Oh Ballard, I love ye
Yes, it has been a terribly long time since I've posted. Rather than play catch-up with my personal life, I thought I'd hit a couple bullet points on some recent "Happy to be in Ballard" moments:
Stayed home for 4th of July rather than trying to trek to a friend's place in West Seattle. Had a couple cold ones then rode my bike over to the St Alphonsus parking lot at 15th and 58th to watch the fireworks. OK view of Fourth of Jul-Ivars, but really great angle on the Gasworks show. Nice and mellow and only had to share the space with 4 other people. Take that Gasworks suckers!
Went to Hattie's Hat not once, but twice on Sunday! Had a delicious brunch of Hattie's Hash with friend/co-worker Andrea and her husband, Kevin. That night had a delicious late dinner of a Hat Burger (BACON!) with
msandromeda That was especially nice since it had been quite a while since we've had dinner out together, especially at one of our favorites, and it was a good time to talk. I joked afterwards that I earned quite a few punk rock Ballard points by eating at Hatties twice in one day with a bloody mary as bookends for the day! (Or maybe those are hardened artery AA points I earned...)
While wandering around the always lovely Ballard Sunday Market, we bumped into another co-worker and his friend busking on the street. If you like old timey bluegrass, you should definitely check them out as The Whiskyswillers. (In fact, they are playing this Friday at Jules Maes in Georgetown.) I also bumped into my former co-worker from Elliott Bay days, Irene.
Lastly, I was at the Trader Joe's in the U District walking through the parking garage when a car covered in very cool bumper stickers caught my eye--lots of cool goth and punk stickers and hey! a Ballard sticker. Since I was still a little sleepy headed, I wasn't very quick on the uptake and it took me several moments of admiration before I realized... "Hey! This is
elenorerigby and
jetboijettgrrl 's car! Yay!" So of course I hunted down Ellie in the store and socialized while shopping.
There's a quick snapshot of life in Ballard and beyond. I just love this neighborhood and I love my peeps here as well.
Stayed home for 4th of July rather than trying to trek to a friend's place in West Seattle. Had a couple cold ones then rode my bike over to the St Alphonsus parking lot at 15th and 58th to watch the fireworks. OK view of Fourth of Jul-Ivars, but really great angle on the Gasworks show. Nice and mellow and only had to share the space with 4 other people. Take that Gasworks suckers!
Went to Hattie's Hat not once, but twice on Sunday! Had a delicious brunch of Hattie's Hash with friend/co-worker Andrea and her husband, Kevin. That night had a delicious late dinner of a Hat Burger (BACON!) with
msandromeda That was especially nice since it had been quite a while since we've had dinner out together, especially at one of our favorites, and it was a good time to talk. I joked afterwards that I earned quite a few punk rock Ballard points by eating at Hatties twice in one day with a bloody mary as bookends for the day! (Or maybe those are hardened artery AA points I earned...)
While wandering around the always lovely Ballard Sunday Market, we bumped into another co-worker and his friend busking on the street. If you like old timey bluegrass, you should definitely check them out as The Whiskyswillers. (In fact, they are playing this Friday at Jules Maes in Georgetown.) I also bumped into my former co-worker from Elliott Bay days, Irene.
Lastly, I was at the Trader Joe's in the U District walking through the parking garage when a car covered in very cool bumper stickers caught my eye--lots of cool goth and punk stickers and hey! a Ballard sticker. Since I was still a little sleepy headed, I wasn't very quick on the uptake and it took me several moments of admiration before I realized... "Hey! This is
elenorerigby and
jetboijettgrrl 's car! Yay!" So of course I hunted down Ellie in the store and socialized while shopping.
There's a quick snapshot of life in Ballard and beyond. I just love this neighborhood and I love my peeps here as well.