I had been planning on going to the Vanguard Party last night, but kehrli contacted me, talking about going to The Night Kitchen* to use the internet (which, in his current, recently moved state, he lacks). I've wanted to check this place out for a while now, so I figured I'd go, but it would probably be loud and crowded (it being a Saturday night) and ( Read more... )

Well, I have seen the Blue Angels. I wandered to a little overlook up here on Queen Anne, which is quite a ways from Lake Washington, where the show is, but I figured I'd be able to see something. And indeed, for the most part, it was like watching mosquitoes fly around. Yesterday, one of my friends was saying she left town during this, because the ( Read more... )

Today, I got a fair amount of writing in, on top of a nice exploring walk. I achieved one of my goals--walking across the I-90 Lake Washington Bridge! 1.6 miles from shore to Mercer Island, high above rippling black water. And, to get there, I had to walk down this path lined with philosophical quotes from Jung and Nietzche, and then a ridiculously ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in a while, partly because I didn't have internet for a while, and partly because I've been so busy, I've just had too much to talk about ( Read more... )

Hanging out at the Center House right now, listening to bands play on a lousy sound system at a St Patricks festival. I just checked out an apartment up on Queen Anne Hill. It's a lot like other places I've lived--old, quirky, possibly not up to code. No dishwasher and only a stand up shower (with really cool tiles!) It has a really, really cool ( Read more... )