Regular Metroblogging Seattle contributor Samantha Mastridge keeps one of the more engaging and -- dare I say it? -- poetic blogs you'll have the occasion to read. Her Seattle experience, filtered down through sharply-worded barbs ("I have been thanking the gods of fashion for short skirts and strapless dresses and other bits of hobaggery that have made the heat bearable") and rich visual prose ("He looked down and smiled, slid his hand onto the place on my side reserved for the hands of boys") is worth sharing.