It’s fashionable to whine about how the place that once was super cool and undiscovered is now discovered and you are wrecking it for everyone, already, by walking all over it. I’ve noticed – since our return from Southeast Asia- a weekly diatribe against the horrors of tourism. Typically it’s written by some holier than …
Once upon a time Puget Sound had a lot more passenger rail. Trains ran hourly from downtown Seattle to downtown Tacoma. The Interurban line ran along what’s sort of the I-5 corridor these days. There was a street car that went up and down Queen Anne and another one that served West Seattle. Rail travel …
Last spring This spring In a freaky turn of events, it’s positively dumping snow on us. This is really not how spring is supposed to be in Seattle. A little wet, sure, but this? This is ridiculous. [tags]snow, Seattle[/tags]
Before we went to Southeast Asia, I received one of those PR emails I get: “Here’s a bunch of great travel stuff! Tell your readers about this stuff! It’s great stuff for traveling!” And I did what I often do, which is respond as follows: “Hey, that looks like some good stuff. I could test …
“You are here for 80 minutes or so of ukulele music, right? Because usually, people can’t take that much and about 15 or 20 minutes in, they start walking out…” That’s Lil’ Rev, making good natured fun with the tiny audience of 20 or so ukulele enthusiasts who’d showed up to hear him play. Lil …
Earlier this week I was up in the old ‘hood. I went by the corner that once housed my favorite coffee shop, Four Angels. It’s a testimony to how long you’ve lived in Seattle if you remember it – it’s been gone for a long time. Instead of the low rise turn of the century …