Everett is like a hot Eastern European woman wearing an ugly scrunchie.
Flanked by the Cascades and the Puget Sound, you couldn’t ask for a lovelier landscape. And yet, driving downtown is a depressing venture. Everywhere you turn flat, rectangular, postwar buildings with absolutely no ornamentation or character, jut out from the concrete. It’s as if [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Take the girl out
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Everett, Everett Washington, Pacific Northwest towns, small town Washington on November 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A few of my favorite things
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bimbo's Bitch'n Burrito Kitchen, bronze pig, Caffe Presse, Glos, Licorous, Linda's, Margot Bordelon, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Stumptown Coffee, The DeLuxe, Vivace on November 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Visiting Seattle is an exercise in prioritization. Having lived there for six years I have a list of favorites, bars and restaurants I simply MUST hit up before I leave. I spend weeks before each short visit dreaming of Vivace’s white velvet mocha and the Eggs Benedict at Glo’s. I can’t leave without eating the [...]
En Route
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I met Paul on my train ride from Portland to Seattle. He sat across the aisle from me, a beer bottle resting between his thighs. Drinking your own booze on the train is strictly prohibited.
I liked him at once.
I answered a phone call and when my conversation was over I took out my computer to do [...]
Motor city
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bobby Hacker, Cars III, Margot Bordelon on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Portland I attended the premiere of indie movie Cars III in the back room of Kelly’s Olympian. It was… funny. Apparently the creators got funding to make it based on the wild success of their Funnyordie video featured here. On YouTube.
Totally brilliant.
BFF
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged High School reunion, Margot Bordelon, McMenamin's, Portland, The Kennedy School, the Matador on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Katy was always the leader of the pack. She was an only child and had a cool, young mom. Everything Katy liked, I liked, be it Janet Jackson, the Seattle Sonics, or Peppridge Farm Mint Milanos. Katy and I met in Mrs. Pennywell’s 1st grade class and remained friends through high school graduation. That said, [...]
San Francisco’s treat
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged David Blatt, Margot Bordelon, Ramiz Monsef, San Fransisco's homeless on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
San Francisco’s dirty secret is its aggressive homeless population. I was out for drinks with my college buddy Ramiz when a homeless man came in the bar and stole the dollar I’d left as tip for the bartender. “Hey, hey, hey,” Ramiz said, “that’s not for you, put that back.” The man mumbled incoherently and dropped [...]
San Francisco has bitchin’ street art
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art in The Mission, Margot Bordelon, mural alley, San Francisco, San Francisco care bears, San Francisco street art, wall art on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the many amazing things about SF is that there’s art on every street corner. Literally.
Yes. We. Did.
Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
