You Can Go Home Again (and Get Chilly)

Ryan Dobosh lived in Seattle from 1989--2002, before moving to Los Angeles. He is in town this week and has some thoughts about his old home.

I woke up this morning and had that old familiar dread coursing through my veins. "Did I leave my sunglasses in the car again?" I'm sure you will agree with me, that is THE WORST. Oh well, no matter, I was to get on a plane at noon bound for the lovely Pacific Northwest

While at 30,000 feet, you should know that Seattle looks a lot like other cities, bright, warm, and inviting. To my chagrin, when we descended through the clouds, they never actually stopped. And now I'm sitting here, full of Mac and Jacks (Am I saying that right?) and wondering what exactly I was thinking. Sure, this is technically my home town, but if you want to split hairs, it is also technically summer.

Um, are you guys kidding with this? I texted a good friend of mine in LA, who also hails from The Emerald City, and told him that the headlines in The Times read: Colder Than Siberia. He responded earnestly with the very same question I was asking myself, "People actually still live there?"

Just yesterday I was putting on sunscreen, washing my car, and complaining to my roommate Ed during the Lakers game that we absolutely needed to get central air conditioning or else. I mean, I could always move back home, right? That's before I realized that the skies here are not gray, they are WHITE. In June. Edward, I take it back.

You can beat Mr. Dobosh with an umbrella, or smother him with your parka this weekend at Re-Bar, where he will be performing in Mark Siano's Soft Rock Spectacular.