Well, I’ve made the leap into Twitter.  I’ve decided to focus on Belltown and have chosen to follow people in the Belltown area.  So far I’ve really enjoyed it!

It’s much more than just mundane updates on daily routines.  For instance, I’m following one Seattle P.I. employee and I’m getting updates about it’s status and the inner workings of those caught in the closure.   My apartment and condo hunting has me following a realtor and keeping and eye on apartment complexes with Twitter accounts.  I’m also following a Belltown crime twitter account so I get the latest updates on issue that matter to me.

On a separate note:  It’s snowing outside.  My new motorcycle is begging to be ridden, but is instead freezing to death in the garage.  Patience is a virtue I suppose.

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Kerry Park is awesome! Well, it’s more like a grassy knoll with a view but what a view!

I’d been here once before with some buddies a few years back but decided that it was time to take the lady. Also, a perfect day and perfect excuse for a motorcycle ride.

Once there we got some pics with my phone so take a gander . I’m looking pretty beardy because of a mustache contest at work, but that’s another story.

My work held a mustache contest and I decided to participate. Having never grown facial hair beyond the ’scruffy’ look this was an experiment for me.

What am I capable of growing? Well, although the result isn’t stellar, I think I grew a pretty respectable mustache. I was nowhere near winning the contest but I was nowhere near last place either.

Seattle is truely a beautiful city. I decided to take my new motorcycle for a spin with my girlfriend Audrey on the back and decided to park at one of the piers. This is the picture I took with my iPhone.

Isn’t Seattle grande?!

Nature can be beautiful, but so can downtown Seattle. Occasionally a fog will roll in and it’s just like a fresh layer of snow that covers up all the dirt and makes things look new again.

Here’s a picture as the fog is rolling out. Not the best picture, but the only foggy one I’ve taken.

Would ya look a that! Snow all over the place! Seattle really does look nice covered in snow. Now I’m hoping it snows again next year. Of course, I walk to work, the grocery store, etc so I’m lucky like that.

I went to Tula’s on 2nd Ave recently and I gotta say it’s an excellent place to listen to jazz music! There was a $5 dollar cover at the door for this particular event. Apparantly the cover charge is determined by the band.

I went back the next week and there was a $10 cover. Either way, I dig this place and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys jazz music (and happens to be near 2nd and Blanchard in Belltown).

This was my first look at the Seafair Torchlight Parade in Seattle. It was nice bring able to watch it from my balcony with friends, and with much alcohol consumption.

First of all, there’s no torches. It’s just called that because it occurrs late in the evening. It started at 7:30pm and didn’t end until around 9:30pm. This parade wasn’t as good as the Gay Pride Parade a few weeks ago but that’s a hard act to follow.

One thing this parade had though was the giant balloons. I was watching from my balcony at 5th and Blanchard so I could see the tops of the giant balloons traveling down 4th before I saw them entirely at the 4th and Blanchard intersection.

Anyways, good times for everyone. I think of WOULD be sweet if there were some torch jugglers as well but oh well.

Spring Break Graffiti In Belltown

     What the hell is all this ‘Spring Break’ graffiti showing up in Belltown?  This isn’t even of an artistic nature but just a crude penis and the words ‘Spring Break’ on each one.  When I first noticed this I saw it among other graffiti and didn’t think anything of it.  Then I was walking down 5th Ave and noticed it again a few blocks down from the first.

     Now I’m seeing it on Blanchard and Lenora as well.  C’mon fella, get some new material!  I would prefer no graffiti at all but if you must: get some class!  This crap is officially pissing me off.  If I catch the guy that’s doing this I’m going to get some good pictures and send it to KOMO Problem Solvers or something.  Maybe I’ll go out and get a paintball gun and hang out on my balcony all stealth-like and pop a paintball cap in his ass.

     Has anyone else seen this graffiti around, anywhere else besides Belltown?  God forbid this guy decides to expand his penis empire to Capital Hill or Queen Ann.  Maybe I’ll start a Neighborhood Penis-Graffiti-Man Watch.

This is my first blog using WordPress. It seems to have all the typical bells and whistles that make a blog work. What’s attracted me to begin using WordPress is that I read, just today, that there will be a WordPress iPhone application being released soon. WordPress for the iPhone HAS been released. I’m downloading it now and syncing my phone.

I’m really hoping that this works better than the blogger mobile blogging by emailing go@blogger.com to post. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the WordPress version will support landscape keyboard either. Here’s hoping (fingers crossed)! I’ll update in a few once I’ve used it. And now I wait. . .

Well, I’m using my iPhone now and as I thought, NO LANDSCAPE keypad option!

C’mon WordPress developers, do any of you even own an iPhone?! Please please please update this application to allow landscape typing! I suppose the 1.0 isn’t going to be perfect, meh.

Here’s to my first post on WordPress!

It also appears that pictures must be added at the right time while typing because there’s no moving the location of code. This could, of course, be fixed if the iPhone had cut and paste but that’s another story.