Recently Yaeka and I made a rare trip to Seattle’s U-District where I lived during the summer of 2000. Below are a few pictures of some notable areas from my last stay in the area.
Here’s a shot inside The Seven Gables theater. This was my second time at this independent theater the first being on my first date with Yaeka to see High Fidelity. I really like the feel of the theater with its cushy red seats that rock and the painted mural that rolls up just before show time. The lighting fixtures also raise into the ceiling so as not to obstruct anyone’s view.
This time we saw Super Size Me. I think the movie was very well done. It’d be very easy to go into making such a film with a very biased view, but Morgan Spurlock (director/writer/super-sizer) goes into his experiment with a solid set of rules and a team of doctor’s to present factual data. The film isn’t a commentary on McDonald’s but one on the current trend related to American eating.
Here’s a shot of “The Ave” which actually isn’t an avenue, it’s University Way. How it got the nickname “The Ave” I don’t know, but it’s been that way for a very long time. It’s a popular place for homeless kids and street performers (aka more homeless people). Highlights of The Ave include the only remaining Cellophane Square record store (the other two have closed).
When I was looking for a paying job in Y2K, Yaeka had jokingly suggested working in a poster store. After the Experience Music Project failed to call me back quickly, I applied here and got a job. After getting this job, I went home and found a message from EMP saying I got that job as well. This equalled the summer of 80 hour work weeks as I was also interning at Sub Pop. Back in 2000 this store was actually called “Beyond the Wall” and owned by Trent Graphics, the company that does those roaming poster sales at colleges and universities like Colgate.
Most important stop of the tour was my old apartment. I sublet a room in the basement from a guy for possibly the cheapest rate to be found in Seattle at $212.
we had lots of fun in that basement…
yaeka…that was too much information.
i visited all those places the first time i visited seattle which was that summer as well. except the movie place, i didn’t go there, but i felt like we talked about it. i also think the day we went to phill’s basement we were home later and yaeka’s mom got mad at her.
Dude, we listened to Weezer and stuff.
Yeah “listened to weezer” i KNOW what that means!!!