Topshop
Two million people from over 100 countries watched fashion retailer Topshop's Spring/Summer 2012 broadcast from London's Fashion Week. Not only could viewers watch the 10-15 minute fashion show, but they could click on clothes and accessories as the models walked the catwalk. Topshop estimates that "well over" 200 million people were exposed to images from the fashion show in the first three hours after it began. Now that is impressive.
Apple: iPhone 5 orders topped 2M in 24 hours
Have you ordered the iPhone 5 yet? Two million is more than double what the iPhone 4S raked in within the first 24 hours. The iPhone 5 is Apple's first major revision to the iPhone since its introduction in 2007. It will be available at Apple's 356 U.S. stores starting Friday. That is, if there are any left.
Seahawks show the world the team it can and wants to be
We Seattleites have a pep in our step this morning thinking about the Seahawks 27-7 win at home against Dallas. Steve Kelley of the Seattle Times said the Seahawks "practically pitched a perfect game..." Let's hope there's more where that came from!
And honorable mention to the current Seattle weather: thanks for making our Monday!
Monday, September 17, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Seen Around Town
Be on the lookout for these posters peppered around businesses and landmarks in the Kirkland and Redmond areas. The first Eastside Vitality health fair is this Saturday from 9 am to noon at the Kirkland clinic. Walk-in appointments are welcome!
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Like so many people probably did, I woke up this morning not thinking about this horrific event 11 years ago. But when I saw the national coverage, the memories came flooding back. I had just found out I was pregnant with Jacob 4 days earlier. Mike told me I should come look at the pictures on the television. I was horrified and actually didn't believe what I was seeing . Then the second plane hit and I felt this wave of nausea (and not from being pregnant), come over me. And what was most horrifying to me personally, was the plane hitting the Pentagon. After working in Washington, D.C. for 9 years, I never thought in my wildest dreams, anything like that could happen. Then the phone began to ring and never stopped. I was managing a public affairs firm in Seattle, APCO Worldwide, and we were located in Seattle's World Trade Center. I had employees literally crying and screaming into the phone that they were not going to come to work. I reassured them and we shut the offices down for the day. As it turned out, we left it closed for the week.
But so many things were happening so quickly that it was impossible to wrap my head around it. Air traffic was halted. Commerce stopped. Nothing was normal. Our worlds simply stopped functioning. And for me, that was the most unsettling thing of all. We wake up every morning expecting certain things will be the same. Our ability to move about freely. Our ability to get on an airplane or call someone or pick up the mail. Our everyday functioning. All of that stopped.
And so on this day, 11 years later, as we all move through our worlds, I will take the time to hug my family, tell my friends and colleagues how important they are to me. And most of all, thank God that I live in this country. Because we have the ability to bounce back from even the most horrific of events like this. And I remain so very proud to be an American and to live in this greatest country on earth. And I will never take our liberties here for granted. And I will never forget.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Eastside Vitality Health Month Launches in Kirkland This Weekend
A community health fair is taking place this upcoming Saturday, September 15th, at the Overlake Medical Clinic in Kirkland. This is the launch of Overlake Medical Center's Eastside Vitality Health Month; the first of three Eastside locations hosting the event. Guests can participate in FREE cholesterol, blood pressure, cardiac and diabetes screenings, and much more! Appointments are filling up quickly, but walk-in guests are always welcome during the event hours from 9 am until noon.
The second community health fair will be on September 22nd at Overlake Medical Clinics Redmond location. The final event will take place at Overlake's main campus in Bellevue on September 29th. All events are from 9 am until noon.
Visit www.OverlakeHospital.org/EastsideVitality for a full list of screenings and more information.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Beloved KOMO TV anchor Kathi Goertzen dies
So well put by my wonderful Mom, Patti Payne, on Kathi's passing. I was so lucky to know Kathi and be touched - like so many others - by her grace and charm and amazing warmth. Whether she was calling me about her daughter wanting to be on American Idol or telling me she still wanted to go on a medical mission for Medical Teams Int'l even though she was not on the news desk anymore. She even wrote me back a few weeks ago saying that she would love to visit even though she wasn't eating or walking or talking very well. I didn't know what to do or say when I learned of her passing this afternoon from my Mom, because I was so sure she would pull through this. But my way of keeping her with me is to rememer that infectious smile and her incredibly positive attitude about EVERYTHING and her fierce love of family and friends. It reminds me to spend as much time as possible with my family and my dear friends and to remind them how much I love them. Going to get my son now and spend a good evening at home with him and with my husband and family. Cliche as it is, each day is so very precious. You will be missed by so many, Kathi. And yes, as you asked, we will always remember you for who you are and were.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Seattle's Museum of Flight Welcomes Final Portion of Space Shuttle Trainer on What Could Be Super Guppy's Final Trip to Region
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| Photo courtesty of Joshua Trujillo of the Seattle PI. More photos can be seen here |
Following a low fly-over that buzzed the heads of
hundreds of spectators, NASA’s Super Guppy landed at Boeing Field at 10 a.m.
with the forward portion of the payload bay on board. It taxied past The Museum
of Flight to Boeing’s Military Flight Center, where the payload bay was moved
from the Super Guppy onto an Air Force “Tunner 60K” loader and slowly transported
across East Marginal Way to the Museum’s Charles Simonyi Space Gallery. This
could be the Super Guppy’s final flight to the region as many experts believe
the plane will be retired within the next several years.
“The third and final Super Guppy delivery marks the
end of a complex and hectic process that would not have been possible without
the tremendous support from NASA, our members and the people of this great
region,” said Museum of Flight President and CEO Doug King. “As one chapter
comes to end, another begins, which will see the completion of the Space
Shuttle Trainer exhibit and the grand re-opening of the Charles Simonyi Space
Gallery.”
There has been a lot of great coverage on the third portion of the Space Shuttle Trainer delivery aboard the Super Guppy to the Museum of Flight. Here are a few of the stories posted today:
Last big space shuttle trainer section arrives in Seattle on the Seattle PI
Super Guppy makes final delivery to Seattle Today on KING5.com
3rd and final Shuttle delivery to Seattle museum on The Seattle Times
The Super Guppy arrives at the Museum of Flight today--we're on board!
Oliver aboard the Super Guppy, which made its third and final delivery to the Museum of Flight this morning
On the runway as the Shuttle Trainer is unloaded from the Super Guppy
More photos and news to come!
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