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[kyra_ojosverdes]

Stupid nonstarting car...

-- Katrina, trying to very quickly find clean slacks because a two-mile jaunt to work through a couple inches of fresh snow doesn't work so well in a dress and flats.

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[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Eek!

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

It's been harder and harder to start on cool mornings... not even cold mornings mind you (20°F isn't cold, -10°F is cold), just cool mornings. And, of course, this would be my "not a dime to spare, hold my breath until the first" pay period.

But I have Valentine's socks in my work mailbox this morning, and an Animaniacs valentine, so that's all okay. :-D

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Uh oh.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

Two miles in 25 minutes!

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Some people can't run that fast. Well done!

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

I know one of those people! *grin*

I wasn't walking especially fast, as the path was a bit slippery with the new snow (and a little ice under the snow).

[sir-cat.livejournal.com]

Damn. I do 1 mile in 20 minutes. Although I've never let out my (36" inseam) long stride for that long, either.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

I walk quickly (for my height and such).

I can walk a mile faster than I can run one. (Running is reserved for things like "being chased by animals larger or better armed than I" and "child in danger.") I can walk at a decent rate for a long time. Running I'm not so good at.

[sir-cat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't have the stamina, or the knees, for running much myself.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

I walked down Front Street this morning and took another glance at the historical signs at the "female boarding houses."

From the Missoula Downtown Association's historical walking tour (http://www.missouladowntown.com/guide/historical.phtml):
Gleim II Building ................ 255 & 257 W. Front
The Gleim II was a brothel owned and operated by Mary Gleim, whose splashy career included conviction for attempted murder of a rival and a prison term in Deer Lodge. Built around 1893, after two major fires swept the downtown, this red brick, sage-green building was restored by David Paoli in 1995 and captured the Historic Preservation Award for that effort. This building was one of eight owned by Gleim during the peak years of Missoula's "Red Light District." "Mother Gleim" retained title to this two-story vernacular commercial style brick building until her death in 1914.

Gleim Building ............................. 265 W. Front
This classically-styled brick building served as the headquarters for Mary Gleim's bordello businesses along Front Street from the early 1890s to approximately 1914. Original arches were uncovered by James Hoffmann in a1980s renovation. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, this building is an excellent example of Romanesque Revival architecture with its arched windows, brick pilasters, checkerboard banding and granite sills. Through its lifetime, businesses located here included the Pullman Pool Hall (1929), Carroll Nash Cigars (1932), and the Hawthorne Club, a 1940s jazz club.

[annieover.livejournal.com]

It's nice to see that Missoula is dedicated to preserving that part of its history.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

I wish the website had pictures. From the descriptions those are pretty buildings.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll spend some Saturday with a printout of the walking tour and my digital camera. They are beautiful buildings.

[sir-cat.livejournal.com]

I did a tour of downtown Helena with my cousin back in '98 I think it was. Don't recall much of it anymore, but I find that kind of stuff interesting.