Category Seattle
Angels, Part 2
The second part of Angels in America, which I saw last night, was generally better than the first part. There was a different energy — less despair; more anger, hope, reconciliation — and some of the characters changed in interesting ways. The depiction of Mormonism was slightly more nuanced, and I appreciated that, whatever else […]
Angels, Part 1
Hey, hey — midweek theatre debauchery two weeks in a row! Tonight’s performance: Part 1 of the Intiman Theatre’s production of Tony Kushner’s Angels In America. The play is long (3 hours) and complicated (the reviews in the Seattle Times and Seattle Met lay it out pretty well, with at least one typo) and I’m not sure what […]
The Hike: Dungeness Spit
The Olympic Peninsula is this fantastical place on the other side of the Puget Sound from Seattle. It’s home to a famous rain forest (they get about 200 inches of rain there) and sparkly fictional vampires (the Twilight books are set in the town of Forks) and not enough decent hotels — or so my friend […]
The Ride: Seattle to Redmond, plus seals!
Okay, so it’s already the middle of August and I’ve done basically zero cycling this summer. I’d meant to ride more, but, you know, first it was cold, then I went to Japan, then I had to get a bike tune-up and buy a house. But all of that is done now (or at least […]
Okay, so maybe Seattle’s not that bad (even if it is still weird)
x Okay, so my last post might have been kind of a rant. Maybe a tad negative about the city I chose to move to of my own free will. And I suspect you might be wondering whether I’ve thrown in the towel (or expired from heat exhaustion in my bed). The good news […]
I’m trying really hard not to hate living in Seattle right now
Okay, so I move to Seattle in the springtime when it’s raining all the time and I’m criticized for using an umbrella. Because why use a device that was invented — and used by the rest of the civilized world — to stay dry when you can just be damp all the time? “Don’t worry,” said […]
The Hike: Mount Si, followed by Seattle’s Dragonfest
It finally feels like summer in Seattle! The days are long, the skies perfectly clear and sunny, and plenty of things happening. I had originally planned to spend the weekend Getting Things Done. You know, because now that I’m back from vacation it’s time to be a responsible grown-up and actually take all that stuff that’s […]
Another food tour! (It just doesn’t stop…)
Because Amanda and I apparently can’t go more than 24 hours without eating delicious food, and to avoid going into withdrawal after two weeks of such good food in Japan and Korea, we spent the bulk of this afternoon on a gourmet food tour through downtown Seattle. Run by Savor Seattle, this “walking culinary tour” […]
Six-week-old Seattlite
Six weeks, folks. I realized this morning that it has been six weeks since I got to Seattle. When I thought about the things I’ve learned and done since then, the number “six” seemed both too long and too short, and I wondered, “Am I developing properly? Am I ahead of the curve, or developmentally […]
Don’t Rain on My Parade
Memorial Day weekend! The unofficial start to summer! Time for beach and sun and humidity! Oh wait. I live in Seattle now, where it’s in the low sixties and rainy. I’ve been warned/assured by exactly everyone I’ve met that summer starts on July 4. But still — summer or no summer, it’s a holiday weekend […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 