eyes on broadway

eyes on broadway, originally uploaded by Matt Westervelt.

Walking home tonight, I spotted this huge poleful of cameras pointed at the intersection of Broadway and John. Is this a red light camera or is someone really interested in what's on sale at the rite-aid? Either way, that tree right in front of the camera is going to have to get cut down.

It will of course need to be covered with graffiti and stickers for it to turn invisible. I give it a week.

Wii Wednesdays!

wii-wednesdays, originally uploaded by Matt Westervelt.

Pretty much every wednesday, the SeattleWireless crew has HackNight at my office, then we wander off to a bar for drinks until we get a craving for tacos. This week, we went up to the Rubber Ducky Regatta at Cal Anderson park, said our farewells to Vivace, and dropped into the Metropolitain Grill Cafe Metropolitain for a couple of cold PBRs.

We discovered that in addition to the $1 PBRs during happy hour, the Metropolitain has Free WiFi, Foosball, Pool, and wednesdays full of Wii playing. Needless to say, we got our Wii on and knocked back a bunch of cheap beer.

For a bar that has a billion little distractions, it always seems light on people (although there did appear to be a stitch and bitch in progress when we showed up). Maybe it's the weird disney/vegas-esque indoor outdoor theme, maybe it's just because it's out of the way, or on the way to other places.

what's on the board?

what's on the board?, originally uploaded by Matt Westervelt.

When I'm hurtin for stuff to write about, I just head over to Office Nomads and check out the events board.

Sustainable Capitol Hill is throwing a sustainability festival called "Imagine Capitol Hill" on Sunday July 20th. There will be food and art, live music and dancing in the streets. It will be adjacent to the Farmers Market off Broadway, so if you're headed up there for tasty tasty jams or some omfg awesome ice cream (last week I got a spicy mexican chocolate cone), you'll have to check it out.

It's guaranteed to be a good time.

If that's not soon enough for you and you really wanna get your block party on, the East Precinct is also having a party neighborhood picnic this Saturday. Free food, a raffle, and information booths!

Mystery or Mysry?

Mystery or Mysry?, originally uploaded by Matt Westervelt.

If you're feeling like you need a change and of course, you have some change, drop by the locksmith's coke machine on John, just east of Broadway. Put your $0.55 in the machine and punch a button. Mystery or Mysry. A can of frosty unknown.

If you can't handle the unknown, the machine also has Coke, Pepsi and Mountain Dew.

I'm fairly certain this is one of the cheapest and most refreshing deals on the hill.