Life outside academia???


well, hopefully some! Not enough that I actually have time to make a nice page, but here are some places you might find me when I'm not chasing birds in Discovery Park. At least its a nice place for me to find what I'm looking for!


On the Town

Music

live music happenings : Seattle Symphony, The Triple Door, Jazz Alley, Tractor Tavern, Paramount/Moore Theater, Showbox, Egan's, Tula's, New Orleans

local radio stations: KBCS (the best radio station I've ever found! listen live) , KEXP (streaming archive) , KPLU (listen online)

Dancing

Swing dance calendar, Salsa Dance calendar, Dance Calendar at Seattle Dance Info

Contra dancing at the Phinney Ridge community center, or check out other contra dances in and around Seattle,

 

In the Mountains

web cams: Mount Rainier, Hurricane Ridge, North Cascades, Snoqualamie Pass, Stevens Pass

hiking trails: Washington Trails Association has a nice online listing of hiking trails, or here's another list of hiking trails from NW Source

climbing conditions and trip reports from Cascade Climbers

National Forest Updates for Washington and Oregon (trail and road conditions, closures, etc): Pacific Northwest Regional FS

 

At the Beach

Seattle tides

Sailing with the Washington Yacht Club: is there any good wind on the lake?? or maybe another place??

Washington state ferry schedules

 

Weather Forecasts

NOAA zone weather forecasts for Western Washington

weather.com hourly forecast for Seattle

Seattle forecast from Weather Underground

Weather conditions aboard the Washington state ferries

Avalanche conditions from the NW Avalanche Center

 

Further Procrastination

One of the best procrastination tools for any grad student is the PhD comic strip: Piled Higher and Deeper

 


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