Neighborhood resident David Stoesz has an alter ego: the Uptight Seattleite. Through his column in the Seattle Weekly, thousands of people become enlightened on topics such as coffee shop etiquette, sweater-wearing dogs, and the appropriate condolence gift when someone’s backyard chicken flies to the eternal chicken coop in the sky.
Now Stoesz is truly bringing his uptightness to the masses through his new book “A Sensitive Liberal’s Guide to Life: How to Banter with Your Barista, Hug Mindfully, and Relate to Friends Who Choose Kids Over Dogs.” It’s being released by Gotham Books today, with original illustrations by Rod Filbrandt.
(Book cover illustration reprinted here by permission of the author.)
Stoesz tells us there’s an Uptight Seattleite “multimedia extravaganza” at 7 p.m. March 31 at Neptune Coffee, 8415 Greenwood Ave. N.
6 responses so far ↓
1 car // Mar 2, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Congratulations on your book release! That’s nice news.
2 Iron City Mike // Mar 2, 2010 at 6:32 pm
The perfect gift for all my ultra-conservative friends!
3 david stoesz // Mar 2, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Thanks you guys! I hope to see you all on the 31st at Neptune Coffee.
4 Gordon the Intern // Mar 3, 2010 at 7:33 am
David Stoesz, AKA the Uptight Seattlelite, will be a guest today on The Bob Rivers Show at 8:35am. Tune in to 102.5 or see it streaming live at http://www.bobrivers.com !
5 impliedobserver // Mar 3, 2010 at 8:36 pm
It was my impression from reading the column that the Uptight Seattlleite is written by more than one person. Some weeks, the writing is exceptionally good. Others it’s just stupid. But it’s not the topics as much as it is the writing style.
6 iheartgreenwood // Mar 4, 2010 at 9:43 pm
I love The Uptight Seattleite! Didn’t know he was from the ‘hood! Very proud to hear it!
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