We wanna be Vancouver

July 18, 2008

The light at Marion had turned red. It was chilly this morning and I found myself wishing I’d worn a thicker layer, so a brief respite from moving air was welcome. In the lane to my right was a Toyota Prius taxicab. This was one I hadn’t seen before.

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I was in this building Wednesday

June 26, 2008

The Stewart Title building in Everett
Orin O’Neill photo

Nothing to do with scooters here, just a place I stopped every workday in the course of my job. As you can see, the building is a total loss. Read more in The Herald.

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A bit off-topic

May 14, 2008

The PX has broken another clutch cable, so there has been no riding in the last few days. But a strange alignment of the planets produced the search engine term “four wheeled motorbike with roof” and an article about the thing pictured below by the L.A. Times’ Susan Carpenter, on the very same day!


Los Angeles Times photo

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