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New Digs

Ryan — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:44:53 +0000

Well, with the help of a gabillon of our closest friends and minions we were able to relocated to the new pad in the Central District of Seattle.

Due to some entertainment with Comcast and minor confusion over where they and do not have the ability to provide interweb connections, we aren’t wired at the house yet. Which means that photos will be forthcoming, but slightly delayed.

We bought the place because Kate told me to we liked the neighborhood (about 3/4 mile from our old house, but quieter and what not). Since moving in, the place is growing on me. We get some healthy light during the day, the main floor is basically a long room (sitting room/front door) towards the street, kitchen in the back. I like it more every day actually.

For those curious how I am reconciling a house in the city with a mortgage against my previous dream of living in a yurt and becoming progressively more bearded, well keep wondering. It might have to do with my ridiculously attractive and sweet wife preferring a “house” and disliking using pine cones as toilet paper. Or God wanting us to be here.

It’s definitely not because of the Comcast offering blazingly fast speed and quality service.

Calling it quits for now, some Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey’s just walked in…need to split before they misconstrue a slight nod by me as aggression and surrender to me. That made no sense, oh well. Editing is for chumps.

Capitol Hill Church Potluck 2008

Ryan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:26:14 +0000

The Capitol Hill Church, along with the plants (church kind, not flora kind) got together for some food. Thanks to our friends at the Church of the Undignified for letting us crash your space. Post stuffing my face, I was trying to figure out how we went from having 0% of people below 15, to having (seemingly) 50 kids running around.

Below is a handy slideshow:

Speaking of CHILL (Church on the HILL, get it!), we do have a podcast. Feel free to subscribe.

Volunteer Park Conservatory

Ryan — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:50:55 +0000

Birthday weekend, went for a walk around the Hill. Swung by Volunteer Park for the first time, very cool. Who loves plants (flickr set)? I do. I think following roughly in the vein of our friend, Alicia , I may have the occasional flower type photo here. Remember though, I am still tough as nails.

Also, this guy was there….we thought his clothing was very appropriate and at no point did we follow him around sniggering.

The Mac Faithful grows by one…

Ryan — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:40:06 +0000

Another friend has made the jump to Macery. Excellent. Now he did this without my influence and mostly because his school, Full Sail, sets up their curriculum to support OSX distribution. Which is really really cool.

Getting to where coffee shops have more Apple’s than other machines on The Hill. Big change from a few years ago.

Also, I did mention my new lappy will be here in a few weeks?

Kate’s Old Lady Shopping Bag Cart

Ryan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:27:36 +0000

Being the romantic guy I am, I got this this for Kate for Christmas. The little bugger collapses for easy carrying and has an arm that folds out to hook grocery bags to. Brilliant, Kate and roll the two blocks from QFC with a full week’s load of groceries without a problem.

When deployed it at the grocery store the checkers all gathered around to admire our awesomeness and wish they had uber-sensitive men like Me to give them shopping carts. One nice lady offered her input on the best option of reusable bags to use and where best to find them.

Good times.

Pants Provided Plentifully (there are limitations to my ability to aliterate)

Ryan — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:40:32 +0000

“Hey, you want some pants! $10! Size 40. You want ‘em!” Says a guy that walks past me while I eat lunch. This is the second time I have been offered clothing here on Broadway (see 99 cent Jacket).

This is really pretty amazing, let analyze:

I was eating lunch next to a big open bay window at Pho Cyclo (Sandwiches to be precise). Which generally isn’t the time I am approached for pant transactions.
Secretly, I am in the market for some new pants
I wear a size 40 pant. Most stores don’t even stock my size, yet Johnny Homeless Gap has them.
He knew my size?!?

I passed, but have been regretting it ever since. I resolve to buy the next article of clothing offered to me (at a reasonable price).

Cuisine Cruising Capitol Hill (Ali Baba)

Ryan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:59:46 +0000

New all time favorite place to get a good, reasonably priced, bite on the Hill.

Ali Baba Enterprises (heretofore to be called ABE) offers Mediterranean grub. But dang if it isn’t good stuff. We knocked off a chicken gyro and some falafel. The owner brought out some sweet tea, sage I think, that hit the spot.

ABE comes in a fair bit cheaper than the other Mediterranean offerings on the hill, is open earlier in the day during the week, and is right on par in terms of tastiness.
Also, any restaurant with “enterprises” in the name is pretty great.

Ali Baba Enterprises
408 Broadway E
Seattle, WA 98102
Capitol Hill Neighborhood
(206) 860-6826

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Ministry of Mac Migration

Ryan — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:03:32 +0000

Sitting at coffee this morning at Bauhaus showing a little some Mac Fu to Devin. Redkev concurrently contacts me saying his old windows lappy is nearly dead and that he wants me to take him the Apple Store today to look at a replacement.

Could 3-way iChat be long coming? Me thinks perhaps.

Was Blind and now I can see (with the help of glasses)

Ryan — Thu, 17 May 2007 22:49:31 +0000

I went for my regular bi-decadal eye checkup, knowing full well I have janky vision and will be scoffed at.

When it comes time to read the letters off the wall, I could only read the big huge “E”. Like the one that is an entire row, the one that is the same size they use for banners when towed behind airplanes.

So, now. I am glassed and adapting to enhanced vision.

By the way, my friends at Capitol Hill Vision were great.

Time Lapse Goodness

Ryan — Fri, 04 May 2007 22:20:48 +0000

Well if not Goodness, at least mediocrity. Just playing around for now, working on something a bit more engaging.

Time Lapse from longwalkhome

Excuse the screen in the shot, it was just a test.

Kind of moved in.

Ryan — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:24:37 +0000

Moving is really awesome. You realize you have way too many things in your possession and then have to go through whole process of getting rid of them.

Any ways, yes. We are quasi-settled in and feeling good.

Map My Hood-

Ryan — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:03:49 +0000

Now that I am on the Hill and have some more interesting landmarks to remark on, I referred back to wikimapia. As I have covered before on the CHILL site, wikimapia is a user based collaborative geographic doodad.

Near to me you find such wonders a street marked “DO NOT PARK HERE!”

Nice.

99 Cent Jacket

Ryan — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:56:09 +0000

So, we signed the lease to our new place off of Broadway in Capitol Hill. We are really looking forward to hanging with our close friends (screw you unclose friends!) and walking around.

I like it here, below is a dialogue I had with one of our neighbors (not from the building mind you, just the street).

Shady Looking Guy (SLG): “Mmmummble, mumble jacket, mumble?”
Me: “What?”
SLG: “Wanna Mummmble 99 Cent, Mumble!?!”
Me: “WHAT?!?
SLG: “Wanna mumble mumble cent Jacket!!!”
Me: “Use your words, what do you want me to buy?”
SLG: “99 Cent Jacket!”

Of course, why didn’t I get it the the first time? Anyone know if this is just a term I am not familiar with? Or did I just miss out on the jacket deal of a life time?