Posted in Beer, Food, Music, Seattle on July 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A friend asked me for bar recommendations for some out-of-towners.
I have a very particular pub/bar aesthetic. Things I don’t like are corporate outfits or suffocatingly trendy places. I go more for the quirky places with interesting decorations. For instance, some of the places below have elk heads, crew boats, and clowns on the wall. That [...]
Posted in Food, News, Random, Seattle, Transportation, Washington on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Things were so much better in the olden days. I say this having never lived in the olden days, but noticing the folly of planning a time-sensitive harvest festival in advance. Take this strawberry festival in Bellevue:
These are tough times for lovers of local strawberries.
The unseasonably cool temperatures have delayed the annual harvest and is [...]
Posted in Architecture, Photography, Random, Seattle on June 28, 2008 | No Comments »
This building built in 1971 would seem to have a very out-of-date style. Who knows though, it may come back into fashion. It’s surprisingly good office space. Those diamond shaped windows make for some very good light.
Posted in Animals, Art, Environment, Photography, Seattle on June 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World is an exhibition at the Burke Museum in Seattle of Steven Kazlowski’s amazing photography.
The polar bear — a charismatic icon in the struggle against climate change — faces a precarious future along with other ice dependent species as its Arctic habitat rapidly continues to [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Gay, Humor, Pop Culture, Random, Seattle on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A friend knowing that I play pub trivia not once but two times a week asked me if I wanted to go to Purr to play trivia. Purr is a very trendy gay/lesbian bar with very good music. For those interested, Purr’s quiz takes place on Sundays at 8:00. There is no charge to play.
Purr [...]
Posted in America, Environment, HowTo, Humor, Money, Politics, Random, Seattle, Transportation, Travel on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Oh the joys of Amtrak in America. Amtrak is the company which manages U.S. rail travel. It’s completely underfunded and never gets any of the lobby money that air travel companies get. Trips on Amtrak are often costlier and are exponentially longer than car trips. Take for instance a drive from Seattle to Portland which [...]
Posted in Film, Humor, Literature, Media, Seattle, Sports on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
I greatly enjoyed reading this article that highlights Sherman Alexie’s testimony for the Seattle vs. The Sonics trial going on right now at a courthouse in Seattle. I’ll try to best sum up the situation before quoting Alexie. Alexie is a Native American writer perhaps most famous for his novel Smoke Signals which was turned [...]
Posted in Film, Race, Random, SIFF, Seattle on June 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Why on earth does Seattle International Film Festival need to survey what race I am? Argghhhh!
Posted in Entertainment, Film, France, Indie Film, Music, SIFF, Seattle, Video on June 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Captain Ahab, a prequel to Moby Dick, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004, but somehow it hasn’t yet been distributed in the U.S. It’s truly a beautiful film full of atmosphere. The film is in French as you’ll see in the following clip and contains numerous images framed as a portrait.
The music is [...]
Posted in Advertising, Coffee, Food, Pop Culture, Random, Seattle, Starbucks on May 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It seems that Starbucks in suing the Rat City Roller Girls because their logo looks too much like Starbucks’. Well I love the Rat City Roller Girls’ logo and here are some of my other favorite Seattle logos.
1. Essential Baking Company
2. Pagliacci Pizza
3. The Seattle Storm
4. Caffe Ladro
5. Uptown Espresso
Update:
6. Fuel Coffee
Posted in Entertainment, Film, Indie Film, Random, SIFF, Seattle, Thailand on May 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang is perhaps Thailand’s most internationally known director. His last film Last Life in the Universe was an indie hit here in America. What strikes me most about this director is what a great visual story teller he is. His characters have sparse dialog. The audience is mesmerized by the pace, photography, music and [...]
Posted in Environment, News, Politics, Random, Seattle on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
So the mayor of Seattle, Greg Nickels, wants people to stop buying bottled water.
“Americans used 60 billion pint bottles of water last year,” said Nickels. “That required 1 million tons of plastic and generated 2.5 million tons of greenhouse gases.”
“What flows from our taps is some of the finest-tasting, purest-source water in the world,” he [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Film, Indie Film, Random, SIFF, Seattle, Video on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »
A movie in English that is dubbed into Hungarian with English subtitles. I just saw at SIFF Opium: Diary of a Madowman. Unfortunately the dubbing was so distracting I was unable to enjoy what might have been a good film. The film stars Ulrich Thomsen and artist Kirsti Stubo and Stubo is fantastic.
Here’s a trailer [...]
Posted in Architecture, History, Photography, Random, Seattle, Washington on May 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The Arctic Building is associated with one of the lesser-known facets of the Klondike gold rush–the formation of social institutions for the men who returned from the Yukon gold rush after “striking it [...]
Posted in Advertising, Asian Americans, Beer, Drunk Driving, Random, Seattle, Transportation on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Last Call is a Seattle organization whose mission is to reduce alcohol-related driving accidents by encouraging ride sharing and cab rides. I saw this ad on a bus today and thought it was interesting. First of all because James Dean was in a car accident, and second because James Dean appears to be played by [...]
Posted in Environment, Humor, Photography, Random, Seattle on May 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yes, that’s a highway in between this sign and the waterfront.
Posted in Entertainment, Film, Humor, Music, Random, Seattle, Video on May 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Then you should watch this clip from the 1927 silent film Sunrise. The crazy dancing is at the 4:20 mark.
I’ve seen Sunrise a few times and it’s truly a beautiful film. What a dream to have public transportation in the rural country that takes you straight to the bustling city. The Album Leaf will be [...]
Posted in Architecture, Photography, Random, Seattle, Uncategorized on May 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Interesting mix of architectural styles at the Pioneer Building in Seattle.
Posted in Barack Obama, Coffee, Photography, Random, Seattle on May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Liberal attitude where the bike messengers get their coffee, Monorail Espresso is my favorite coffee in Seattle. I’m quite partial to the maple syrup latte with real maple syrup.
Posted in News, Politics, Seattle, Terrorism, Washington on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
It turns out this man is not a terrorist. He’s just mad about suspicious people taking his photograph.
They were software consultants in town for a weeklong business conference — not terrorists planning an attack to cripple the country’s largest ferry system.
Last summer, the FBI launched an international search for two men after crew members and [...]
Posted in Humor, News, Seattle, Sports, Video, baseball on May 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Even if you have no interest in baseball or the Seattle Mariners, you should watch this video.
One of the most annoying things about brawls in baseball is all the macho posturing. You’ll see none of that from Richie here. His interest is not in intimidating his adversary. It’s in bringing him down. It’s shear animal [...]
Posted in Coffee, Environment, Food, Humor, Seattle, Technology, Washington on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is why I have a coffee category.
If you prefer your coffee fresh-brewed when hiking, Spokane-based GSI offers a number of coffee solutions. If you want a steaming mug of Starbucks Yukon blend during your hike, toss your favorite lightweight stove into your pack, then add a GSI Lexan Javapress — a French-press style coffee [...]
Posted in Bush, Business, Economy, Money, Politics, Seattle on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
My husband and I are looking to buy a new house. On March 6, 2008 we we’re pleasantly surprised that the cap for regular mortgages would be lifted from 417k to 567k — which is definitely an advantage when you live in Seattle where the average home sells for over 400 grand. Even the headline [...]
Posted in Humor, News, Random, Seattle, Transportation on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is one of the sweetest stories I’ve ever heard, and so true to Seattle. A man falls in love with a woman he met on the bus, then he proposes to her — on the bus!
Apparently he had arranged with Metro that he would walk up to the front and take over the microphone [...]
Posted in Environment, Humor, News, Random, Seattle on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s an interesting story about a guy who built a treehouse in Seattle on public property. The pictures are worth a look.
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