Why?
For a “liberal” city, we sure have a lot of BMWs, Lexuses, and other vehicles the price of which could end homelessness in this city. Like climate change, someone else is always supposed to make the...
View ArticleFirst Glimpses of the First Hill Streetcar
I’m not sure when opening day will be, but the trains themselves are rolling. Kind of exciting if I must say so.
View ArticleSpecific Dolphin
General Porpoise Donuts Extended adolescence. It’s all the rage these days. And instead of shaking my fist at the infantile suburban tourists who pass through Seattle on their post-collegiate...
View ArticleSo, How’d The Test Go?
Never mind, the wet sign lying in a puddle of dirty water tells us all we need to know about the results of this test. Not that we needed a test to tell us anything. Seattle is a town where dogs go to...
View ArticleAnswering a Seattle Police Officer’s Question
“Why don’t you use the crosswalk!”, bellowed the Seattle Police Officer moonlighting as security for the Paramount Theater. My companion and I looked at each other with incredulity, before both...
View ArticleOnly in Seattle …….. aaaand Maybe West Virginia
Rare are the times one glances out the window of a city bus and spots a goat on the hood of a Ford Minivan. Unless that bus happens to be meandering through the backroads of West by-God Virginia, or,...
View ArticleWelcome to Seattle. Now Go Home.
Mixed feelings. On one hand, I don’t like to see people’s property vandalized. I’m an empathetic human-being and I don’t enjoy seeing harm, or even disappointment, inflicted upon other people. It...
View ArticleReality Check
When one has lived a charmed life, it can be difficult to imagine what it must be like to be tormented by mental illness. Add to this the fact that many mentally ill people are simply dumped onto the...
View ArticleThe Wildlife of South Lake Union
Having lived in the city for most of my life, I haven’t had the opportunity to shoot much wildlife. Sure, I’ve gotten the odd shot of an orca in Elliott Bay, not to mention several photos of the Wild...
View ArticleThe Amazon Treasure Truck in Westlake Park
I spotted Amazon’s latest idea, the Amazon “Treasure Truck”, in Westlake Park this weekend. Apparently, the idea is that they have a particular product on-sale on a given day, and if you can find the...
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