Friday, June 04, 2010

TROY'S WORK TABLE



Today was a Troy's Work Table kind of day. It involved all of the TWT major categories—books, art, beer, and wandering.

BOOKS:
*A visit to the Capitol Hill branch of the Seattle Public Library.
*A visit to the new location of Elliott Bay Book Company.
*A visit to Pilot Books to pick up poetry chapbooks by Joel Felix (Catch & Release) and Thomas Hummel (Stands as Mediation).
*A visit to Puyallup Public Library to check out The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams (Volume I: 1909–1939 and Volume II: 1939–1962).

ART:
*Picking up a copy of the album Vs. by Mission of Burma at Everyday Music.
*Viewing concert footage of a 1983 Mission of Burma concert on the accompanying DVD.
*Viewing short films directed by Karpo Godina, courtesy of the 2010 Film Issue of The Believer (issue #70, March/April 2010).
*The Child and TWT posing for pictures with the Jimi Hendrix statue on Broadway.

BEER:
*Taking notes on and enjoying a Single-Wide IPA from Boulevard Brewing Company with dinner.
*Enjoying a half-pint of Dogzilla Black IPA from Laughing Dog Brewing with 100% natural vanilla ice cream.

WANDERING:
*Traipsing around Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

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