Seattle goings on
The Space Needle, a shining vision of The Future as seen from 1962 is an icon of our city, our skyline. It’s been in Gray’s Anatomy, Frasier, and The Simpsons. We’ve watched the fireworks off the Needle on many a New Year’s Eve – one year I remember it was so foggy that the pyrotechnics …
I am not a sports fan. I voted whole heartedly against building what is admittedly a gorgeous ball park because I thought our civic funds should be spent elsewhere. I almost never watch sports on television – save for the random few hours spent gobstruck by the Olympics. I will not go out of my …
About 11am. J, from the kitchen: There’s a guy walking past the houe with a giant fish! Me: WHAT?! J: Look outside. He’s walking past the house with a huge salmon. Me, getting up from my desk, going to the front window. J: See, he just set the fish down on the grass next door. …
Jason Solarek, the design guy behind Air Wear sent me a box o’ swag with my airport code on it – that’s SEA in case you’re wondering. I’ll tell you what I told him – those snappy airport logos make my eyeballs happy. I’m using the notebook for a project I’m starting today – and …
Occidental Park should be grand – it’s a lovely brick plaza with big leafy trees and totem poles, but more often than not it’s a gathering place for forgotten people. The plaza is often littered with wet trash and, let’s face, it can be kind of smelly. Every now and then, it gets a nice …