Feb 27, 2013

Work on the Westlake Park Playground has begun. Soon, bums will have something new to urinate on, and you too will be able to buy crack from the bottom of a sliding board. Update: Photos taken on March 1, 2013:

Jan 5, 2013

How cold was it this past week? Cold enough to play basketball on Cal Anderson Park’s water whateveritis thing. For reasons unknown, the basketball was abandoned by its owner, as was an orange (middle-left of last photo). I can just see the 39 year-old kidult throwing it in there while screaming “I took Vitamin C before my dodgeball game last...

Sep 28, 2012

Jul 7, 2012

Live from Cal Anderson. – Posted remotely from my Android Tablet

Jun 18, 2012

“Well, you didn’t get it from me!” “Does this hat make me look gay?” “No, I don’t even like girls!” “All of my shorts are in the wash.” “The molecular weight of Tungsten is 183.84, duh!” So many titles, so little space in the...

Jun 6, 2012

These photos were taken this morning in Westlake Park, where a series of new statues have been installed. I rather like them.

Jun 2, 2012

A wife? Ewwww. Kids? No way. A minivan? Not if their lives depended on it. Clothes that fit? Not ’til mom comes by to do laundry. Hula-hooping in Cal Anderson Park? Now that’s something a 35 year-old Seattleite can get up before noon...

May 1, 2012

Live from Downtown Seattle: May Day events getting prepped. More photos from May Day in Downtown Seattle: http://www.seattlerex.com/live-photos-may-day/

Apr 23, 2012

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again … hot, sunny days aren’t my thing. If I travelled everywhere in an air-conditioned car, my opinion might be different, but I’m a big guy, Seattle is hilly, and I get around mostly on foot. This being the case, sunshine equals three things, and only three things to yours truly: sunburn,...

Apr 13, 2012

This is the sculpture in Magnuson Park that gave a famous band its name. That’s right, inspired by this work of art, a group of talented young men formed a band called N’ Sync, and the rest is...

Apr 7, 2012

Living near Freeway Park means frequently mingling with convention-goers from the adjacent Washington State Convention Center. One of the most interesting of these convention groups is the Sakura-Con crowd which, just after we bid farewell to the rainy season, descends upon our fair city each April. Continue reading this article and view more photos from...

Apr 7, 2012

At 10:00am this morning, the Seattle Department of Parks & Recreation sponsored “The Greatest Easter Egg Hunt Ever” at Cal Anderson Park, and I was in attendance. I watched as my sprogs jumped in a moon bounce, got their faces painted, and of course … hunted for Easter eggs. Now, when 200 kids are involved, an “Easter egg...

Mar 30, 2012

I recently endured the passing of someone close to me, and since that time, I’ve been generally unhappy. For the past couple of days, I didn’t even leave the house. This morning, however, I decided to get out and about to see if I could perhaps break out of my seemingly-intractable funk. I walked over to Pike Place Market, grabbed a bag of donuts,...

Dec 11, 2011

Of delicious donuts! Although I’ve greatly reduced my intake of refined sugar products, tonight, I gave into temptation. I dropped $5 at the Westlake mini-donut stand, and I’m glad I did. Each bag of donuts contains roughly 15 sugar-covered donuts, they are handed to you fresh and warm, and they taste quite good. If you have yet to try the stand,...

Oct 19, 2011

It looks like Occupy Seattle is all but over. At least as far as Westlake Park is concerned. I went by Westlake Park today and the cops outnumbered the protesters. There were maybe a couple dozen people still standing around with signs and about 40 cops making sure those numbers did not grow. I hate to say it, but victory is theirs. The corporations, the...

Oct 4, 2011

Oct 2, 2011

I headed over to the Ballard Locks yesterday. The salmon spawning season was almost over (actually, it officially ended on Friday), and I wanted to watch the last few fish heading upstream to get jiggy with it. As I neared the locks, I heard the faint sounds of a Barry White record emanating from the general direction of Lake Washington. “Awwww...

Oct 2, 2011

I headed over to Westlake Park this afternoon to check out the protest progress, and sure enough, it was being “occupied”. About a half-dozen tents have been set up to house the occupiers, and the park has been turned into a small village. Unfortunately, bank CEO’s don’t hang out in Westlake Park, especially on the weekends (perhaps an...

Sep 29, 2011

This is where it all started. On September 28th, 1851 … nearly 160 years ago to the day, the Denny Party landed near this statue, and two years later, the area was named “New York Alki” or “New York, Someday”. Since West Seattle was surrounded by water and was hysterically penis-shaped just like Manhattan, the settlers had...

Sep 24, 2011

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Aug 24, 2011

Last Sunday was a busy day for yours truly. In addition to Cal Anderson Park, Big Mario’s, and the 12th Avenue Festival, I also spent two hours at the “Freeway Park Noon Tune Concert for Kids”. This was a concert for Seattle city kids, and it featured two bands — Brian Vogan and His Good Buddies and Recess Monkey. Download...

Aug 14, 2011

The weatherman said it was going to rain today, so I immediately said “let’s go have a picnic!” Nothing assures a dry day like a Seattle meteorologist’s declaration of precipitation. On the way to Cal Anderson Park (where I am now), we stopped and got the picnic basket, which looks an awful lot like an 18″ Mario’s...

Aug 3, 2011

At Westlake Park until 6pm. Thank #DTCookie on Twitter after receiving...