Personal

The stuff about me and my life. The “diary” side of blogging.

Northgate Theatre and Medical Office Building

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Word came out this week that Seattle’s Northgate Mall was finally going to be getting an upgrade, part of which is going to involve demolishing the Medical Office Building and the Northgate Theatre that have long stood empty and unused.

Northgate Medical Office Building and Theatre, Seattle, WA

Since I had some time to kill yesterday, I wandered down to the Northgate Mall and spent some time wandering around the old buildings. I was able to shoot my way around about three quarters of the soon-to-be-demolished buildings before mall security took noticed and asked me to stop. To their credit, the guy that spoke to me was very polite, just letting me know that the mall didn’t allow photography on mall property, and told me that I’d be welcome to take photographs from the street if I wished.

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…has a posse

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I saw this sticker slapped on the side of a lamppost last night and it made me laugh:

Seattle Monorail Has A Posse

This one’s the product of 2045 Seattle, a pro-monorail campaign.

There’s more and more posses out there these days. Andre the Giant had the first, Charles Darwin has one, Darth Vader, even Tony Danza…and I know there’s more.

But there was only one problem. I didn’t have a posse.

So I had to take care of that.

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Goodbye FedEx Kinko’s

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Some people may have noticed that there was a lot more information here not too long ago.

I’m having second thoughts about publishing what just happened publicly, though.

Suffice to say:

  1. I didn’t get fired — I quit.
  2. This is a good thing (for me).

Friends and family are welcome to the details. I just don’t want an urge to air my dirty laundry to potentially damage any future job prospects.

A little ray of sunshine

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While it’s never a happy thing to see one of Seattle’s many homeless inhabitants laboring to push a shopping cart filled to overflowing with what few items they’ve been able to claim for themselves up one of our many hills, I have to admit it’s hard not to grin when they’ve got a big smile on their face, they’re happily engaging in conversation with a passerby who helps keep the cart from rolling away — and the cart they’ve chosen is one of the “keep the kids entertained” models designed to look like a bright red and yellow plastic car.

Pity I didn’t have my camera on me, I’d have gladly traded him a few dollars for a shot or two. Perhaps I’ll run across him some other time.

CascadiaCon

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For the past few months, there’s been two different events on my radar for the Labor Day weekend that I was interested in: Bumbershoot and CascadiaCon. Some time ago, I’d decided to forego CascadiaCon in favor of Bumbershoot, but then over the past week I got a bit ticked at the Bumbershoot people over their “no cameras” foolishness, and ended up deciding that I didn’t want to head that way, either. So this weekend was looking to be pretty low-key.

Thursday evening Prairie and I went out for dinner with some friends from the Vogue (something that’s becoming a weekly event), and found out that Erin had been asked to showcase some of her clothing in a fashion show at CascadiaCon. Over the course of the conversation, I ended up getting asked to photograph the show, and Prairie was asked to be one of Erin’s models!

So, Saturday evening, Prairie and I headed down to the SeaTac Hilton, picked up CascadiaCon attendee badges at the registration desk, and found our way up to the designated “green room”. Prairie was soon buried in hair, makeup, and clothing, so I wandered back and forth between the green room and the conference room where the show was going to be.

The show itself was much fun — three designers showcasing four clothing lines (Imp of Satan, Fetishwear, Winter Couture, and Notorious Curves) in a late-night, 18+ only Fetish for Fantasy Fashion Show, hosted by Betty Rage of Glitzkrieg Burlesque and Cherry Baum (aka Mickey, who I know from the Vogue).

There are, of course, lots of pictures in a Flickr photoset. While my photos aren’t nearly “professional” quality (after all, there’s only so far you can push a little point-and-shoot, no matter how many dials and buttons they stick on it), I did the best I could. Here’s a few sample shots…

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The New Apartment

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Finally — pictures of the new apartment!

Each of the following shots has notes added if you click through to the Flickr page, pointing out some of the bits and pieces you see in the rooms.

And now…tour time!

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