New York Botanical Garden: apple blossoms; Azalea Garden; viburnum blossom. (Instagram, 05/10/2014)

Dinner at ShoMon Kappo: dashi soup with golden eye snapper, matsutake, and osmanthus; tuna futomaki with scallion, cucumber, and soy sauce cured egg yolk; uni and ikura over sushi rice; apple and seaweed salt milk ice cream with shaved frozen apple.

A comment under the r/NoStupidQuestions post, "Why haven't American farmers protested like European farmers?"

I had the chance to speak at Mayor Bruce Harrell's announcement about his proposed 2026 budget, which would include a 60% increase ($4 million) for the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs.

Japanese Breakfast performing "Paprika" at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Japanese Breakfast at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Japanese Breakfast performing "Be Sweet" at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Premier member reception for Anila Quayyum Agha: Geometry of Light at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. "A Beautiful Despair" (2021) and "This Is Not A Refuge! 2" (2019).

"Picnic on the Moon" by Shoichi Okumura. Japanese mineral pigment on silk. Hall Spassov Gallery / Seattle Art Fair 2025.

Afternoon at the arboretum.

To accommodate the one-minute time limit, this line didn't make the final version of my comment: "After all, this is the Seattle City Council, not the Seattle Suburbs Council."

Graffiti on the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, which houses the SSA, IRS, and ICE, among other federal agencies. Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi's "Landscape of Time" (1975) stands in front of the building.

@jay.bsky.team did you encounter this Chihuahua near Pike Place Market within the last half an hour?

Finally visited Green Lake Park.

From yesterday's walk: view of Aurora Bridge and Lake Union from Fremont Bridge; after getting home: catching the sunset over Elliott Bay and the Olympic Mountains.

Today was the first day of cruise season.

Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.

Fed a crow some peanuts and ran into Ai Weiwei while crossing the street. Pretty successful Whole Foods trip. Typical Seattle things.

Dale Cooper / Mayor of Portland / Hank McLean at NPR's Wild Card with Rachel Martin.

Watching the ferries from my window.

Seattle recently passed financial incentives for downtown office-to-apartment conversions. Transforming difficult-to-convert office buildings into classrooms and dormitories is an economically and logistically viable alternative that could further boost much-needed foot traffic in downtown Seattle.

Omakase at Kashiba: sweet prawn, pickled herring, and Norwegian mackerel with toasted sesame.

Celebrating the baby's first month with slices of pear pie, marionberry pie, and peach pie from Le Panier.

Maybe I haven't played enough GTA-style games or maybe it's the nostalgia of playing these games during the pandemic, but Watch Dogs (2014) and Watch Dogs 2 (2016) are among my absolute favorite games.

My wife put the candle on the Old Dirty Bastard donut (chocolate frosting, crushed Oreos, and peanut butter drizzle) because "you're the old dirty bastard."

Geocaching in CDMX.