Things Hagrid the Half-Giant Would Say If He Served Jesus Instead of Harry Potter

Harmonie took me to see Sigur Ros at Madison’s Orpheum Theatre. I have to confess, I own three of their albums and I don’t know any of their names or the names of any of the songs, so the ‘review’ of the concert I’m about to write might seem incomplete. For those interested in those […]

Last week I took Greenleaf to see ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ at UW-Milwaukee’s Union Theatre. Not only was it free, it also conveniently filled that time between dropping off Harmonie at work and picking her up again. Greenleaf (because I made her watch it) is a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Spirited Away’ — I think […]

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports the planned upgrade to our Amtrak station.
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A note: from here to Seattle the train makes about 50 stops. Sometimes you can get out and stretch your legs for a few minutes, sometimes you can just stand outside for several seconds before getting yelled at for being off the train, and […]

Rubber Stamps AND Picture Tubes! It was probably an innovative combination at some point in history. Now it’s just sad. I’m still kicking myself for not taking a picture of the Typewriter Shop (the sign actually read: “Who do you know who wants to buy or lease a Typewriter?”).

A few things related to music:
1. I saw my brother’s band play on saturday night in West Bend at this coffee shop. It was really good. They definitely have this indie-rock-sad-sack-shimmering guitar-slowcore thing going. Another band on the bill, Juniper Tar, is based out of Milwaukee. Some very cool stuff going on with them as […]

For whatever reason, Seattle doesn’t have a “Chinatown.” Rather they have an “International District” comprised of many East and South Asian cultures. The first thing I want to say about the International District (or “ID”) is that we did not spend very much time there. It was on our list of things to see, but […]

For those of us who do not have the luxury of a laptop with wireless card or a cell phone with satellite access, the local public library can serve as a hub to the world wide interweb. Not only does the library in your home town offer free internet access to card holders, most out-of-town […]

If you’re an artist or a designer or an architect or an engineer or a contractor you owe it to yourself to experience a Frank Gehry building in person. Gehry — king of the post-modern, deconstructed space — builds surrealist landscapes that you can interact with. Looking at the Experience Music Project (EMP) building (also […]

The greatest thing about Seattle I think is that the city has been rehabbed to be pedestrian friendly. We spent all of our time Downtown - which comprises (in my mind anyhow) the 2 mile stretch from the Seattle Center to the International District (north/south) to Puget Sound (west). Even walking for most of 4 […]