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lastflowers
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He does work for MS....
EDIT: His avatar-pic is there, so he'll be back soon. Might be a two-week ban or something.
EDIT: His avatar-pic is there, so he'll be back soon. Might be a two-week ban or something.
Shots fired outside Fusion in the U-District Thursday
They need to shut that place down. Shady as hell. I live two blocks away ><
They need to shut that place down. Shady as hell. I live two blocks away ><
distantmantra
Member
I run by there all the time, does look pretty shady.
luckyboyceo
Member
+1 for shutting the place down. I've heard nothing but bad things about that place from the few people I know who've been there.
18+ clubs are just a bad idea in general if you ask me. I think that one might even be 16+. Yuck.
distantmantra
Member
Yeah, I'm fine with it since it gives lots of fans a sense of ownership with the team, real or not.
The stats are very real. In some ways it's one of the most empowered fanbases in the nation.
Watching QBs miscall or misread plays because they can't communicate is soooooooo good.
It also helps that this year's Seahawks are god tier.
It is also worth reminding people that me and Russell Wilson are practically best friends.
That's a soccer study, and it sounds waaaaaaaaaay too high for the sport.
distantmantra
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Seahawks diehards/lifelong season ticket holders are HARDCORE. Being a child of South King County, I grew up around them.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
The native NY'er in me wears a hoodie to walk to work and is laughing at everyone dressed up like it's a new ice age. 
The native NY'er in me wears a hoodie to walk to work and is laughing at everyone dressed up like it's a new ice age.
Seattle people wear Patagonia all year long anyway. They are just itchin' to have an excuse to live out their John Krakauer fantasies and justify their Porsche Cayenne.
distantmantra
Member
Just got back from a weekend in Portland with my wife.
Man, Portland is much more kid-friendly than we are. It's crazy. My daughter stayed with my parents so we could have a nice romantic weekend of eating awesome food and going to breweries, but kids were welcome everywhere down there and we saw more of them than we ever do at home in the city.
Man, Portland is much more kid-friendly than we are. It's crazy. My daughter stayed with my parents so we could have a nice romantic weekend of eating awesome food and going to breweries, but kids were welcome everywhere down there and we saw more of them than we ever do at home in the city.
Yeah, you don't usually bump into kids much in Seattle unless you're in West Seattle, I've found.
distantmantra
Member
There are (some) kids in Wallingford and Greenlake, but the vibe down in Portland was very different.
This is okay with me!
djSyndrome
Member
Found the same thing when looking for a place to live; most of Seattle proper is pretty kid-unfriendly. Between that and the shitty schools, we're out in the suburbs.
distantmantra
Member
I'd honestly rather take "kid-unfriendly" over living in the suburbs.
There are plenty of kid friendly places around us in Greenlake/Tangletown/Fremont/Wallingford, but it was still pretty much day and night different down in Portland.
There are plenty of kid friendly places around us in Greenlake/Tangletown/Fremont/Wallingford, but it was still pretty much day and night different down in Portland.
djSyndrome
Member
Not going to disagree with you. Where we live (Mill Creek) is gentrified all to hell. But the schools are excellent and it's incredibly safe and quiet. I grew up in a lower class neighborhood and lived in a rural area before moving up here, so that has value.
Love Wallingford from what I've seen of it, but no way in hell am I paying 600k+ for a house.
TheFightingFish
Member
I honestly don't think that Seattle is that kid friendly as cities go, but for my family we did a halfway point. We're Eastside, but we live directly on the 255 bus line. It's a nice combo of what we like about the eastside with still being able to jet into the city super easily on the weekends. If you have to drive, or do multiple transfers it gets way harder / more expensive with kids but a straight shot bus is super easy. We are not city-dwellers, but my kids and I are doing random stuff in the city pretty much every weekend in the winter (Summer is for hiking and camping).
For her 5th birthday my daughter actually picked riding a bus to the city and getting bubble tea for her party. Was fun taking all her eastside friends (and parents) who'd never ridden a bus before into the city and showing them some of what we like to do.
And what sort of home do you get for that $600k v. paying $200k - $300k in the burbs? I love a lot of the Seattle neighborhoods but I'm content to visit every now and again given the cost of living in the city and the difficulties of raising a family there. It was different when I was young and I used to be in town almost every weekend for something and now I think I've only been three times in the past year. I'm in Tacoma more often these days, but I don't think a Tacoma-GAF would have the same proud ring to it.
distantmantra
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There are some nice areas in North Tacoma for sure, but I'd rather live in my little chunk of North Seattle. Where I'm at in Greenlake, I've got the lake, Cowen Park, Woodland Park Zoo, and Mockingbird Books is just down the street. We walk to the University farmers market every Saturday morning, daughter plays at Fremont Brewing with our friends' kids while we hang out, etc. It's not hard raising a kid in Seattle, but there sure aren't a lot of us.
djSyndrome
Member
Our daughters were curious about the Double Tall bus that I take to work, so I took a weekday off one week and took them downtown for the day to the SAM, along the water and to GameWorks. They loved it and won't stop bugging me for another trip.
The problem we're facing now is that we're almost ready to buy, but inventory is tight where we are living, and we don't want the kids to switch schools for the second time in as many years, so the area we can purchase is very small.
A true shill would say "Microsoft Windows Phone 8 by Microsoft--another fine Microsoft Product(tm)".
So I think you're probably safe.
distantmantra
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While driving their new Ford Focus Powered by Sync(C).
lastflowers
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Zeouterlimits
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Heyo again Seattle-GAF,
Looking for advice again,
I want to order and send a gift, preferably whiskey to a friend in Seattle who did a big favour for me this week.
Do ye know of any Seattle based gift online gift stores?
Any help is appreciated :-D
Edit: I've found http://www.downtown-spirits.com/ so I might give them a go.
Looking for advice again,
I want to order and send a gift, preferably whiskey to a friend in Seattle who did a big favour for me this week.
Do ye know of any Seattle based gift online gift stores?
Any help is appreciated :-D
Edit: I've found http://www.downtown-spirits.com/ so I might give them a go.
platypotamus
Member
I like Woodinville Whiskey's bourbon quite a bit: http://www.woodinvillewhiskeyco.com/
lastflowers
Banned
I've been sipping of some of their Rye whiskey the past couple of weeks. They do a good tour!
distantmantra
Member
Bourbon Abominable > All.
Hey, it's got Bourbon in the name and it's from Seattle.
:bow FREMONT BREWING :bow2
Hey, it's got Bourbon in the name and it's from Seattle.
:bow FREMONT BREWING :bow2
distantmantra
Member
They're a WA staple back from when Frederick & Nelson was around. They're actually pretty good, too.
distantmantra
Member
My district is on a two hour delay, so I'll be heading to work shortly. Probably an inch or two here in Greenlake. Snow is still coming down, too.
lastflowers
Banned
bah, and today I leave for Colorado. Thanks for the transition, seattle! Hopefully the drive to the airport wont be too bad
distantmantra
Member
I-5 Southbound was totally fine, and 509 over to the airport looked good.
Kent-Des Moines road, however, was littered with abandoned cars.
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