File Under: More Cool Stuff to Do In Seattle
In a tribute to my ardent attraction to all things Abandoned or Burned Down, Seattle's record low tide predicted for June 4 should be an occasion to mill about the former site of Luna Park and ponder its disappearance. I was in Spud's Fish & Chips on Alki last week and marveling at the photos of Luna Park, grainy black and whites that gave me chills down my spine. I don't know what it is that fascinates me so.
But NOAA's tide table says -4.4 for noon on June 4th, so I've taken a vacation day from work, and I will put on my crabbing trousers and head down to search for purple starfish and exposed pilings of abandoned amusement parks.
In other news, how was your weekend? Mine felt like a month, after having Monday off and sleeping about 3 hours Sunday night, so the scooter ride out to Perrinville felt underwater (and perhaps low tide) and in the end was quite wet as it began to rain on the way home. I knew we'd have to pay for Sunday's decadent lolling in the sunshine, basking in the rays like lazy lizards.
What else? Oh... there was fruit in the morning on my veranda with sun on my toes, reading old journals, and dinner at the misty bricked Pike Place Market with Jett, and Volunteer Park to an endless Golden Gardens sunset with a cute Boy I kidnapped on my Vespa, and Cocobunny cupcakes, and Broadway News magazine trolling, and highlights in my hair by a miniature Vietnamese woman who wanted to make me to look like Claudia Schiffer (so close!). There was also an evening wandering the Ballard Locks and the roseless Rose Garden, and me abysmally cranky at Lockspot Trivia Night, deep philosophical conversations with Jasper, and staying up way too late blissfully listening to the new Devotchka album. Devotchka has been eavesdropping on my daydreams. ♥
Tonight I'm off to a Red Sox game (!!!) and hopefully my scooter won't get stolen this time. I keep thinking about garlic fries and home runs. Gotta catch one or the other.
Mmmm. Garlic fries.
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