I love a weekend that leads up to a holiday.  Happy Almost Valentine’s Day, everybody!  Here are some of the local happenings in the ‘hood:

Thursday

26th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival. 8pm at the Chapel Performance Space in the Good Shepherd Center.  $5 – $15, sliding scale.  Performers include:  Tyler Wilcos (sax), Andrew Lafkas (bass), Jeffrey Allport (percussion), Lou Cohen (laptop – yup, you read that right!), Paul Hoskin (contrabass clarinet), Radu Malfatti (trombone) and Gust Burns (piano).  Details here.

Friday

Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies presents: “The Economics of Happiness”— A newly released documentary film by …

Ever have one of those moments that seems to define something about your life?  Or to reinforce some label you’ve given to your world?

I’ll give you an example. In 1992,  a small travel agency paid me to fly to Atlanta for an event where I would represent the company as one of their writers.  As I sipped a cocktail waiting for the plane to taxi down the runway, I thought, “Now I’m a real writer.  Paid to travel.”

The first time I saw the Space Needle in person, I knew I’d arrived in coffee city.   I’ve had some of …

As I begin to write this post on Tuesday night, it is snowing.  Now, do I risk my credibility by assuming it’ll melt with the predicted rain & 47 degree temps on Wednesday, or do I cover my ass and mention a lot of indoor activities just in case?  Hmmm.

Friday