Mortie, Mortie: He's no shorty, Mortie.
I’ve known Ivan longer than I’ve known anyone in Seattle, so when I received the evite for a combination moving day/marriage ceremony, I was more-than-excited, and brought my daughter Ellie with me to help celebrate. Photo galleries from the wedding are posted here and here, with some snapshots I’ve snagged of interest below. For their honeymoon, Ivan and Mary are headed off on a two-month bike journey from Seattle to Norfolk, VA! A safe journey and congratulations!
Pictures of Ellie and Zera at Shilshole, diggin’ it — and from the wading pool at Greenlake.
Photoshop creations of unpopular movie-based video games, everything you wanted to know about custom typeface designers, and this rather brilliant idea of portable water purification:
LifeStraw® water purifiers have been developed as a practical way of preventing disease and saving lives, as well as achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe water by the year 2015.
On their way to lovely Vancouver to board a cruise ship to Alaska! An evening at Chinook’s in Magnolia.
Developers: infinity, Preservation of sentimentality: 0.
And in the interest of balance (Warning: disturbing photos of callout below can be found here):
FROM the beaches of Kazakhstan to the catwalks of Milan, the mankini has finally found its way into high fashion.
In an outfit that can only owe its inspiration to the male one-piece swimsuit worn by the Sacha Baron Cohen character Borat, British designer Alexander McQueen sent this brave male model to front the crowds for Milan Fashion Week.
Guaranteed never to let the wearer down, the original mankini made its debut in the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan.
The mankini was a low point of the male collections, which included Donatella Versace dedicating her collection to US presidential hopeful Barack Obama, Giorgio Armani presenting jackets and suits, and Dolce & Gabbana unveiling pin-stripe suits as loose and easy as silk pajamas.
Gone in a flash, the Denny’s/Mannings at 15th and Market. Next target of mass destruction: The Sunset. Maybe they’ll run a memorial skybridge between the two properties to remind us of when Ballard was quirky and valued historical significance? Uff don’t.
Personally, I’m psyched that Guitar Hero World Tour is being released for the holidays, as Activision’s answer to Rock Band 1, 2. This tiny Wii, though, is producing plenty of plastic peripherals — with my GH III guitar, DDR pad, and Wii Fit, I’ll have to nudge something out of the manctuary to accommodate the fake drum set, additional guitar, and microphone (no bassoon or triangle as of this writing).
Actual screenshot of fake band.
Weezer, however, adds to the what I hear is this growing category of real music. Pork and Beans spoofs about every internet video out there, and is worth the watch.
Pictures from the Ortlieb Family Reunion in Ocean Isle Beach, NC from June 14-21. Pictures of airborne “Enola” stomach virus” not included. 🙂
BMW’s fabric-covered car concept that can change shapes at the push of a button. More info here.
