So I walked a lot this weekend. Funny thing is, although I walked three different routes, I walked about six miles every day. Of course some of those routes were more uphill than others ( Read more... )

I don't go to Vanguard parties much anymore, but on Saturday it was at janeehawkins's, which of course is a nostalgia trip for those of us of a certain age. So I put on my Vanguard disguise (a.k.a. the clothes I'd been wearing all day) and headed on over. Amongst other things, it allowed me to return the DVD of Jerry Springer: The Opera that I had borrowed ( Read more... )

I took yesterday off to recharge Ye Olde Battyries, and I ended up walking nearly all the way around Lake Union, although not completely on the Cheshiahud Loop this time.

The part that *was* on the Loop was the walk downtown, where I made my way to the Meridian 16 theater to catch the noon showing of The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Well, by the time ( Read more... )

Yesterday I walked to the Harvard Exit to see The Artist. When I first thought of walking, I was thinking I'd go by way of the University District. I wasn't sure what would be the best way to go up the hill, so I checked Google Maps. To my surprise, Google suggested that I walk down Westlake instead and cut over at South Lake Union. This route had ( Read more... )

Last night I didn't go to crowleycrow's reading at Hugo House (nor Hillary Clinton's speech at Benaroya), but instead saw Gone Baby Gone with holyoutlaw. It's basically a private detective story -- a mystery -- focused on a missing child case. Pretty gritty and even unpleasant in places, and pretty damned funny in others. The detectives are a couple, but that aspect of ( Read more... )