Surrounded by Friends
Recently on the 3/4, a young man in a red beanie, huge red sweatshirt, massive gray sweatpants, and oversized basketball shoes boarded with his...
Towards canine equity in the city
Now is the time for the urban dog.
One of the most immediate cultural distinctions a traveler notices in France is omnipresent, well-behaved dogs, often...
Be at Peace, Mr. Garner. We Will Love the World For You
"Good peoples, bro," a boy said, coming up at the end of his ride, offering a regular handshake. I've just let his brother ride...
Getting Some Diversity Off My Chest
We addressed "the whole bathroom thing" in my previous post. While we're on a roll, let's settle another issue--the one where people tell me...
City Considers Municipal Bank
The Seattle City Council held a briefing Wednesday afternoon on the creation of a municipal bank. Councilmember Licata, chair of the Finance and Culture...
About Those Urine-Soaked Seats…
You've probably heard by now of the now-famous sixty urine-soaked seats. In what ended up making national news, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries...
The Streets Regard Ferguson
I try to avoid turning my stories into soapboxing opportunities, and for that reason they're rarely topical in the "breaking news" sense, but I'm compelled...
Exploring mixed use and the human dimension
On a walk from Fréjus to Saint-Raphaël last week, an elderly man asked us, in French, why I had just taken a photograph of...