Since sometime last year, I've had half of a page torn out of Sunset Magazine lying somewhere in the proximity of my desk/record player stand right next to it. I think that my Dad tore it out of an issue and then showed my Mom who then passed it on to me. This torn half-page details Sambar, a southeast Ballard bar located right next to Le Gourmand ( Read more... )

I usually like to wait until the last possible second until declaring anything related to a calendar year, but I think this is as close as I can get this time. The rest of the week will likely be busy and I've been thinking about this post for long enough that I don't want there to be any chance of me not posting it ( Read more... )

in reading the band info about the hold steady on the showbox at the market's posting for their august 28th show, i was struck by this paragraph:

Our new record, Heaven is Whenever, is about struggle and reward. It's about accepting suffering as a necessary part of a joyous life. It's about how love can help us rise above these struggles. It's ( Read more... )

I just updated Facebook with the fact that I'm jealous of anyone who will be going to Mariners opening day tomorrow. Death Cab is performing before the game and if John Roderick's Facebook and Twitter updates are to be believed, he'll be involved, and they'll all be playing "Centerfield" by John Fogerty. I'd love to see and hear that ( Read more... )

I haven't been walking up the hill in the mornings much lately - either because it's seemed too cold/rainy or I've been sick and wanting to move as little as possible. But I had the strength this morning and it wasn't raining so I went for it. The 18 from lower Queen Anne let me off at 1st and Pine as it always does and I walked east until I was at ( Read more... )

My recent trip to New York got me thinking about everything that goes on everyday that I don't see or think about, but is still there and still happening. It's not a good thing or a bad thing, but just interesting to me. Every day as I go about my life of wake up, get coffee, get on the bus, work, go home, there are all kinds of other things going ( Read more... )

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