All Things Chill

Breeze. Bare feet on grass. Neighbors’ dinnerware making clanging noises as they wash their dishes. The sky turns violet as the trees sway too and fro to catch the last wisps of sunlight. I sit here rather comfortably on poorly aged wooden benches with my laptop, a cell phone and a mason jar full of cranberry juice, lime and Tanqueray. Relaxed.

It may be the gin talking, but this is the first time that I’ve really felt tranquil here in the emerald city. Seattle is a completely different city when the skies clear and the dull melancholy-stained blanket of blah is stored away for the Summer. The city is filled with good humor. Spilled libations on the sidewalk mark late nights of debauchery. Douchebaggery also halts to a minimum (except when guys hit on your girlfriend lawl) & pure unadulterated kindness pours from the sky (gyros for free? amazing).

So, to all of you who have asked me “How do you like Seattle so far,” my reply will no longer be…

“It’s killing me,” but…

“It hasn’t killed me yet.”

Baby steps people, baby steps.

~Herschell

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