Browse 2019
January 2019
New Year's 2019 World-readable
2019-01-01
In which the intrepid narrator welcomes 2019 watching fireworks from Gasworks Park
Tags: seattle
Living in Ballard World-readable
2019-01-19 10:28:21
In which the intrepid narrator adapts to living in Seattle, with mixed results
Tags: seattle
Series: Moving to Seattle
Borrego World-readable
2019-01-19
19th January 2019: In which the intrepid narrator heads to Borrego Springs in search of somewhere dry to spend the weekend
Tags: san-diego
Hellhole Palms World-readable
2019-01-20
20th January 2019: In which the intrepid narrator hikes around the Colorado Desert (and observes that the desert is actually in California)
Retrofitting the Wallingford Eighties House World-readable
2019-01-21 12:05:06
In which the intrepid narrator makes his mark on the Wallingford Eighties House
Tags: house-and-home seattle
Climate World-readable
2019-01-29 19:49:57
In which the intrepid narrator muses on the climate data comparing three randomly-chosen cities
February 2019
Megaproject World-readable
2019-02-02
2 February 2019: It's a viaduct party! A big viaduct party!
Tags: seattle
Replacement tunnel World-readable
2019-02-02
2 February 2019: In which the intrepid narrator walks (again) through the SR-99 tunnel under Seattle
Tags: seattle
Snowpocalypse World-readable
2019-02-04
In which Seattle is inundated by a couple of inches of snow, shutting down the city and pushing its availability to 98%
Tags: seattle
Visiting the sun World-readable
2019-02-17
In which the intrepid narrator returns to Borrego Springs to visit the sun in the middle of the Seattle winter
Tags: san-diego
Rock Tanks World-readable
2019-02-18
18 February 2019: In which the intrepid narrator hikes through the desert foothills to natural rock tanks carved from solid impermeable stone
Tags: hiking anza-borrego
Calcite mine World-readable
2019-02-19
19th February 2019: In which the intrepid narrator hikes to a calcite mine used in WWII gun sights, visits the Salton Sea, and experiences two different slot canyons
Tags: hiking anza-borrego
From the desert to the ocean World-readable
2019-02-20
20th February 2019: In which the intrepid narrator wraps up his time in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, visits the ocean, picks up his family from the airport, and goes native in the local dialect of Southern California Standard English
Tags: san-diego anza-borrego
Legoland II World-readable
2019-02-21
21st February 2019: In which the intrepid narrator returns to Legoland California Resort
La Jolla World-readable
2019-02-22
22nd February 2019: In which the intrepid narrator sees pinnipeds in La Jolla, enjoys a local culinary delicacy, and descends into a sea cave
Tags: san-diego
One more day in Legoland World-readable
2019-02-23
23rd February 2019: In which the intrepid narrator takes his family to another day at Legoland
March 2019
LAX World-readable
2019-03-17
17 March 2019: In which the intrepid narrator heads to Los Angeles to visit his favorite public radio business show
Tags: los-angeles
And this ... is Marketplace World-readable
2019-03-18
18 March 2019: In which the intrepid narrator visits Marketplace's studios in downtown Los Angeles
Tags: los-angeles
April 2019
SS Great Britain World-readable
2019-04-26
26th April 2019: In which the intrepid narrator flies to London, takes the train to Bristol, and sees the handiwork of the Greatest Engineer of the World
Underfall World-readable
2019-04-28
28th April 2019: In which the intrepid narrator visits the end of Bristol's Floating Harbour and gets delayed on the train to London
May 2019
Playing tourist in London World-readable
2019-05-04
4th May 2019: In which the intrepid narrator rides an underground letter train in London
Reporting live from the future of retail payments World-readable
2019-05-05 11:55:19
In which the intrepid narrator visits the future of retail payments and wants to stay there
Embarcadero World-readable
2019-05-17
17 May 2019: In which the intrepid narrator says nice things about San Francisco
Tags: san-francisco
Dim Sum World-readable
2019-05-18
18 May 2019: In which the intrepid narrator says more nice things about San Francisco
Tags: san-francisco
Bay to Breakers 2019 World-readable
2019-05-19
19 May 2019: In which the intrepid narrator runs from the bay to the ocean
Tags: running san-francisco
Paine Field World-readable
2019-05-20
20 May 2019: In which the intrepid narrator flies to a new airport
Tags: travel
Visiting Colorado World-readable
2019-05-23
In which the intrepid narrator visits Boulder for Memorial Day
Tags: boulder
Bolder Boulder 2019 World-readable
2019-05-26
In which the intrepid narrator climbs Green Mountain, runs the Bolder Boulder, drives into the clouds obscuring the mountains, and drives by his old house
June 2019
Solstice Parade World-readable
2019-06-22
22 June 2019: In which the intrepid narrator watches the body-painted Solstice Cyclists and the Fremont Solstice Parade, featuring Julian with Catzilla
YVR World-readable
2019-06-29
29 June 2019: In which the intrepid narrator visits the Vancouver in British Columbia
Tags: vancouver
False Creek World-readable
2019-06-30
30 June 2019: In which the intrepid narrator returns to False Creek 33 years after Expo 86
Tags: vancouver
July 2019
Fireworks at the Gasworks World-readable
2019-07-04
4 July 2019: In which the intrepid narrator celebrates his country watching the fireworks from Gasworks Park
Tags: seattle fourth-of-july
Footprints in the Ceiling World-readable
2019-07-05 12:12:12
In which the intrepid narrator discovers that the roof on the Wallingford Eighties House leaks, and spends a family minivan to fix it
Tags: house-and-home
Victoria Clipper World-readable
2019-07-25
25 July 2019: In which the intrepid narrator takes the fast ferry across Puget Sound to Victoria
Tags: victoria
Victoria World-readable
2019-07-26
26 July 2019: In which the intrepid narrator learns First Nations history, walks along a breakwater, and visits a castle
Tags: victoria
Seaplane World-readable
2019-07-27
27th July 2019: In which the intrepid narrator wraps up his time in Victoria with random tourist sights and a seaplane tour of Vancouver Island
Tags: victoria
August 2019
Wasp World-readable
2019-08-11
In which the intrepid narrator is stung by a wasp, for the first time in thirty years, and lives to tell the tale
Dublin 2019 World-readable
2019-08-14
In which the intrepid narrator flies to Ireland for Worldcon
Tags: worldcon-77 dublin
An Irish Worldcon World-readable
2019-08-16
16th August 2019: In which the intrepid narrator experiences Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon with his children
Tags: worldcon-77 dublin
Serpent Con World-readable
2019-08-17
17th August 2019: In which the intrepid narrator sees Serpents, accountants, readings, and tales of science gone bad at Worldcon
Tags: worldcon-77 dublin
Hugo Awards World-readable
2019-08-18
18th August 2019: In which the intrepid narrator takes his kids around Worldcon, builds a jet dragon costume, and attends the 2019 Hugo Awards ceremony
Tags: worldcon-77 dublin
Closing Ceremonies World-readable
2019-08-19
19th August 2019: In which the intrepid narrator spends one more day at Worldcon
Tags: worldcon-77 dublin
Dublinia World-readable
2019-08-20
20th August 2019: In which the intrepid narrator explores the Viking and medieval history of Dublin, and wonders about his own place in the Irish diaspora
Tags: dublin
Dead zoo World-readable
2019-08-21
21st August 2019: In which the intrepid narrator visits a Victorian natural history museum, takes an amphibious boat tour, and spends a great deal of time observing a playground
Tags: dublin
Kilmainham World-readable
2019-08-22
22nd August 2019: In which the intrepid narrator sees the Book of Kells (and the Crowd of Kells and the Queue of Kells) and takes a deep dive into Irish Republican history
Tags: dublin
International arrivals World-readable
2019-08-23
23rd August 2019: In which the intrepid narrator flies back to North America from Dublin
Tags: dublin
Now, with human-readable urls! World-readable
2019-08-24 14:07:11
In which the intrepid narrator changes the url scheme his site uses, for the first time since 2002
Tags: meta
Kayak World-readable
2019-08-24 17:20:42
In which the intrepid narrator buys a brand-new Valley Etain touring kayak
Tags: kayak
Fourmile Rock World-readable
2019-08-31
31st August 2019: In which the intrepid narrator paddles in the Puget Sound on Labor Day Weekend
Tags: kayak
September 2019
Hail Columbia World-readable
2019-09-02
In which the intrepid narrator sees the spacecraft that carried the first human crew to land on the moon
Johnston Ridge World-readable
2019-09-07
In which the intrepid narrator ascends Johnston Ridge to look down the throat of Mount St. Helens' 1980 crater
Tags: washington cascade-volcano
Kayak Academy World-readable
2019-09-14
In which the intrepid narrator takes an overnight class and plays in the tidal currents at Deception Pass
Tags: washington kayak
Mercy of Kalr World-readable
2019-09-18 19:19:59
In which the intrepid narrator buys a lightly-used 2018 Subaru Impreza
Tags: cars
October 2019
The Sink World-readable
2019-10-05 11:30:41
In which the intrepid narrator replaces a bathroom faucet, which proves to be considerably more involved than first anticipated
Tags: house-and-home
South Bay World-readable
2019-10-19
In which the intrepid narrator visits Moffett Field and visits a random suburb of San Jose
Folsom Bay Tower, in pictures World-readable
2019-10-26 16:14:31
Watching the Folsom Bay Tower climb above SoMa
Tags: san-francisco
Halloween 2019 World-readable
2019-10-31
In which the intrepid narrator's children dress up for Halloween
Tags: halloween
November 2019
Bascule World-readable
2019-11-09
9th November 2019: In which the intrepid narrator descends into the bascule chamber under the Tower Bridge
Tags: london
An update on the future of retail payments World-readable
2019-11-10 19:23:53
In which the intrepid narrator pays another visit to the UK and provides an update on contactless mobile payments
MoPOP World-readable
2019-11-30
30 November 2019: In which the intrepid narrator visits Seattle's most musical museum
Tags: seattle
December 2019
Fruit World-readable
2019-12-08 15:52:11
In which the intrepid narrator finds himself in possession of several persimmon trees
Tags: garden
Photos I had forgotten I had taken World-readable
2019-12-14 22:46:25
In which the intrepid narrator reviews two decades of photos and finds pictures he'd forgotten about
Densmore World-readable
2019-12-15 14:37:52
In which the intrepid narrator goes digging to find the site of a suspiciously-familiar residential intersection he photographed eighteen years ago
Tags: seattle
Driving World-readable
2019-12-23 16:56:35
In which the intrepid narrator rants about bus reliability in Seattle
Christmas 2019 World-readable
2019-12-25
In which the intrepid narrator visits family and celebrates Christmas
Tags: family
Merry Christmas 2019 World-readable
2019-12-28 22:49:01
In which the intrepid narrator wishes his readers a Merry Christmas this year, and digs into the archives to find old family photos
Tags: family
Breckenridge World-readable
2019-12-30
In which the intrepid narrator visits Breckenridge for two days of skiing
Tags: skiing
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