Seriously, city of San Francisco. It’s been well over a week now.
Or, you know, it was just over a week when I snapped this photo when I was in town for a few brief hours last week. It could be gone by now, and I probably should have published this sooner, but in my tradition of bringing you last week’s breaking news I am just now getting around to sharing it.
And now? Well, now I have to go prepare for shenanigans with the Canadians later tonight.
Ciao!
I got out of town last weekend, dragging myself from the computer and far out of the way of any cell phone antennas, which made me realize how damn often it is that I plug myself into the internet in one form or another. I twitched a few times from not being able to see what was happening on the twitter, but with the constant calming sound of a waterfall right next to our campsite I soon happily forgot that there was any world beyond what we could see through the trees.
It’s nice to check out every now and again, especially to spend time with some of your best friends.
It reminded me that I haven’t gotten in anywhere near the amount of recreation I’ve been wanting to this year, which is something I’ll have to remedy soon, because this whole showing up to work thing? Not real rewarding lately.
But you know, I’m happy places like this still exist and that the Pacific Northwest is still as rugged and beautiful as it is. Next summer is going to need far more days like the ones I had this weekend.
If you’ve only got a handful of hours on either side of a movie to play tourist, you’ve got to move quickly to see as much as you can. Seattle complicates things by having really confusing streets, although if you’re using sheer volume of things seen as a metric then Seattle helps you out by having far more stuff than is rational or necessary.
For example, they have far more used gum than anyone else.
And while they may not have ALL OF THE CHEESES, those cheeses which are represented are available by the box full.
Like guitars? They have PLENTY of guitars in Seattle.
Hand written manuscripts? Piles of them.
Are underground vice dens more your speed? Because Seattle has those.
And beautiful cloud free days that let you see all the way to the horizon? Well, actually, those can be rare, so seize the day when they come around.
And despite the presence of the occasional unshaven curly-haired vagrant on the beach, Seattle seems like an amazingly cool city, and I can’t believe I’ve only been there twice in my many years of living in the PacNW. I hear the summers up there are pretty sweet, so I imagine I’ll have to go back and hunt around some more.
I had another last minute business trip to Salt Lake City, which I could just as well have done without. Still, at least this time I had a good tip on a place to grab a few beers.
(Thanks again, Matt!)
I got back to Portland two hours ago, and man will I be glad to sleep in my own bed tonight for a few hours before going back to work in the morning.
G’night, y’all, more posts coming this weekend.
P.S. If you’re reading this on Friday, did you know that it’s Repeal Day? Are you going to celebrate it by drinking martinis with pretty girls? You should.
I really wish my work had job sites in cool cities like Las Vegas or New Orleans or Cancun, but instead we just have an office in Salt Lake City. After dinner on my second night in town, I found I was getting kind of antsy with being cooped up, and so decided to drive into the city.
I drove around until I found the temple in the middle of town. Say what you will about the Mormons, but they know how to put up a striking building. The temple at night was magnificent. My pictures don’t really do it justice.
There was a nice reflecting pool there, too, so I snapped a picture of that:
Right up the street from the temple is the state capitol building. I hadn’t noticed it on my first trip out here a few years ago, but it looked incredible lit up at night so I drove around until I found a spot to park, and then ran up there to stand in the freezing desert wind and snap a few pics:
Later, inexplicably, there were ducks.
And that wraps up the last few days. Is it Friday yet? I could really use some sleep. And when I say sleep really I mean a stiff drink.
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