I associate Seattle with three things: Starbucks, music, and hippies. It’s a city filled with coffee shops where musicians and artists entertain while residents talk about saving the world. It’s a liberal city; it’s an alternative city, but it’s also a cool city. It’s clean, sits next to water and nature, and it has great [...]
Tag Archives: America
Why Do I Hate L.A.?
December 9, 2010 – 11:22 am
Los Angeles. There’s just something about it I hate. I hate the traffic and the lack of public transportation. I hate the vanity and how everyone is “so Hollywood.” I hate the pollution. I hate lack of neighborhoods. L.A. just rubs me the wrong way. But I haven’t spent much time in the city. My [...]
How to Spend Four Days in Boston
December 6, 2010 – 4:53 pm
Being one of the most historic and oldest cities in the United States, Boston has a lot of interesting things to do. It’s not as large as New York or Chicago, and it often feels like its more a giant town than a city. I think that this adds to how great Boston is. It [...]
The Saturday City: Las Vegas
October 23, 2010 – 8:08 am
I like to gamble. A lot. Poker, blackjack, and, more recently, craps (though I find that game a bit boring). Given that hard truth, I’ve avoided Las Vegas my entire life. I knew any trip to Vegas would lead to lots of gambling and that the easiest way to defeat my addiction was to deny [...]
The Weekly Photo: Garden of Good and Evil
September 24, 2010 – 3:34 pm
Daytime in the garden of good and evil