Sound and fury

Last night on my new favorite PBS show, About Us, we watched 30 Frames a Second, a documentary about the WTO riots in Seattle. There wasn’t really much of a takeaway from that for me because, after all, I was here for it. Watching this film did bring it all back, it totally encapsulated the …


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Folklife 2005

We spent quite some time before the show joking about how the ukulele is the perfect instrument for those with neither shame nor talent. If you were there, here’s hoping we delivered on the promise of our humble four stringed friend. Pictures are here. We had a good time. If you want to join us …


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Grilled Perspective

I don’t know any soldiers, though I did have a roommate in college who was in the National Guard. We lost touch long ago, we had very little in common save our 1960s apartment, but I remember him fondly because in spite of our vast differences, he was a kind and considerate roommate. I remember …


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Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Do not, under any circumstances, go to Agua Verde on the first sunny night of the season. You will be last to be seated, you won’t get the agua fresca you want or maybe you will, you’ll be lectured for standing on the pier where the kayaks are. You will wonder if all of a …


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Water songs

Friday night, Quoc Te: Karaoke singer through the fish tank Sunday morning, Alki beach: kid with guitar and coffee. I like to think they’re both singing “Beyond the Sea.”

Jackson Street Crawl V

The cool thing about the Jackson Street Crawl is that no matter the quality of the food, the company is always excellent. This little byproduct of having fine friends that also like to eat was important this Friday at New Kowloon where the food was, well, unexceptional but the company? First rate. We opted for …


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