Wasting Time Magazine

Introducing a uniquely strange guide to discovering an entire small city – A Psychogeographic Atlas of Olympia, Washington!

Are you ready to explore the hidden corners and secret stories of a city you thought you knew? Through comprehensive street-by-street maps, observations of minutiae, and idiosyncratic commentary, your guide, GrocerySpy^TM, invites you to see the city in a whole new light.

Time capsules, pet pigs, Venn-diagram graffiti, yarn bombs, little libraries, frog audibility isopleths, friendly cats, steps to nowhere, black houses: all crammed into a dense explosion of icons, symbols, photos and telephone-book-sized type.

Whether you’re a long-time resident or a virtual visitor who remains afar, this atlas will guide you on a journey of discovery that will leave you with a deeper appreciation of Olympia’s people, places, and stories. Who knows? It may cause you to slow down and see your city differently.

A compilation in book form of eight neighborhood maps also available separately, this handmade archival-quality hardback book is a 44-page atlas complete with gazetteer and bibliography.