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[Hilbert]

We did Costco for the first year up here. Couldn't deal with the hellacious lines and constantly being out of stock of what was needed. Sam's is always empty and well-stocked, which works well since we can get in and out quickly.

Anyone familiar with the Sounder train? We bought a new place in Pierce County and I'll need to take it (or a ST bus) in to downtown starting next summer.

I refused to go to cosco for years. I consider it stress in a shopping center, I don't care how much cheaper it is.

Finally my wife convinced me to get a membership when she pointed out the discount on car rentals pays for the membership.

Now we go once a month.

 

[cdyhybrid]

I'd go to Costco, but as a single guy living alone I don't consume enough to make it worth it.

 

[mYm|17|]

I usually go to Costco and get their steak/chicken/pork.

It's nice to cut the portions down and just freeze them for later use.

 

[richardhawk]

Just booked a trip with my girlfriend from December 30 - Jan 6th. Got a rental car and we are staying near the University district. Any recommendations for stuff other than food / drink? I got a huge list of restaurants / bars already so anything else worth checking out is more than welcome. Thanks guys.

Reposting just once. Figured I'd put my list of stuff I have up and if anyone has any thoughts on it.

None of this is set in stone or anything except maybe Joule as a nice dinner place.

 

[distantmantra]

Reposting just once. Figured I'd put my list of stuff I have up and if anyone has any thoughts on it.



None of this is set in stone or anything except maybe Joule as a nice dinner place.

Good call on Joule. Spicy rice cakes.

Staple and Fancy
Brouwers Cafe (if you like beer)
Burgundian
Toronado (if you like beer)
Westward
Bell + Whete
Salumi

Saturday morning:
1. Herkimer Coffee
2. Morsel (breakfast sandwiches)
3. U District farmers market

 

[Brakke]

^
Bell + Whete is aight; go some time when there'd be a bunch of dogs at the park across the street so you can watch dogs be dogs
I like Brouwers a lot

;_; still haven't been to Salumi but everyone raves ;_;

Reposting just once. Figured I'd put my list of stuff I have up and if anyone has any thoughts on it.



None of this is set in stone or anything except maybe Joule as a nice dinner place.

Dope:
Ramen Man
Columbia Tower (better than going to the top of the Needle)
Roux (I've actually only been there for brunch but it's slammin')
Add A Ball

Aight:
Underground tour
Knee High Stocking
Bathtub Gin
EMP

You missed:
Walrus and the Carpenter
(which is near) Card Kingdom (if you want to dork out at a huge board game store; they also got a bar you can borrow basically any game that ever existed and play and drink and carry on)
Din Tai Fung for some sweet, sweet dumps.

Other things on your list I'm either not familiar with or don't really have opinions about.

 

[djSyndrome]

I'm a fan of Trophy over Cupcake Royale.

If you're into retro gaming at all (and can get away with it with the better half), try to hit Super Smash Games in Ballard or Another Castle in Edmonds.

 

[Elle_]

I'd go to Costco, but as a single guy living alone I don't consume enough to make it worth it.

Get someone to give you a gift card. Gets you in without having to buy a membership. My mother sends a card every Christmas... my husband and I go maybe twice a year and it's perfect for that.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Reposting just once. Figured I'd put my list of stuff I have up and if anyone has any thoughts on it.

I'd substitute Belltown's Yellow Leaf Cupcake instead of Cupcake Royale or Trophy. The latter two are certainly bigger and more popular in the area, but they're pretty generic: somewhat dry cake, extremely sweet butter-and-powdered-sugar frosting, and everything's made pretty much assembly line style. Yellow Leaf is much better quality cake and frosting (egg white-based, so it's very light, far less sweet, and lets you actually taste the flavors) tons of interesting varieties that use fresh spices, tea, essential oils, fruit purees, house-made caramel, etc. They've got the best carrot and red velvet cakes I've tasted.

 

[riotous]

A lady I work with won the $90 million Powerball.

Pretty crazy; she's been at work the last week with a big shit eating grin on her face wearing ugly Christmas sweaters. I only recently started working in the same building as her and don't get the impression that she's usually in a good mood.. lol.

edit: mentioned in this thread as you guys might see it on the local news

 

[cdyhybrid]

A lady I work with won the $90 million Powerball.

Pretty crazy; she's been at work the last week with a big shit eating grin on her face wearing ugly Christmas sweaters. I only recently started working in the same building as her and don't get the impression that she's usually in a good mood.. lol.

edit: mentioned in this thread as you guys might see it on the local news

...Why is she still at work?

 

[riotous]

...Why is she still at work?

A vague e-mail went around this morning that she was going to do her best to wrap up things before she retired.. with a vague "watch the news at noon to find out why I'm retiring."

I imagine many of her friends are her work colleagues; her job isn't particularly difficult either.

Nice of her to transition out.

If I up and left my job tons of stuff would fall apart... part of me thinks I'd stick around to help transition out.. but another part of me wants to slap that part of me in the face and immediately bail.

 

[WesternHeretic]

A lady I work with won the $90 million Powerball.

Pretty crazy; she's been at work the last week with a big shit eating grin on her face wearing ugly Christmas sweaters. I only recently started working in the same building as her and don't get the impression that she's usually in a good mood.. lol.

edit: mentioned in this thread as you guys might see it on the local news

The winner of those national lottery always seem to be in Cal or Florida. I've never seen someone from WA win it all.

Spoiler

Alright this is proof you can win from this state. I guess my turn to TRY!

 

[riotous]

Yeah it's the first Powerball winner from Washington State.

 

[Brakke]

My Gramps won the lotto once. It was a pretty small state pot and he had to split it a few ways so he ended up with like $115,000 or so. Seems like the healthiest way to win the lotto. Enough to make a big difference (gramps donated a pile to some personal-interest charity, paid off the mortgage and the car, bought some nice furniture, stashed a bit away) but not totally revolutionize your life.

Don't get me wrong, I'd absolutely take $90 mil. But I'd be constantly worried about the double-edged-ness of it. Probably most best to win when you're old / looking at retiring anyway.

 

[WesternHeretic]

My Gramps won the lotto once. It was a pretty small state pot and he had to split it a few ways so he ended up with like $115,000 or so. Seems like the healthiest way to win the lotto. Enough to make a big difference (gramps donated a pile to some personal-interest charity, paid off the mortgage and the car, bought some nice furniture, stashed a bit away) but not totally revolutionize your life.

Don't get me wrong, I'd absolutely take $90 mil. But I'd be constantly worried about the double-edged-ness of it. Probably most best to win when you're old / looking at retiring anyway.

Well of course there's going to be bad that comes from it EX. family out of nowhere asking for handouts, but still you have to take that double edge sword any day of the week.

P.S I hate this cold. BRING ON SPRING!

 

[cdyhybrid]

Winter Beer Fest tomorrow night!

 

[Trouble]

Winter Beer Fest tomorrow night!

I'll be there. I'll be the bearded guy drinking beer.

 

[blurrygil]

If you're into retro gaming at all (and can get away with it with the better half), try to hit Super Smash Games in Ballard or Another Castle in Edmonds.

I'm friends with both sets of owners. Good guys. AC has selection, where SSG has good prices and my bro Andy will get you just about *anything* you're hunting for.

But if it's a one-off experience, hit AC. They have an arcade (with some of my former machines in there ;D) and I think they're trying to get booze served in there, now?

^

You missed:
Walrus and the Carpenter
(which is near) Card Kingdom (if you want to dork out at a huge board game store; they also got a bar you can borrow basically any game that ever existed and play and drink and carry on)
Din Tai Fung for some sweet, sweet dumps.

Other things on your list I'm either not familiar with or don't really have opinions about.

Keep in mind Mox Boardhouse grand opening is Saturday out here in Bellevue (I say that as I work in Redmond) and it's pretty huge, much bigger than Mox AFAIK.

 

[mYm|17|]

Winter Beer Fest tomorrow night!

co-worker is leaving work early to work the beer fest

she will have a berliner pub shirt on

 

[distantmantra]

I'll be there. I'll be the bearded guy drinking beer.

I thought that was me?

 

[platypotamus]

Keep in mind Mox Boardhouse grand opening is Saturday out here in Bellevue (I say that as I work in Redmond) and it's pretty huge, much bigger than Mox AFAIK.

Yeah, but it's in Bellevue.

Winter Beer Fest tomorrow night!

I'll be there. I'll be the bearded guy drinking beer.

I thought that was me?

No, I'm Spartacus!

Spoiler

I won't actually be there though

 

[Phthisis]

Mox Boarding House grand opening celebration is tonight, actually, not Sat.

 

[distantmantra]

Yeah, but it's in Bellevue.







No, I'm Spartacus!

Spoiler

I won't actually be there though

I won't be there, either. Drinking some beers that don't see distribution in WA (Jester King, Beachwood, Block 15, Schell's) at a friend's house while our kids play.

 

[Brakke]

Keep in mind Mox Boardhouse grand opening is Saturday out here in Bellevue (I say that as I work in Redmond) and it's pretty huge, much bigger than Mox AFAIK.

Oooo didn't know about this. Cool. I've been getting into Warmachine with some buds and the space in Ballard is super cramped if all the tables are running. Will check this out (on a weekend that isn't a shitshow).

 

[richardhawk]

Thanks for the recommendations guys. I'm really looking forward to visiting.

 

[blurrygil]

Oooo didn't know about this. Cool. I've been getting into Warmachine with some buds and the space in Ballard is super cramped if all the tables are running. Will check this out (on a weekend that isn't a shitshow).

Yeah, tons more tables they've said.

*Edit: I understand these aren't war tables, really. But it's the best pic I could find.

 

[Brakke]

Yeah, tons more tables they've said.

*Edit: I understand these aren't war tables, really. But it's the best pic I could find.

New location looks great! And yeah, they have a pic of the war tables, too:

Looks like there'll be more room to breath thank god.

 

[Phthisis]

They soft-opened a couple weeks ago, and I've been in there more times than I haven't. It's ridiculous.

(And they have High Water S'mores Stout on draft, which is amazing).

 

[riotous]

That looks pretty amazing.

Are they fairly noob friendly?

Or is it more a place for friends to show up and play together?

 

[Phthisis]

That looks pretty amazing.

Are they fairly noob friendly?

Or is it more a place for friends to show up and play together?

They're everyone friendly. That's the beauty: there really isn't a stigma for subculture or experience. You show up to drink, eat, play and be social. They'll help you learn new games, too, if you ask.

 

[Brakke]

That looks pretty amazing.

Are they fairly noob friendly?

Or is it more a place for friends to show up and play together?

I've had exclusively good experiences at CK / Mox, especially getting into Warmachine. Everybody is chill dorks.

That said I haven't tried playing Magic there. It think those dudes (they are exclusively dudes) are let's say a little less welcoming.

 

[riotous]

Thanks; and yeah that's not too surprising about MTG.

Ironically my wife is the one who has played Magic for years.

Any of you ever go to the gaming night thing at the Tower Club? That's another thing we thought about checking out.

 

[dubc35]

Yeah Comcast is down! Glad my wife and I planned on watching an Amazon prime movie tonight!

 

[WesternHeretic]

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nate-robinson-wings-and-waffles-seattle-review/

LoL dude took it so serious!

 

[platypotamus]

That said I haven't tried playing Magic there. It think those dudes (they are exclusively dudes) are let's say a little less welcoming.

I've had good experiences at pre-releases for Magic at Mox. You gotta get a ticket in advance, but there's usually a pretty chill and welcoming crowd, including kids and ladies. Sometimes some of the WOTC folk are around too.

 

[Wreav]

Had a great 3 night stay in Seattle last week, we stayed at a B&B on Greenlake, and mostly did touristy stuff (Needle/Pikes/Freemont Troll/Woodland Park). I was blown away by the hospitality of folks that we met. This was my first trip to the pacific northwest, and my expectations were totally miscalculated; in fact, I'd say the hospitality shown to us exceeds even my own beloved Texas. A la Mode Pies was my personal highlight, and the Bluebird snickerdoodle local ice cream they had was amazing.

I will say after 3 days of driving around town, I don't know how you guys can live with 4 way intersections with no stop or yield signs. Multiple panic attacks were had. Also all of the 5 and 6 way intersections, intermixed with bus and bikes lanes, are something I've never experienced, wild stuff.

Gorgeous city, and can't wait to come back some day! A few pics from our trip:

 

[dLMN8R]

Glad you had a great trip! My house is a ~10 minute walk from the troll so it's always fun seeing those shots. I usually end up walking by it once a week or so

 

[Wreav]

Forgot to mention Rachel's Ginger Beer, fun store and great product. So sad to find out they don't distribute, I was going to beat up my local fru fru grocer.

 

[distantmantra]

Forgot to mention Rachel's Ginger Beer, fun store and great product. So sad to find out they don't distribute, I was going to beat up my local fru fru grocer.

We get a growler of RGB every Saturday at the University Farmers Market. Good stuff. Guava is my favorite.

The PCC here in Green Lake always seems to have blood orange RGB growlers alongside standard bottles, too.

 

[Phthisis]

Any of you ever go to the gaming night thing at the Tower Club? That's another thing we thought about checking out.

I did earlier this year. Amazing views from up there. I took a timelapse of the piers for a couple hours.

 

[Trouble]

Forgot to mention Rachel's Ginger Beer, fun store and great product. So sad to find out they don't distribute, I was going to beat up my local fru fru grocer.

Rachel is one of the owners of Montana, they have her ginger beer on tap for making Moscow Mules. Yum!

Spoiler

Go up the street to Tommy Gun for a better Moscow Mule with their homemade ginger beer.

 

[distantmantra]

My wife has been heating up RGB with some bourbon lately.

 

[platypotamus]

My wife has been heating up RGB with some bourbon lately.

It makes everything better

 

[distantmantra]

It makes everything better

As in actually heating up the RGB on the stove with bourbon and something else. Tastes a lot like mulled wine.

 

[riotous]

I did earlier this year. Amazing views from up there. I took a timelapse of the piers for a couple hours.

Cool; yeah I've been up there before as a guest of a member for drinks.

We get a growler of RGB every Saturday at the University Farmers Market. Good stuff. Guava is my favorite.

The PCC here in Green Lake always seems to have blood orange RGB growlers alongside standard bottles, too.

Amazon Fresh delivers the regular, White Peach, Blood Orange, and Blueberry varieties in Growlers.

Not sure if the price is any good though.. think it's like $15.00.

 

[dLMN8R]

Anyone like me a chump in line at the u village Microsoft store to get cheap CoDs?

 

[Trouble]

Amazon Fresh requires Prime in Seattle now, and will require a $299 Prime Fresh subscription starting next year.

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2025222834_amazonfreshseattlexml.html

RIP in peace Fresh

 

[jb1234]

Amazon Fresh requires Prime in Seattle now, and will require a $299 Prime Fresh subscription starting next year.

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2025222834_amazonfreshseattlexml.html

RIP in peace Fresh

Bad move, Amazon. Bad move.

 

[riotous]

Bad move, Amazon. Bad move.

They probably aren't profiting from the current model.

Basically it's $200 a year for the Fresh aspect; Prime is already $99 and comes with Prime Fresh.

Won't stop me from using it. Especially since it lowers the free delivery amount to $50.