Park(ing)

parking, originally uploaded by Matt Westervelt.

Friday was Park(ing) day, and a park was set up right out in front of the office. An already unproductive day, and lured by the live music, I decided to head on down and see if I could learn the rules of cribbage through observation, and drink a little coffee.

Turns out I can drink coffee. I'm a pro at that.

the way is blocked

the way is blocked, originally uploaded by Matt Westervelt.

I was walking in to work today, when I heard a crack, looked up, and saw this branch fall right in front of me. If I was a fast walking ipod type of person, it could have been the end of me.

I suppose it pays to slack.

Fire Grill BBQ?

fire grill bbq, originally uploaded by Matt Westervelt.

Pretty much anything sounds better than Magic Dragon to me, but I have to say, BBQ sounds pretty good. Now it's just a matter of pinning down *which kind* of BBQ it is. My bets are on Brazillian. Any other guesses?

um. yeah.

um., originally uploaded by Matt Westervelt.

I'm not really sure what to think about this van.

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!