Drawbridges are Cool

When you’re sitting in your car, drawbridges are all aggravation and a little imagination as you look at that flat bit of roadway gone vertical. But when you’re on your bike, there’s more to see. And today, for the first time in nearly 15 years in Seattle, I got to see the West Seattle drawbridge …


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Only a Few Miles Apart

First, there’s a pair of crows stalking their long strides across the lawn. They are followed by a flock of starlings and for a few minutes, the lawn is covered in birds, there must be forty or fifty of them. A few minutes later, it’s like a timer has gone off and the starlings have …


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Fish Wednesday, Meet Ukulele Sunday

Could I be more delighted? I don’t think so. Mark your calendars, locals, for Sunday, October 7th when the talented enthusiastic uke lovers of SUPA play on the Go Fish! stage for Issaquah Salmon Days. We’ve got two short sets, at 11am and 1pm, with enough time to feast on salmon BBQ in between. I’m …


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Josh Rouse at Northshore Performing Arts Center

I can’t help it, I love Josh Rouse’s dreamy twangy pop music. Yeah, it’s chick music, yeah, it’s not particularly demanding or edgy, yeah, it’s the kind of stuff you play on the stereo while you’re cooking breakfast for the object of your affections after you woke up that first time and everything was better …


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Old Bike, New Shop

I picked up my tuned up ride from Aaron’s and I gotta say, she runs like new now, does old Bucky. Having the rig tuned up cost less than I thought it would – and certainly less than a new bike. They did a great job on my ride and didn’t sell me a bunch …


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Fish Wednesday: Soul Food, Sole Food Edition

Last night I went out to dinner with the cutest baby on the planet. No really, you should see him, you’d agree. Anyway his moms (you read that right) are friends of mine and they have this yummy little boy. Off we went to the Kingfish Cafe on Capitol Hill where young Baby D charmed …


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