Jan 12, 2013

snow day noun a day on which public schools or other institutions are closed due to heavy snow. What child doesn’t love a snow day? A day off from school to play games, build snow men, go sledding … why, it ranks right up there with Christmas for most kids. Earlier today, my daughter informed me that there was going to be a giant snowball fight at...

Jan 6, 2013

Jan 1, 2013

You know, sometimes I envy suburban tourists. I truly do. After all, they don’t have to wait 10 minutes each way for an elevator when they leave their homes; don’t have to smell what 15 people are cooking for dinner … at the same time; don’t have to listen to their neighbor argue with her partner at 2am every morning. After coming home...

Nov 25, 2012

The tree is...

Aug 5, 2012

Last week, I hopped the ferry for my usual 35 minute journey back to Seattle. When I got on and peered out the window, I noticed something unusual. There was a Coast Guard boat with a machine gun mounted at the front, and behind the gun was a man ready to shoot someone or something. Since we were nowhere near a national border, one can only assume that those...

Jul 10, 2012

Jun 5, 2012

These days, all of my photos are taken from the boat, a place that has definitely become my second home. With scenery like this, though, that may not be such a bad...

May 29, 2012

I once entertained the thought of moving to Bremerton. It was a fleeting thought, but a thought nonetheless. The reason the notion crossed my mind wasn’t so much my love for Bremerton, but rather, the idea of commuting by boat. I figured that if I lived in Bremerton, I would have to take the ferry almost every day, and that thought appealed to me. Think...

May 22, 2012

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May 19, 2012

Apr 19, 2012

In honor of the Space Needle’s 50th Anniversary, the owners of the famous landmark have taken it upon themselves to paint the roof of the structure “Galaxy Gold”. Why Galaxy Gold? Because this was the color the roof was painted when the Space Needle was first introduced to the world during the 1962 World’s Fair. While I think the retro...

Apr 14, 2012

Apr 1, 2012

Oh my god, oh my god, I can’t believe what just happened! Mere minutes ago, I was sitting on my deck, reading the paper and sipping a latte when out of the corner of my eye, I saw the Space Needle just … fall over. IT JUST FELL OVER! I pray that there are no casualties, although from my vantage point, it looks like the Space Needle landed right on...

Mar 23, 2012

“Would you like to buy a house in the next 5 years?”, the interviewer asked her. One of my very best friends in the world, a woman I’ll call Amy (not her real name), was very excited when, after weeks of searching for a job, an Internet company finally contacted her for a pre-employment phone interview. Amy is a sufferer of IBS, she is very...

Feb 25, 2012

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Jan 31, 2012

Last night, I found myself in West Seattle, where I took the following photographs. In order to take them, I sat in the freezing cold for 3 hours, waiting for the rain to stop, at which point I had a 5 minute window to fire off as many shots as I could. As soon as I got the last frame, the rain moved back in and it hasn’ t stopped pouring since. God, I...

Jan 26, 2012

As I was making my way through the streets of South Lake Union this evening, I looked up to find a half moon, crescent moon, or whatever it’s called … moving slowly past the Space Needle. I took a couple of photographs, then just stood and watched until it disappeared behind the observation deck. Sometimes, a brief moment of zen is all it takes to...

Jan 21, 2012

Jan 15, 2012

More photos of the Seattle Snow: http://www.seattlerex.com/live-seattle-snow-photos-january-19-2012/ Since it only happens once or twice each year, snow in Seattle is a big deal. Twenty minutes ago (about 11am on Sunday, January 15th), it started snowing pretty hard in Downtown Seattle, and it’s been forecast to c ontinue off and on for the better part of...

Jan 5, 2012

Ah, 2012. One second into the new year, I sat and watched the Space Needle fireworks from Capitol Hill. Afterward, I took the family back home, then headed over to a friend’s crib in Pike/Pine who had texted me for a little help. I arrived at his place to find roughly 30 people in his tiny studio apartment. About 5 of them where unconscious, and the rest...

Jan 1, 2012

I’ve seen New Year’s and July 4th Fireworks multiple times in cities such as New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Seattle. While they have all been fine displays, my absolute favorite display is the New Year’s fireworks at The Space Needle, and I mean that sincerely. It may not be the biggest (that’s what she said),...

Dec 30, 2011

More rainbow photos from around the Puget Sound:

Dec 27, 2011

Americans love their lame, gratuitous, self-congratulatory, end-of-year retrospectives. The media loves them even more, as recycled content makes for easy filler during the under-staffed holiday season. I’ve generally avoided the trend myself, but this year, I am going to indulge myself. In the past 11 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days, I have taken 600GB of...