The cludiness and drizzle didn't keep us from the Seattle Tilth Festival. At the instigation of O, Otis and I went down to Meridian Park along with Johnbai, Dingo, e-Rik, and Silvio, to enjoy a bounty of organic farming, from Armenian cucumbers to vegan doughnuts. (Hats off to e-Rik as the master sampler!)
After produce time, Otis was off to family affairs and O and Johnbai to the movies; the rest of us headed off the the U-district for lunch at Jack's Tapas Cafe (Mainly Chinese). This is the best restaurant with the weirdest name. For little more than a sawbuck each, we had more food than we could eat: cold noodles, tofu and cabbage, yu-choi and spinach, vegetarian calzone, and the yummiest, warmest, most satisfying sesame and scallion bread. All of it was good, the place was comfortable and low-key, the waitress was fun and friendly - I can't wait to go back.
With all that food, I even got to treat Otis to some, since we had enough egg and onion tortilla left for dinner.
After dinner, we watched State and Main, a pleasant, meandering movie with a great cast that includes a sweet and innocent Philip Seymour Hoffman. Worth a look.
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Following a link from political junkie Just Jon to a different piece entirely, I came across this speech from the non-partisan (but sort-of liberal Democrat) mayor of Salt Lake City, Rocky Anderson. I have never heard the case against the current administration made so clearly and straightforwardly.
2 comments:
Congratulations on the kitty. I read the Mayor's speech and it was troubling, but well put. We are so embroiled in this war and ideology that I have a hard time imagining what things might have been like otherwise. And I get worried because it seems like we're treading in so deep, that turning back will soon cease to be an option. I agree about the suckiness of the Avengers movie, however, I really liked the training scene with the nuns.
Don't let them fool you that turning back will cease to be an option. If we do, there will be a civil war? Hundereds of people will be killed each day if we leave? If we do, the terrorists will try to attack us here in the US? Or on our warships? Or in our embassies? These things have nothing to do with our presence in Iraq, a presence that only fuels hatred of American imperialism. 9-11 had nothing to do with Iraq. Bushco tells us that 'they' hate our freedoms. No, they hate all freedom. What is hated in more and more places across the world are the policies of the current administration and the terrorists are good at exploiting that hatred into support for themselves. Bush lies.
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