#seattle

I first read about Hailu Mergia in Pitchfork’s The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s, which listed his 2018 album Lala Belu at 185th.

At my soccer game recently there was a middle-aged man recording the game from the sidelines with a camera mounted on a tall tripod.

My second attempt to review a book while I read it instead of waiting until I finish it.

I love IPAs, and I’ve had a lot of them, mostly in the Pacific Northwest. These are my few favorites.

As Daudi Abe tells in his 2020 book, Emerald Street: A History of Hip Hop in Seattle, the city’s black folks first set down roots in Central District (the CD) in the late 1880s.

As we are finishing our meals, the waiter comes over. It’s not to ask us anything, but to bless us with the news that we have completed our time in purgatory and earned our time to ascend. The speakeasy awaits.