I have lived in Everett, 20 miles north of Seattle, for eighteen years. Each passing year makes me happier that I moved out of Seattle. There are constantly stories in the local media demonstrating how the cost of living in Seattle has increased so much it is pricing residents out. People who live in Seattle …
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Every year on the day after Christmas, the University Unitarian Church in Seattle puts on a full-length Handel's Messiah Sing-along/Play-along. They do the full Messiah, all the arias, all the choruses, and all the recitatives; not a note is left out. Everyone sings everything that is within his or her vocal range-no soloists. You may …
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My hubby has done an absolutely hilarious post over at Ricochet, and I just had to let my followers here see it. The new mayor of Seattle is seriously considering imposition of "congestion pricing" to discourage people from driving into the city in their own automobiles, and "reduce vehicle emissions" to counter "climate change" (as …
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Tomorrow is May 1, or May Day, or "Workers of the World Unite" day. In Seattle, in the everlasting spirit of the WTO Riots of 1999, various leftist student, activist, and Anarchist groups get together and march for workers' and immigrants' "rights". They normally start in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, and march down Pine Street …
I hate green. Green is my least favorite color, at least in clothing and accessories and household goods. I don't wear green on Saint Patrick's Day, or any other day, for that matter. And I'm the opposite of an "environmental wacko", since I don't believe that humans are a blot on the landscape, or destroying …
I have to say, I had a great time on Tuesday night. I spent 2.5 hours in front of my computer, participating in the live chat with my Ricochet friends. There must have been over 200 of us, from all over the world, chiming in and giving reports of how the voting was going in …
I am very fond of my car. I love driving, and look forward to freeway miles when I go out of town. I also live in the Seattle area, known, perhaps unfairly, for its rain. One day at work, there was a brief, heavy rainstorm. Before the storm, the sky was partly cloudy and pleasantly …
This is the old Burke Building, built in 1895 in downtown Seattle. See the arched doorway in the center of the street level. Then look straight up. This old building had a real Cherry on Top. This is what it looks like now, in the plaza of the newer Federal Building on the same site. …
This week's Photo Challenge topic of Detail was perfect! I had been planning to do a post on this topic for a while, and everything came together nicely. This one also goes with last week's Look Up theme. So I packed up my camera and notebook, got in my car, and drove the 20 miles …
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