Some photos from yesterday's airshow over Lake Washington – too cool for words.
Good 'ol Seafair – I love it..
Showing posts with label Seafair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seafair. Show all posts
Monday, August 3, 2009
The Blue Angels
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Some photos from yesterday's airshow over Lake Washington – too cool for words.
Good 'ol Seafair – I love it.
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Some photos from yesterday's airshow over Lake Washington – too cool for words.Good 'ol Seafair – I love it..
Friday, July 31, 2009
Being 8 Years Old Again
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The Blue Angels are blazing over Seattle this weekend for Seafair.
I am just a tiny little bit excited.
The Blue Angels are blazing over Seattle this weekend for Seafair.I am just a tiny little bit excited.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Original Pirate Material
From The Seattle Times: Gabriel Campanario's sketch of our friend Rusty Harper leading the Seafair Pirates as they storm Alki Beach, kicking off Seattle's 60th Seafair celebration.
I used to go nuts for Seafair when I was a kid (the Torchlight Parade, the Blue Angels, Hydroplane races) and I'm excited to be in Seattle for it again.Get more info and make a tax deductible donation to the Seafair Pirates here.
Friday, August 1, 2008
I know I contradicted myself
Look, I don't need that now
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The Blue Angels. I really don't get why people hate on them so much. Yeah, it's loud—that's kind of the point. When I was a kid, before they passed laws about how you can't hit the speed of sound above residential areas, the Blue Angels came so close to buzzing the top of our house (we were sitting on the roof, I think I was about 3) that a big branch just snapped off of the gigantic evergreen tree in our yard. I get that they are a symbol of our military might, which has inspired only complex, conflicted feelings in smart people since [arguably] Dien Bien Phu. But pardon our noise, motherfuckers, it's the sound of freedom.
Really amazing photo by Winners Circle, which is apparently some store next to the old Anne B.
Oh yeah, one other thing. I used to work at Martha Stewart, in the Starrett-Lehigh building on 26th at the Hudson River. In the days right after 9/11 there were F-18s flying routines down the river, so close that the building – a beautiful, strong old building by the same architect that did the Empire State building – would shake. Right at that point, I don't mind saying, I was glad for it. It's really complicated, the admiration you feel for these things, and the hope that we'll never have to (or decide to) use them again.
The Blue Angels. I really don't get why people hate on them so much. Yeah, it's loud—that's kind of the point. When I was a kid, before they passed laws about how you can't hit the speed of sound above residential areas, the Blue Angels came so close to buzzing the top of our house (we were sitting on the roof, I think I was about 3) that a big branch just snapped off of the gigantic evergreen tree in our yard. I get that they are a symbol of our military might, which has inspired only complex, conflicted feelings in smart people since [arguably] Dien Bien Phu. But pardon our noise, motherfuckers, it's the sound of freedom.Really amazing photo by Winners Circle, which is apparently some store next to the old Anne B.
Oh yeah, one other thing. I used to work at Martha Stewart, in the Starrett-Lehigh building on 26th at the Hudson River. In the days right after 9/11 there were F-18s flying routines down the river, so close that the building – a beautiful, strong old building by the same architect that did the Empire State building – would shake. Right at that point, I don't mind saying, I was glad for it. It's really complicated, the admiration you feel for these things, and the hope that we'll never have to (or decide to) use them again.
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