It’s the first really nice day of the year, and walking through Cal Anderson Park just now was like walking through that colorful Seurat—although instead of parasols and rigid hats it was all frisbees and flip-flops and iPhones and hula hoops. And groups of people on big blankets eating takeout. And people playing bongoes. And a guy reading Thomas Pynchon. And a lady reading Mary Higgins Clark. And a man throwing a baby through the air while the mother of the baby panicked. And little dogs tumbling over backwards. And children running through the volcano-fountain runoff channel. And a photographer trying to get a shot of the surface of the reflecting pool. And some guys twirling sticks like they’re training to become Ninja Turtles. And a kid in a hat with huge foam ears (an elephant? a mouse?). And a woman with tall pink wedges for shoes lawn bowling with silver balls. And an owner of Neumo’s with Bose headphones clamped to his ears and Dick’s in his lap. And elves sitting in trees playing music. Literally:

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Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...

25 replies on “Sunday in the Park”

  1. spring in seattle is so fucking bizarre. its like we have some sort of crazy in us thats only activated by sun, so it sits all dormant in our systems til spring than its like, HOLY SHIT and it gets all manic and our brains go “DGHSODGHODIGRYG” and then there are elves in a tree!!!!

  5. And – HOLY MOTHER OF THE SWEET, SWEET BABY JEEBUZ! It almost hit 70 degrees today!

    Figures, I’ve spent almost the entire weekend indoors…

  6. and the no-apparent-cause gold bar-to-sultan traffic jam coming west on US2 was back in full effect like it’s fucking july.

    and thanks for staying away from stevens today, seattle.

  10. It’s days like these that make me so glad that even though the house I bought is right next to I-5, we’re only two blocks from Greenlake.

  11. It was over 70 out here on the eastside! I was so bummed because I thought I was going to miss it doing schoolwork… I didn’t get done until 1:30 but the days are so long now I had plenty of time to garden and play with the puppies and soak up the rays… Gotta love Spring!

  12. There was a bumpersticker at Comicon that said “My other car is a Thomas Pynchon novel” or something like that, and I didn’t get it. As in understand. Also as in didn’t buy, because of the aforementioned lack of understanding.

  19. The big lawn at Volunteer park was packed– lots of people, babies, dogs, people playing soccer and small dogs stealing the soccer balls. It was like summer reached out and said “hey, don’t worry about all the snow, THIS is what awaits in a couple months!” Because I was thisclose to going stir crazy.

  20. STRANGER NEWS FLASH:

    SHIT GETS WARM IN SPRING AND COLD IN THE WINTER TIME.

    MORE AT 10,

    NOW OFF TO YOU MUH DIK FOR SOME STUPID RACIST POSTINGS.

  21. I WENT TO THE PARK YESTERDAY AND WAS APPALED TO SEE A TRADITIONAL QUEER SPACE TAKEN OVER BY STRAYT PEOPLE I GUESS THE GENOCIDE/GENTRIFICATION OF QUEER SPACE THAT SAVAGE AND HIS RPLACE MAFIA HAS FOISTED OFF ON THE HILL IS REALLY SHOWING NOW NO SPACE FOR DYKES OF SIZE OR RADICAL QUEERS OR ANYONE ELSE NOT IN HIS DEFINITION OF GAY MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL MOVE TO VASHON AND SEE WHAT HE THINKS OF IT THEN OOPS SORRY I FORGOT NO QUEER FRIENDLY JOBS OUT THERE PRETTY SOON NO QUEER FRIENDLY JOBS ANYWHERE AND NO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THANKS SAVAGE

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