On Target
The inside is nearly finished, and employees have arrived. It looks as if the Target on 2nd & Pike is just about ready.
View ArticleComing Soon: Pike Grocery
Woo-hoo. My street, Pike Street, is about to get a brand-spanking new grocery store. Soon to be located at the corner of Pike & Boren, the Pike Grocery looks to be just a couple of weeks away from...
View ArticleThe High Price of Authenticity
A couple of years ago, I was in an Olympia grocery co-op, when I heard a commotion behind me. “Oh my goodness, you’re so BEAUTIFUL!” I looked around, and I saw a middle-aged white woman motioning to...
View ArticleR.I.P. Downtown Seattle Ride-Free Zone
Today is the end of an era. The 40 year-old Downtown Seattle Ride-Free Zone is no moe. I can hear it now: “Yay! It’s about time those free-loadin’ nigras, homeless people, and all around losers start...
View ArticlePicture: A Sailboat
“You’ll get sick of it!”, they tell me, “I promise, you’ll get sick of it quick!” I’m in my sixth month of daily ferry commuting, and honestly, I don’t know that I’d have it any other way. Were my...
View ArticleHilloween 2012
Yesterday, “Hilloween” (Capitol Hill Halloween) was once again celebrated in Cal Anderson Park. Kids aged 1-51 got freebies from local businesses, played games, and were treated to concerts from a...
View ArticleThe Pike Grocery Grand Opening (and a Pissed-Off Rant About Nothing in...
Yesterday was an exciting day for yours truly. It’s a day I had been eagerly awaiting for months. Yesterday, Pike Grocery finally opened its doors, and as soon as my ferry docked, I beat a hasty path...
View ArticleNew Year’s Eve 2013
You know, sometimes I envy suburban tourists. I truly do. After all, they don’t have to wait 10 minutes each way for an elevator when they leave their homes; don’t have to smell what 15 people are...
View ArticleThe Loneliest Number
For many years, I made a living as a bicycle messenger. It was a tough job, but in those days, the days before email became ubiquitous, it was one of the few jobs which afforded young proletariat...
View ArticleThe Westlake Park Playground
Work on the Westlake Park Playground has begun. Soon, bums will have something new to urinate on, and you too will be able to buy crack from the bottom of a sliding board. Update: Photos taken on March...
View ArticleAnd Stay Out!
You rallied. You begged. Washington basketball fans have been shitting David Stern’s semen for the last 4 years, and when it came time to man up, extend a middle finger, and send that asshole packing,...
View ArticleMay Day 2013
Last Monday, I was speaking with someone about the upcoming May Day festivities. “Seattle doesn’t have riots”, I told him, “we have hissy fits.” Shortly before the protests started, I explained to...
View ArticleGod of the Hillpeople
It’s getting too expensive to look poor. Upper-middle-class America’s fetishizing of working class culture has resulted in steep price increases for “vintage” (read “used”) stuff. I’ve actually seen...
View ArticleA Woman’s Prerogative
Women are indecisive creatures. Fickle beasts, unable to make up their minds. Emotional, untrustworthy people, unwilling and unable to take responsibility for anything. These were (some of) the...
View ArticleI Hate You
“Gimme, gimme, me, me, it’s mine all mine!” If the State of Washington had a moto, that’s what it would be. I don’t think that any sane person would disagree that Seattleites set an unparalleled...
View ArticleThe Sub Pop Silver Jubilee
“Had Sub Pop never darkened Seattle’s doorstep, how much would a 3-bedroom house on Queen Anne cost right now?” This was the query I posed to a friend of mine yesterday. “Twenty, maybe thirty percent...
View ArticleThey Do
Last year, I posted a Glee Flash Mob video in which the action was stopped while one dancer proposed to another dancer. Now, I’ve always viewed such public proposals as the antics of attention-cravers,...
View ArticleWelcome to the Real World, Dominic Holden
Oh, King County Cops and Seattle Police Department, ya done fucked up now. For years, you’ve been harassing average citizens for the non-crime of taking photographs, but this time, you’ve gone too far....
View ArticleOn Target
The inside is nearly finished, and employees have arrived. It looks as if the Target on 2nd & Pike is just about ready. Seattle City Target Seattle City Target Seattle City Target Seattle City...
View ArticleComing Soon: Pike Grocery
Woo-hoo. My street, Pike Street, is about to get a brand-spanking new grocery store. Soon to be located at the corner of Pike & Boren, the Pike Grocery looks to be just a couple of weeks away from...
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