Seattlest: A Local We're Totes Crushing On

ktli01010

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:48:04 -0800

TroyJMorris Yes, he does. Of course he does. A choice quote: "Most people haven't put together what of my writing and my business might have been inspired from smoking marijuana." and also "It's fun to go to a coffee shop. You've got to find a coffee shop that's comfortable for you. You want the right ambience. You want for you and me — well, for me I'd want an older crowd. Wouldn't want so much tie-dye and dreadlocks and piercings." http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2003879700_webricksteves12.html

TroyJMorris

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:55:53 -0800

kti01010 He doesn't smoke. So yeah.... your point kind of shit itself. He's doing this because he believes that the war on soft drugs is a waste of our resources and we could put that towards things that improve a society, like his precious European towns.

Kim Ruehl

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:23:48 -0800

ktli1010 - we use "totes" to maintain our junior high readability level. we have a standard to uphold here. i'm totally with you on #2&3! well put!

ktli01010

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:51:59 -0800

Three things: 1) Stop using totes. It's not cute or clever. Seriously. In US Weekly or Jezebel it might be kind of funny the first thirty times, but here, it's just sort of gross. 2) So Rick Steves is a brave, brave pothead for not being a hypocrite about it? Maybe. But most of the people who like his books seem to be insipid fans (like, say, the writer of this thing), so there's not a lot of risk there for him. If his business started to turn on him because of it, he'd drop it. 3) Could all of us in the northwest just decide to get over him already? The kind of people who love Rick Steves also are the people fawning over Spanish salt at Sur la Table and French soap at Watson & Kennedy. It's supertotes annoying. And, no, I don't want to see your pictures from your Cinqua Terre trip, thanks.

Dan

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:10:18 -0800

Love him, but not unconditionally (so, not totes then, I guess): http://seattlest.com/2007/09/14/rick_steves_blo.php

herbisara

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:07:37 -0800

We went to Italy last September, and you wouldn't believe how many people were invading small villages, armed with "Europe Through the Back Door" by Rick Steves. I like him, but I'll bet half the Italians in those villages would like to beat his ass!

jwhieger

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:48:22 -0800

I want his job, I mean empire.

TroyJMorris

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:07:06 -0800

I don't like how he travels. It's not my cup of tea and he enjoys British 'Quaintness' far too much.

Charles Redell

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:01:20 -0800

*sigh*

abbey

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:52:33 -0800

Happy *and* I must admit to being a girl who totally makes passes, at guys who wear glasses.

Katelyn

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:49:12 -0800

Look how HAPPY he looks! Who doesn't love a happy man?