American Propaganda

“It was shocking, really, shocking,” she says to me. This is my delightful 19 year old niece who’s been visiting from Austria for the past month. The source of her surprise? The civility at Bumbershoot, a famous Seattle music festival. What on earth could be so shocking about a music festival? “Well, for starters, everyone …


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Pennies From Heaven

Here’s a little video in which I do not entirely mangle this delightful 1936 tune. This is the fourth take. I’m posting it with mistakes, crazy bed head hair, and the dropped last couple of seconds because who do I think I am, Madonna? I have no stylist, video production crew, sound engineer, or, oh, …


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Blog Day Link Love

You know what I can’t get enough of on the Internet? You. That’s what. You’re awesome. And because of that, I’m going to go ahead and cave to the peer pressure of thousands. Here are my five Blog Day picks: Uke Hunt: Just because you shouldn’t say this blog’s name out loud doesn’t mean you …


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2 Cameras, 15 Hours, 300 Photographs

It’s dawn and we’re heading north. To the east, a pink orange light is just peeking over the mountains. To the west, the fat full moon still hangs low in the sky. The slough is covered with a low mist that hangs at what appears to be, as we fly by on the freeway, about …


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BBQ x 2

Wow, do I have a lot to say about the photo junket to Vancouver, but for now, here are two of my absolute favorites from Chinatown. [tags]Vancouver, chinatown, Chinese BBQ[/tags]

West Seattle Saturday

  Orca Homage, Lincoln Park Pond Reflection, Camp Long Shoofly Pie, Alaska Junction