Henry Zhang

Found and returned someone's phone this afternoon. Was rewarded good karma two hours later by coming across Kade Anderson on the street on my way to pick up my son.

Happy 105th Birthday, Gaylen Hansen. "Red Glove II" (2015).

Mexico vs. England watch party at the waterfront + the mountain is out.

Almond at the baseball game. Mariners 6, White Sox 1.

Sculptor and Flushing native Tara Donovan speaks with Seattle Art Museum's modern and contemporary curator about her new exhibition, "Monochrome."

From when I lived down the street from @colbertlateshow.bsky.social. Taken while walking Almond at 1 AM during the pandemic (05/05/2020).

Friday golden hour.

Brunch at the Forest Trailhead pavilion, which opens May 1, at Woodland Park Zoo. Red panda, black-breasted leaf turtle, Chinese crocodile lizard.

Catching a glimpse of "Monochrome," featuring Alexander Calder and Tara Donovan, during the SAM Volunteer Soiree. The exhibition opens May 13.

@planetmoney.bsky.social's marvelous Jack Corbett at Town Hall Seattle.

The first cruise ship of the season, Norwegian Jade, arriving in Seattle.

It was a busy day for the cargo ships in the sound yesterday.

The stock market this month.

"Log Jam, Penobscot Bay" by Marsden Hartley (1941); "The Inception of Magic" by Leo Kenney (1945); "Northwest Landscape" by Kenneth Callahan (1934); "Mail Boxes" by Kenneth Callahan (1935). "Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest" exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum.

"The Famine" by Paul-Louis Delance (1889). "Farm to Table" exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum.

"Garlic Seller" by Jean-François Raffaëlli (ca. 1880); "The Fish Market at Trouville" by Eugène Boudin (1894). "Farm to Table" exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum.

Painting arrived! "Secret" by Naudline Pierre (2025).

Foggy morning and foggy midnight on New Year's Eve.

View of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains on the morning of December 30.

Saw Tay Zonday, of "Chocolate Rain" fame and a star from the Golden Age of social media, at the Seattle Art Museum today.

Westlake Park Christmas tree lighting fireworks from last night.

Last Saturday, the last sunset before 4 PM sunsets.

People living in cities want affordability, transit, and infrastructure more than digital advertising kiosks. Just one of the reasons Dionne Foster prevailed tonight. Her giddy excitement was palpable in the shaking of the piece of paper she was holding.

"To my colleagues on Council, those I worked with and those I disagreed with: I open my hand to you to work in collaboration... but let me be clear that I will not compromise on our values" is the kind of thing you say when you win over 78% of the vote. @alexis4seattle.bsky.social

"This is the people's office. That's what this is about: making sure that the laws protect all of us." It's great to see energy, competence, compassion, and integrity return to the Seattle City Attorney's Office. Erika Evans trounced Ann Davison by 25 points tonight.

Election Day is Tuesday. When choosing the next City Attorney, Seattle voters would do well to avoid an incumbent who faces multiple ethics complaints for lying about a sitting judge and whose political vendetta disrupted court operations at the expense of domestic violence victims and taxpayers.

Columbia Giving Day is today. With anti-intellectualism and fascism festering in the country, it's more important than ever to support higher education, especially financial aid and the Core Curriculum.

Dinner at ShoMon Kappo: dashi soup with golden eye snapper, matsutake, and osmanthus; tuna futomaki with scallion, cucumber, and soy sauce cured egg yolk; uni and ikura over sushi rice; apple and seaweed salt milk ice cream with shaved frozen apple.

I had the chance to speak at Mayor Bruce Harrell's announcement about his proposed 2026 budget, which would include a 60% increase ($4 million) for the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs.

Japanese Breakfast performing "Paprika" at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Japanese Breakfast at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Japanese Breakfast performing "Be Sweet" at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Premier member reception for Anila Quayyum Agha: Geometry of Light at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. "A Beautiful Despair" (2021) and "This Is Not A Refuge! 2" (2019).

"Picnic on the Moon" by Shoichi Okumura. Japanese mineral pigment on silk. Hall Spassov Gallery / Seattle Art Fair 2025.

Afternoon at the arboretum.

To accommodate the one-minute time limit, this line didn't make the final version of my comment: "After all, this is the Seattle City Council, not the Seattle Suburbs Council."

From yesterday's walk: view of Aurora Bridge and Lake Union from Fremont Bridge; after getting home: catching the sunset over Elliott Bay and the Olympic Mountains.

Today was the first day of cruise season.

Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.

Dale Cooper / Mayor of Portland / Hank McLean at NPR's Wild Card with Rachel Martin.

Watching the ferries from my window.

Seattle recently passed financial incentives for downtown office-to-apartment conversions. Transforming difficult-to-convert office buildings into classrooms and dormitories is an economically and logistically viable alternative that could further boost much-needed foot traffic in downtown Seattle.

Omakase at Kashiba: sweet prawn, pickled herring, and Norwegian mackerel with toasted sesame.

Geocaching in CDMX.