“Please, Lord, let the other soups rock as hard as ours always does.”
Seattle
Seattle goings on
Places in Review, 2007
January: Talked fish in Vancouver. February: Suffered from wanderlust and pined for Saigon. March: Went to Mount Hood to write a story. April: Swooned for West Seattle. May: Roamed the Pacific Northwest. June: Photographed White Center. July: Met new friends in Chicago. August: Photographed Vancouver for a guidebook. September: Wandered in the fog near Snohomish. …
Christmas Lights, East Side
Technique notes: When your non-American companion says, “Oh.My.God.” pull over and dig around behind your seat for the camera. Don’t bother checking the camera settings. Instead, just shoot the photo. When the shutter refuses to close, say,”Oh, that’s not going to work!” and then wave the camera around for a little bit until the shutter …
Cognitive Dissonance
Last week vs. this week.
Aloha Oe: Seattle, Again
Five islands, three ferry trips, a handful of inter-island flights and two trans-Pacific flights later, we are back to a shockingly cold and dark Seattle. On three separate occasions, I did not buy an 800 dollar ukulele. I also did not buy a number of bone fishhooks, a shell lei, a timeshare, or a dozen …
Vashon Island
Once or twice a year, C and her sweetheart H open their cozy Vashon Island home to the four stringed ukerati. They grill up some good grub, people bring treats to share, and we sit around the living room (or back deck, if it’s summer) strumming and singing and having a good time visiting with …