Seattle PAX 2012
Several months ago, my daughter discovered a convention named Sakura-Con, and since that time … she’s been looking forward to its return in April of 2013. That date is a long way off, however, and once...
View ArticleThe High Price of Authenticity
A couple of years ago, I was in an Olympia grocery co-op, when I heard a commotion behind me. “Oh my goodness, you’re so BEAUTIFUL!” I looked around, and I saw a middle-aged white woman motioning to...
View ArticleNew Picture: The Seattle Great Wheel
I still say they got the name backward. Shouldn’t it be the “Great Seattle Wheel”? Anyway, today, I finally rode the thing. I’ll probably write about it, eventually, but until then … well … here’s a...
View ArticleHilloween 2012
Yesterday, “Hilloween” (Capitol Hill Halloween) was once again celebrated in Cal Anderson Park. Kids aged 1-51 got freebies from local businesses, played games, and were treated to concerts from a...
View ArticleSeattle Halloween 2012
Last night was Halloween, or depending on when I had time to post this, maybe it was the night before. We walked to Hilltop, where we went trick-or-treating. There was a flash mob there. I took...
View ArticleFiggy Pudding
Downtown Seattle is a much more pleasant place in the fall than it is in the summer. Less traffic, less heat, more lights, fewer bopo boys with skateboards and pit bills, fewer homeless people, fewer...
View ArticleA Ride on The Seattle Great Wheel
After an aborted attempt to ride the new Seattle Ferris Wheel (or The Seattle Great Wheel as it’s officially called), in late October, we finally headed down to Pier 57 for another attempt. A slightly...
View ArticleChristmas Eve Smackdown: Candy Cane Lane vs. Olympic Manor
What better way to celebrate the birth of HeyZeus than going to Seattle’s north side to look at Christmas lights? Why, it’s a Seattle Christmas tradition. Our first stop tonight was Candy Cane Lane in...
View ArticleNew Year’s Eve 2013
You know, sometimes I envy suburban tourists. I truly do. After all, they don’t have to wait 10 minutes each way for an elevator when they leave their homes; don’t have to smell what 15 people are...
View ArticleChinatown
I’ve been busy for the past couple of weeks, and I have a backlog of photos that I just haven’t had fifteen spare minutes to post. Back on February 9th, the annual Chinese New Year celebration was held...
View ArticleThe Sub Pop Silver Jubilee
Sub Pop Silver Jubilee – Mudhoney “Had Sub Pop never darkened Seattle’s doorstep, how much would a 3-bedroom house on Queen Anne cost right now?” This was the query I posed to a friend of mine...
View ArticleCapitol Hilloween 2013
Hilloween 2013 Hilloween 2013 was held this weekend, and as usual, we could not resist attending. I like Hilloween for a number of reasons, but perhaps my favorite event pastime is watching wayward...
View ArticleLive Photos: The Seattle Waterfront Ferris Wheel
Posted 5/18/2012 1:34pm Updated 5/18/2012: 9:05pm – Today, workers began assembling the wheel portion of the new Seattle Ferris Wheel. It was the first opportunity I got (or anyone got, really) to see...
View ArticleA Night at the Lo-Fi
Love Battery at Lo-Fi Love Battery played Lo-Fi last night, and of course, yours truly was in attendance. Now that the ringing in my ears has finally begun to subside, I’ll try to pen a few paragraphs...
View ArticleNew Pictures: Full Circumference
The wheel is now assembled. All that’s left are the gondolas and the ticket booth. It looks as though the July target is on track…. maybe even ahead of schedule.
View ArticleThe Seattle Aquarium
“World-Class” It’s a term that is invoked quite often in Seattle, and it’s a term that draws equal amounts approval and ire from the city’s inhabitants. Most of the approval comes from real estate...
View ArticleOf Pride and Penises
I woke up late this morning. Probably the latest I’ve awakened in the last 5 years. When I finally got out of bed and glanced at the clock, I realized that I needed to get going … and quick. I threw...
View ArticleThe 2012 Seattle Gay Pride Parade
I just got back from the Gay Pride Parade. While there, I took these photographs. I’ll be adding more over the next couple of days. Enjoy. I got your Irish curse right here! “I’m not going to look so...
View ArticleSeattle “Pride” Photos, Part II
I just got the opportunity to offload the remaining photos from this past Sunday. As someone mentioned, sometimes it feels as though Gay Pride is actually “Fetish Pride”, although honestly, only about...
View ArticleNew Ride Deja Vu
Yesterday, the “Seattle Great Wheel” (shouldn’t it be “Great Seattle Wheel”?) opened, and today, I planned on giving it a go myself. Not just for my own amusement, but to satisfy my civic blogging duty...
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