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Frankenstrat
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Anybody at foundation tonight for TJR?
luckyboyceo
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Hard to imagine the storm being any worse than the one from a few nights ago. Either way, I'M READY.
WesternHeretic
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Well shitty weekend ahead already. Storm plus lose one hour.... Noooo!
fluffydelusions
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Hey Seattle GAF...I know it's not Seattle but how is the Stadium District in Tacoma? I will be moving there in the beginning of May or somewhere in the vicinity (if all goes according to plan). Anyone here a transplant from the northeastern US? I've never been to the PNW but it seems I'll be giving up cold snowy winters and hot humid summers for milder rainy winters which I'm totally OK with lol. Also the COL (outside of Seattle proper) is a lot lower. The apartment I'm looking at is half what I pay here in NJ and looks way nicer plus my car insurance will literally be half what I'm paying. Regarding the umbrella talk on the previous page, isn't the rain there more a drizzle? Least that is what I heard. Seems no umbrella would make sense. I'm assuming most people would just wear some sort of waterproof coat? When it is a drizzle here I skip the umbrella. Hate carrying extra stuff.
distantmantra
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Stadium area is pretty nice, and you're not very far from North Tacoma. My wife and I have said if we didn't live in Seattle we'd consider North Tacoma.
fluffydelusions
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Yeah I was looking also at a place by point defiance. How is that park? Looks very nice on the YouTube videos I watched. One thing I miss about new England is doing stuff outdoors.
distantmantra
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Its nice. I went there a bunch as a kid. Big zoo, trails, Puget Sound, etc.
I actually lost power from the last one for a few hours. In Capitol Hill. That's never happened to me before in seventeen years of living here.
distantmantra
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Wind is picking up here in Green Lake. We haven't lost power in a couple years, so I'm sure we'll get hit this time.
distantmantra
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Same stuff happens in the urban life. Woke up a few years ago and a huge chunk of our Catelpa tree had gently rested on our roof. Couple friends came over and we roped up and had fun with chainsaws.
And they'll all be rented out too.
Steelyuhas
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Yeah I'm looking at getting a new place in Wallingford, it's no bay area around here, but it's still pretty insane what you have to pay for a nice 1 bedroom.
Glad to see the explosion in property tax passed on to renters. I'll be priced out as a homeowner soon enough.
distantmantra
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Last year some developer bought a single family house around the corner from us on Woodlawn and tore it down. Built four townhouses on the land that sold for $700,000+ each immediately. We bought our house for $450k back in 2007, can't imagine what it would go for now. Probably list for mid 6. Don't want to move. Shit is crazy.
Which one?
Which one?
distantmantra
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That website is atrocious. And when this picture is bigger than actual shots of the apartments... Yeah.
gross
I bought in 2009 for 350k. There are single family houses (box houses) going in behind me (4 on what was 3 lots) starting at 840k. Smh
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ha, I lived right by there when I was a sophomore at UW. I lived on 9th in Kelsey Apts, which I think is still there. Our living room had a view of a concrete wall, lol. It was a 3 bdrm 2 bath for $1175, I think. That was in 2000 tho.
edit2, wind gusts seem to be starting in NE Seattle
distantmantra
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Crazy strong gusts here, but we still have power. Looks like everything on the other side of I5 from us in Roosevelt and Ravenna lost power.
ValkyrUser
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Uhg the power went out over here near West Seattle.
distantmantra
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We had some serious wind gusts in Green Lake, I've never felt my house shake so hard or as much. No downed trees in my neighborhood and never lost power, though.
EverythingShiny
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There was some real craziness out there yesterday. Got stuck in standstill traffic on 405 caused by a fallen tree that was blocking two lanes. Saw a car completely crushed by a tree and there were so many traffic lights out. Not a great weekend to move from Bothell to the Central District, haha.
The new neighborhood is pretty great, though. Has anyone been to Chuck's Hop Shop on E. Union? Any recommendations for other bars/restaurants in that area?
The new neighborhood is pretty great, though. Has anyone been to Chuck's Hop Shop on E. Union? Any recommendations for other bars/restaurants in that area?
The neighbor lady (on the same block practically) is pretty good.
Go to Chucks in Greenwood a couple times a week; great business in general.. always see a good taplist at the CD location but I've never been.
So my new job is already starting to get to me, and knowing no one in the city doesn't help lol. Also, after living downtown for 2 months, they were going to jack my rent up to $1820/month, so I moved to West Seattle last weekend where I'm sharing a waterfront condo and paying half that.
I'm making OK money for what I do (TV producer), so I'm determined to stick it out just to benefit myself financially, but the stress I've been under isn't ideal, for sure.
I'm making OK money for what I do (TV producer), so I'm determined to stick it out just to benefit myself financially, but the stress I've been under isn't ideal, for sure.
Waterfront Alki?
You ever visit their run summer? It's like an entirely different place; no shortage of traffic lol.
But hang in there dude; we should do a Seattle GAF meet up at your condo lol. Or Beer Junction; my favorit-ish bottle shop (definitely best tap list on Seattle.)
You ever visit their run summer? It's like an entirely different place; no shortage of traffic lol.
But hang in there dude; we should do a Seattle GAF meet up at your condo lol. Or Beer Junction; my favorit-ish bottle shop (definitely best tap list on Seattle.)
Go to La Rustica and get yourself a serious case of the itis and you'll feel better.
I've only been here since January. I was training through February, and only now am I really getting to work, so it's kind of a lot to take on at once. The expectations are very high, so it's just constant pressure. I'm looking forward to the summer, though, especially since I'll have an awesome view of some sunsets on the weekends.
Yeah, that's one of the reasons I ended up choosing to live here. They were demolishing a building next door to my place downtown starting at 7am every day. I get home from work at 11:30pm. It didn't work out.
It's down by Lincoln Park toward the Fauntleroy area. Alki beach already has nowhere to park this time of year, I can only imagine how bad it'll get.
I'm always looking for new places to hit up, so I'll look into it!
Get the lamb shank.
distantmantra
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I like the Central location way better than the Greenwood one, and I live much closer to Greenwood. Central has a generally much better taplist and new releases stick around longer.
EverythingShiny
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The Neighbor Lady is on my list to check out, looks like a neat neighborhood place. That's awesome about Chuck's - we're only a 10 minute walk from there so I foresee a lot of going there in our future.
distantmantra
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I like Endolyne Joes. And if you're into beer you've got Super Deli Mart nearby.
Yeah I check the taplist a lot and am usually a bit jealous; wish it was closer.
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Deleted member 17706
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At Seward Park?
Cool. I live right around the corner from Endolyne Joe's.
EverythingShiny
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No, up in the north part of Wedgewood. It was a tiny Car2Go that was completely crushed.
Takeaway from first 2 weeks at a new job: fuck dontown traffic.. took me 20 minutes to get to the freeway on University from 1st. Rididulous traffic cops let every single person out of the parking garages on that road while regular traffic sits through 4 lights without moving an inch. God forbid there's one or two people who don't immediately get out of a parking garage.
distantmantra
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Take the bus? I know you're in Shoreline, but I can't imagine driving every day to downtown.
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