Red Lion Inn/Governor's Hotel
Was it a metaphor for our relationship? I don't know; I am way too drunk to psychoanalyze what she meant by "emotionally distant."
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- Apr 12, 2020
- 3 min
A Quarantined Stare: My Apartment Building
it's a pretty standard apartment building stairwell, kind of like this Charles Shaw Red Blend I'm drinking straight from the bottle.
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
A Quick Stare: Tumwater Falls
I was so happy to find some stairs that I didn't bother seeing the falls—I'd already fallen head-over-heels in love.
- Jan 11, 2020
- 1 min
A Quick Stare: My Viola Floral Studio
They said I could be anything I set my mind to and work hard toward. So I became a stairwell aficionado.
- Jan 1, 2020
- 1 min
Great Falls Public Library, Great Falls, MT
Library policy is If it's returned via the hole, you pay zero toll. The other policy being What happens in the romance section stays there.
- Nov 22, 2019
- 1 min
A Quick Stare: The Park Side Cafe--Emergency Stairwell
I performed the ancient vegan trick of regurgitating partially digested food to travel backwards in time.
- Nov 12, 2019
- 2 min
GRuB, Olympia
The teacher encouraged us to start cutting up vegetables and letting them fall right into the water around the brazenly naked man before us.
- Oct 15, 2019
- 1 min
A Quick Stare: East Bay Drive, Olympia
I had to bribe the Oly Projects twitter account with a promise to open all of their sealed pickle jars, but they gave me the answer I sought
- Oct 7, 2019
- 1 min
A Quick Stare: State of the Arts Gallery and Gifts, Olympia
These stairs get 3 art pieces that just really speak to me out of 5.
- Oct 2, 2019
- 1 min
A Quick Stare: Timberland Regional Library, Hoquiam
The bathroom was exceptionally clean. --was-- ------!WAS!------
- Sep 29, 2019
- 1 min
A Quick Stare: Department of Labor and Industries
I'd been exploring the Dept. of Labor and Industries, turned a corner, and saw this absolute unit wriggle before my eyes.
- Sep 9, 2019
- 1 min
A Quick Stare: Olympic Visions mural, Port Angeles
When Guy Fieri or Smash Mouth vocalist Steve Harwell roll into town with their frosted tips, things get slippery--like in a bad way; you do
- Aug 10, 2019
- 1 min
A Quick Stare: Old Town Center, Tumwater
The rails are excellent for sliding down on one's butt--a butt draped in pants, of course.
- Aug 1, 2019
- 1 min
A Quick Stare: The Park Side Cafe, Olympia
Stairwell Aficionado The hardwood stairs are sick! The twisty spindles are sick! Creepily watching others from the rooftop dining area is...
- Jul 15, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Portland Greens PDX--Portland, OR
The decor is so lifelike. After I got a 7 stroke on hole 4, some animatronic pirates started yo-ho-ing and smacked me with a plaster rapier.
- Jun 10, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Eastside Urban Farm and Garden Center
They didn't sell any of those giant piranha plants emerging from and receding into giant green pipes that I could warp around in.
- Jun 6, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: The Evergreen State College, LAB II
I thought me and the stairwells were cool; I thought the stairwells were going to let me use Their Word which had historically been used aga
- Jun 1, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: The Evergreen State College Library Building, 3-Floor Above Vending Machines
Around and around and around the vending options go. Where they stop, only RAD mechanic Steve knows.
- May 21, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Soap Co. Coffee House, Jacksonville, IL
Stairwell Aficionado I asked for a Cafe Au Lait, and the barista lowered her head and bull-charged me through the wall and into Our Town...
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Ilwaco
Stairwell Aficionado These stairs worked my core of discovery. This stairwell gets 2 Meriwether Lewis auto-erotic asphyxiation death...
- Apr 3, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: The Evergreen State College, CAB North East Stairwell
Stairwell Aficionado One time, before I realized my calling as a stairwell aficionado, I tripped and fell while attempting to walk up the...
- Mar 27, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Church of God, Montesano
Stairwell Aficionado I opened the little door below the stairs, and a short human child pushed me over and tore off one of my shoes and a...
- Mar 15, 2019
- 2 min
The Evergreen State College, Between the Pool and CAB
Stairwell Aficionado This will be my first Evergreen stairwell post since I stopped working in the bagel department. I thought I'd move...
- Mar 9, 2019
- 2 min
Grays Harbor Public Viewpoint Tower, Hoquiam
Stairwell Aficionado Oh boy, I haven't written a full-length stairwell review in a long time. This one deserves it, though, as it's...
- Feb 21, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Tinderbox Coffee Roasters, Aberdeen
Stairwell Aficionado The barista laughed at my joke. He has to marry me now. Dems da rules. Picking out my dress as we speak. This dark,...
- Feb 14, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Harbor Place Aberdeen
Stairwell Aficionado This stairwell separates the diamond sellers from the Russian lawyers. The carpet pattern induced-vertigo separated...
- Feb 11, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Rusted Thing Next to Grow Op, S Adams St, Hoquiam
Stairwell Aficionado With my amount of knowledge of this area, I'd say that those tubes fire missiles loaded with drugs to Mexico where...
- Feb 7, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Port of Grays Harbor, Hoquiam
Stairwell Aficionado There're, like, at least 7 stairwells here. Although I'm preeetty sure these giant cylinders contain David...
- Feb 7, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Hoquiam River Bridge--no the other one
Stairwell Aficionado This almighty stairwell leads to heaven. The bouncer at the bottom keeps asking to see my nips, yet never lets me...
- Feb 4, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Furniture World, Aberdeen
Stairwell Aficionado Every level was a differently styled staircase within this mega stairwell. I bought nothing and feel no guilt. It...
- Feb 2, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Review: Hoquiam River Bridge
Stairwell Aficionado When cars drive over this bridge it sounds like Jay Jay the Jet Plane flying back into my life after he left to buy...
- Jan 29, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Grays Harbor WorkSource, The Elliot Building, Aberdeen
Stairwell Aficionado I came with the mission of finding the source of all work. I left with the aroma of a urinal cake lingering in my...
- Jan 24, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: End of Cooper Point Rd, Olympia
Stairwell Aficionado I don't know WHY I couldn't take a non-blurry picture of this amazing stairwell that features tile steps. TILE...
- Jan 21, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Super Gay Water Tower--Tumwater, WA
Stairwell Aficionado It's super gay and virile. 4 Scarlett Johanssons playing gay women out of 5. #AustinTexas #AustinStairwell
- Jan 19, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Kaiser Permanente--Olympia--South Wall
Stairwell Aficionado This is where I'm shooting my new sitcom "Brick & Mortary." 2 oooooo weeeeee's out of 5. #ThurstonCountyStairs
- Jan 16, 2019
- 1 min
Anthony's restaurant, I think? Somewhere near there Olympia, WA
Stairwell Aficionado Yeah, these stairs get the job done. It ain't much but it's an honest 1 out of 5 dying memes. #Memeonlastleg...
- Dec 31, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Someone's Property Montesano, WA
Stairwell Aficionado These stairs rule. 4 unexpected but unsatisfying M. Night Shyamalan twists out of 5. #MontesanoWA...
- Nov 1, 2018
- 4 min
Olympia State Gov. Office Building 2
Stairwell Aficionado Happy Halloween! Oh boy has it been a while since I wrote a full-length stairwell review. I celebrated Stairwell...
- Oct 23, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Review: Thriftway Backroom Montesano, WA
Stairwell Aficionado Right after I took this picture the pallet jack came alive, chased me down, and hoisted me up by my underwear,...
- Oct 19, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Hoquiam City Hall Hoquiam, WA
Stairwell Aficionado These aren't the Golden arches I was promised, Mom, but I looted the employee fridge and made my own Kid's Meal. 4...
- Oct 3, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Nelson Field Montesano, WA
Stairwell Aficionado Is there a wood splinter-caused infection equivalent of tetanus? Cause I'm gonna need its vaccination before I climb...
- Oct 2, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Tacoma Convention Center--Tacoma, WA
Stairwell Aficionado This stairwell cured my erectile dysfunction. 5 doctors asked if Cialis is right for you out of 5. #TacomaWA...
- Sep 8, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Grays Harbor County Public Health & Social Services, Aberdeen
Stairwell Aficionado I slid down the banister and fell head first into the recycling bin, becoming entombed in a sea of shredded...
- Sep 7, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Tacoma Art Museum
Stairwell Aficionado This isn't actually a stairwell you can walk on. This is a picture of a Wile E. Coyote-esque painting on a wall....
- Sep 7, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Econo Lodge I-205 Portland, OR
Stairwell Aficionado The bottom of this stairwell was completely taken over by flies. In unison they attacked pressure points on my body,...
- Sep 7, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Another Read Through Portland, OR
Stairwell Aficionado This staircase led to a magical loft where the internet has no power and books rule the land. At least that's what I...
- Aug 30, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Someone's House in Sweden
Stairwell Aficionado Knowing IKEA, this stairwell is unusable and for looks only and will surely fall apart upon first step. 5...
- Jul 27, 2018
- 3 min
Mima Mounds Observatory, Little Rock
Stairwell Aficionado I have Carly Ray Jepson's "Call Me Maybe" running through my head on repeat. And I only know the chorus, so it's...
- Jun 27, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Cosmopolis Treaty Grounds Facility
Stairwell Aficionado The gate kept me out, but the likelihood of tetanus kept me out more. 3 anti-vaxers out of 5 would like to speak to...
- Jun 24, 2018
- 1 min
Quick Stare: Aberdeen City Hall
Stairwell Aficionado Business business business business. Move aside, there's businessing to business. I give it 2 "Hey! what are you...
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