Seattle fucked up 2008 already

Oh, and let this be the new all purpose Seattle thread.

works for me. Happy New Year, Seattle ILXors! Oh, and the rest of y'all, too :)

Fuckin' 2008.

That's right, no more wondering how is it should i move there. Now we know where we stand, eh?

makes me glad I got out.

11 years ago.

oh and the hawks are done glitching for the season. In the nfc west there isn't much incentive to play consistently until january.

THE LAND OF A 1000 HOMOSEXUALLY CLAPPING SEAN ALEXANDERS!!!!1

OK, so bets on Packers vs. Seahawks?

seattle defense 31, green bay 28

Seahawks fans are the worst thing about living in Pioneer Square.

go jags

but Jaq! SQUAWK SQWAWK YEAH HASS. ELL. BACK. WOOOOOOO!

I'm still a fan somewhere inside, but I don't want to deal with Seattle fans pretending to be upset about the Hawks not making the playoffs or not winning the Bowl this year.

Hahahaha! Was that you in the alley all day long then Mackro?? :~)

http://i6.tinypic.com/7xo3jns.jpg

but jaq, i can't get enough of the ironic playoff stache mmmmmm

it was the only way thy could beat the our-safety-got-blammed emotion factor. hasselbeck growin a cop stachhhhe and then shaving it off. that was the only way.

http://data1.blog.de/media/943/1992943_b0acb0721f_m.jpeg

HASSELSHOP NOW

http://i4.tinypic.com/6ovgz9t.jpg

ALEXANDER IS FURIOUS

turning to god is so hawte

but god loves favre more

(YAY TO JAQ AND MR. JAQ.. NO MORE HAWKZ NOIZE)

wow, that was rapid sleet

What, here and gone again sleet?

more like hum de hum barely drizzling about to do a little grocery shopping for a few minutes then go outside and WOAH SHIT IT'S RAINING TINY CUBES EVERYWHERE.

Hail, surely.

no, it was freezing rain. It wasn't a thunderhead type thing. These were mostly clear little bits of ice, not big honkin white spheres of pain.

Tiny cubes? Were you caught in a cubic storm?

I had my own interesting storm happening. Driving home this evening, there was a discarded christmas tree right in the middle of the street. I pulled over and dragged it to the sidewalk, wondering how many people had driven around it without doing anything about it.

People have been leaving tableaus? art projects? installations? next to our street-level door for the past few weeks. Parts of a futon assembled like a fence with a fir tree and an office chair within. A crown from one of the many Nutcracker statues and a pile of empties. This last Sunday's (another tree/chair combo) was accompanied by a serious dusting of flour. Maybe someone was coming to set one up your way Rev and it fell off the bicycle.

Will post pics of the beautiful Olympic Mtns I took from the rooftop of my work building this morning.
(brrrr oooh ahhh)

OK, the roof was like an ice-rink, so I couldn't navigate easily, but i was able to snap this. Apparently we got more snow on the ground than the Olympic Peninsula did(?), based on closer inspection. At least it was a clear enough morning, although hazy from the city sublimating.
http://i6.tinypic.com/6oeqj3o.jpg

Adjacent side of roof allows this window for the space needle between all the skyscrapers
http://i10.tinypic.com/6xbjui0.jpg

My fave pic. Top of the Smith.
http://i7.tinypic.com/6stc8k6.jpg

How dare you live in an area of great natural beauty.

All i can say it falling onto the spire of the Smith would really fucking hurt!

Kinnear Park today:
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/alingbert/DSCN0939.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/alingbert/DSCN0942.jpg

why would you do that

"eat shit and dye"? What color dye?

"Oooh, that 'YEMES' art installation on the sidewalk looks runerific!"

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004140976_webgaycaucus23.html

I know this is totally juvenile but
SECOND-LARGEST GAY CAUCUS
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ok there

haha actually they spelled it "Seond". Seattle Hard Times indeed.

My dad is old friends with the outgoing rep, Brian Sullivan. He owns a pizza place in Mukilteo that's gone to shit since Brian stopped managing it on a day-to-day basis. The name Liias sounds familiar, I'm thinking I must have gone to school with one of his younger siblings.

At least they aren't trying to be pretentious, like the "artists" who painted "1+1=3" all over the U-District.

Apparently Washington state's Dem caucus, four days after Super Tuesday, might actually matter, since apparently it's impossible to determine a clear winner after Super Tuesday. We have just under a 100 delegates to split. Hat tip to Slog.

Cool, cool, cool.

I nominate the Reverend for preznit.

You can be my Secretary of Sanitation.

CLEANING UP THE STREETS
FOOLS TO BE MULCHED

Do you think a Reverend/Ghostface Killah ticket would take off?

THIS IS MY COUNTRY NOW, BOOTCHES

hahahaha

"I SAID A BANANA NUTRAMENT, MAN! Y'ALL HEARD THE FUCK I SAID! I GAVE YOU -- I WROTE IT ON THE FUCKIN' PAPER, MAN!" [/vp ghost]

We voted for Oprah, Obama, and Eric B.

OK, went on the work building roof at sunset and took some photos tonight...

L-R : TBSTBFKAA (The Building Soon To Be Formerly Known As Amazon), Mt. Rainier, top of Smith Tower
http://i26.tinypic.com/esl2tj.jpg

L-R : Mt. Rainier, mysterious point of light, top of Smith Tower
http://i29.tinypic.com/o8gnz9.jpg

Last Known Photo Of TBSTBFKAA Currently Being Investigated For Allegations Of Suspicion
http://i25.tinypic.com/21lint0.jpg

Traffic on Columbia St. heading toward the Viaduct
http://i26.tinypic.com/5ogg81.jpg

Sunset over Alki, with lone bird
http://i29.tinypic.com/2l8ufqg.jpg

Sunset over Alki / Olympic Mtns.
http://i25.tinypic.com/34g4hh1.jpg

Everyone in town might be freezing their tits off these days, but I LUV LUV LUV this weather, especially for the views. This makes winter here worth it.

Stop being beautiful. Only we can be beautiful, down here.

Mackro, we need to meet up for lunch someday soon.

Yes! (Hope everything's ok)

Going well so far! Some day next week maybe?

Yes!

those 1 + 1=3 folks tagged our work van. It's still there. A year later.

it looks like you can see hawks games from your rooftop, unless TSTFKATTBWOTM (the smith tower formerly known as the tallest building west of the mississippi - duh) is blocking all the action.

It's funny that the Smith tower gets mentioned given that the Columbia Tower (literally just east of my building by a block) is, TODAY, the second tallest building on the West Coast. (Tallest is the Bank Of America tower in downtown L.A. I think.) Thing is, Columbia Tower is the 4th tallest building west of the Mississippi.

So...

...if we're #2 on the West Coast but #4 west of the Mississippi, who's between the West Coast and the Mississippi with the #2 and #3 tallest? Denver? Dallas? Minneapolis? Houston? Las Vegas?

perhaps they're measuring from sea level, and #2 and #3 are both sequoias in aspen?

but probably not

It turns out #2 and #3 are both in Houston.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase_Tower_%28Houston%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Plaza

And my bad, it's the U.S. Bank Tower in L.A that's #1. (not Bank Of America)

Cosmo, could I see a Seahawks game from my building? Well, kinda...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/SmithTower_Seattle_WA_USA2.jpg

The wiki page for the Smith Tower entry was photographed from my building (by someone with far less fear of heights than I do), and you can clearly see the field there, but that Crayola Cogs thingy in the middle is blocking most of the view...

The Columbia Tower = Bank of America Tower now, amirite?

It was! but now it's The Columbia Center again. (I said Tower by accident.)

Let's not forget the most penistastic skyscraper in the word, the Seattle Municipal Tower:

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/seattle62.jpg

so gonna happen

Very phallic, yes.

There is a ridiculous ridiculous ridiculously well-stocked record store in Everett. I did not know this.

The Amazon building has always been my favorite downtown(ish) building...not that I've ever been in it, but it's pretty, isn't it?

The only record stores I have been to in Seattle are the ones on the Ave (always sell to Al's, they will pay you literally double what the other Ave record shops will; Al also bought 20 Lovin' Spoonful LPs from me in one sitting so don't be shy), one in Fremont (good selection and prices but they wouldn't throw in a scratched up LP when I bought a ton so fuck em) and the one below Pike Place (shit & WAY overpriced, and please don't tell me it's because it's "rare" ffs). Can they bring Amoeba up here?

You should check out Easy Street.

Virtual tie in Super Tuesday in Dems = Clintons + Obamas bumrushin' Seattle on Friday. Aw shit.

Find out how to vote for your candidate on Saturday! (Dems -> caucus, go to DEMS WEB SITE!, Repubs -> vote in primary, Dems don't matter in primary even though there is one.)

Democrats, go here:
http://www.wa-democrats.org/

Find out your caucusing location. And be there 1PM, Saturday!

(That and Kimya Dawson doing a free in-store at Easy Street Queen Anne at 3pm = Good Times for the 36th district)

Republicans: Presidential Primary is on Tues., Feb 19th
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/2008presidential_primary.aspx

OK, I just got my ticket for the Mtn Goats on Feb 23rd. Who else is going?

J0hn D

There's no rolling Oly thread, so this will have to do:

Hiphop show in Evergreen + cops = riots + overturned graffitied police car

http://community.theolympian.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=21092

"Welcome to the Evergreen"

The story:

http://www.theolympian.com/570/story/360206.html

: ( : ( : ( : (

Anyone in Washington with an interest in helping Obama get elected, please sign this petition I'm organizing and pass it on. Thank you.

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/state-of-washington-superdelegates.html

Tonight, 7 pm @ the Frye, Weirdos: Seattle's Alternative Comics Culture talk by Larry Reid of Fantagraphics. And the current R. Crumb exhibit. Free!

So does anyone have some bar recommendations, preferably in Capitol Hill or downtown? Some friends are going to be in Seattle for a conference and I've never actually gone out drinking there so I have nothing to suggest.

I think there was a Seattle gathering thread recently where such things were discussed but this title was easier to search for.

Smith and Havana on Capitol Hill. Smith has food, Havana doesn't.

I enjoyed the Comet v much and the Cha Cha seemed cool even if recently invaded by yuppie douches, but ymmv on that one.

My taste in bars is probably not as nice as Jaq's, though.

I'm thinking places that lack the yuppie douche vibe would be vastly preferred. Lots of good / local beers available would be a huge plus. Cheap never hurts either.

Smith and Havana are 2 of the current ILXor FAP hangouts, but I like the Comet (esp post-show) and the Canterbury (though haven't been there recently, heard it's tried to go more upscale?). the higgs and Rrrrickey like the Cha Cha (I think, def. Bimbos which is connected). I stay away from all the Belltown bars, except for 2 Bells, due to yuppie doucheness. My neighborhood, which is downtown but south (nearer the stadiums) has some of Seattle's oldest diviest bars (the Central Tavern, J&M Hotel, Merchant Cafe), but they get packed with frat boys and/or Mariners fans (equally obnoxious).

frat boys and/or Mariners fans (equally obnoxious)

i promised myself i'd never post to this thread because i hate the title but THAT IS AN UNCALLED-FOR COMPARISON JAQ

sun liquor's my favorite place on capitol hill fwiw. i like Viceroy in belltown mostly for the decor

oh now don't get all huffy. But you're right, frat boys are as obnoxious as Seahawks fans. Mariners fans are quieter.

we are sadder because our team sucks.

if it keeps going like this there won't be any mariner fans in your neighborhood come july.

Actually the worst were the folks who came down from the north for the XTREME MOTOCROSS a few weeks ago. Hundreds of lost not-from-heres in their giant trucks trying to figure out 1st Ave.

poor Mariners fans, now I feel bad for hating on them :{

i totally wanted to go to that motocross. what did you think of that soccer crowd from a few weeks ago? me+56,000 hispanics=superfun crowd

lack the yuppie douche vibe would be vastly preferred. Lots of good / local beers

seems like these are exactly the kinds of places that attract a yuppie/douche crowd though, yeah?

what was the name of that brewery place on like 13th and pike that we went to before the mountain goats that one time? they had a lot of beers (and a lot of bozos, but not as many as other 'brewery-style' places)

Elysian?

Y

LOVED the soccer crowd!!! Can't wait for us to have an actual team here :DDD

promised myself i'd never post to this thread because i hate the title

btw, I'm with you on this ^^^

seems like these are exactly the kinds of places that attract a yuppie/douche crowd though, yeah?

oh come on. you could just as easily say that bars that specialize in liquors and fancy cocktails attract a yuppie/douche crowd e.g. most of the belltown places i've been to/seen

yuppie douche crowd is everywhere

jaq otm

lingbert defensive corny beer drinker lols

you're both wrong. crowd's nice at sun liquor. bartender's nice and crowd's quiet at havana. i don't seem to have any problems on my porch

Actually the worst were the folks who came down from the north for the XTREME MOTOCROSS a few weeks ago. Hundreds of lost not-from-heres in their giant trucks trying to figure out 1st Ave.

-- Jaq, Thursday, May 8, 2008 11:16 AM (Thursday, May 8, 2008 11:16 AM) Bookmark Link

ha I went to an Ms game that weekend (took the train, yay!) and was pretty weirded out seeing this

i don't seem to have any problems on my porch

THIS ^^^ It's a great porch.

rev, you should have seen the crowds on the Dalai Lama/Mariners game double-header weekend.

you're both wrong. crowd's nice at sun liquor. bartender's nice and crowd's quiet at havana. i don't seem to have any problems on my porch
maybe you're viewing things through rose-tinted glasses? I like havana and sun liquor but have seen idiots at both. also, i have seen douchebags on your porch before.

yuppie douche idiots are everywhere

jaq otm

btw, I have never seen any other people at Havana.

besides the bartender, who is nice.

^both true!

i have seen douchebags on your porch before.

thread will get good if u start naming names

Having just recently visited my ol hometown of Seattle, I'm afraid all the hey wow yuppieness may have blinded some people into not realizing downtown is overrun with wild alcoholics and crack addicts. Y'all need to bring some Guiliani Time down on that shit. It's like the wild fucking west, I tell ya.

it is an epic battle to be sure. yuppies on one side, people that pee themselves on the bus on the other, and us, kind moral thoughtful urbane ilxors stuck in the middle. i don't know how it's going to turn out but i am can't wait to find out

well, that would be my neighborhood, yes. (xpost)

And soon, the cruise ship crowds will be joining us!

is it really "overrun" though? i definitely see sketchy people wandering around, but it doesn't seem all that crazy. i just moved here not even two years ago, so maybe i don't have a frame of reference?

Maybe being so liberal you need needle exchanges in the fucking Safeway men's rooms wasn't such a hot-shit idea.

The Ave feels a little overrun occasionally, but otherwise no.

no, i agree with you lingbert. san diego was way worse and sf is worse too. sexyDancer may just be talking.

sexily of course

um, huh? can not parse (xposts)

They are taking out the extreme hi-tech autotoilets when the lease is up, btw.

sexyDancer where the hell is there a Safeway downtown? Because I would be shopping there every so often. Closest one is on lower Queen Anne.

I stopped at the Capitol Hill one on John.

ah well, Capitol Hill is another place entirely.

Is anyone else going to the Block Party (we are planning that far in advance, I guess)?

the first day looks decent, actually. i'm thinking of going if i'm in town. the first day of the subpop 20 festival looks good too

Oo, haven't looked at the subpop line up. Maybe Mr. Jaq has.

Y'all need to bring some Guiliani Time down on that shit.

ugh please don't use that phrase

I used to work in Detroit, so that functions as my barometer for insane alcoholic and crackhead visibility . On that scale, Seattle (and pretty much every other city I've ever been in) fails to even come close.

But yeah, I concede that good beers and yuppie douche might kind of go together. How about yuppie douches who ended up that way sort of on accident, or at least are kind of embarrassed about being that way as opposed to the social-climbing conspicious consumption types? That I can deal with and kind of relate to.

The "moral thoughtful urbane" thing, maybe.

we have to stop the fussin and the fightin. it is tearing us apart

ha, forgot about Mackro posting the Mark0 L11as article above. I'm doing a feature on his Republican challenger, an 18-y/o Paulbot (whose name I'd rather not have appear here) who goes to my college, for the school paper. Should be intersting.

For a second, I thought that would be what you'd call someone from Poulsbo.

That's a Paulsboner.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bremelo

ned = o.g. bremelo

also i'm more than happy to start a new seatown thread with a new title?

you like?

I love this title. It's somehow so appropriate.

I think someone else should start the new Seattle ILE thread because right now, my working draft is

seattle 2008 douches on your porch why because they look intersting

this thread title is so great it makes me wish i lived in Seattle

Seattle: I know the Ivar's Dancing Clam

Maybe we need more specific blame in next thread title.

I've never been to Sun Liquor even though it's only a block away from my apt. It looks kind of fussy. I'm wrong?

Joygoat, any of the places mentioned above are good but after Wednesday the YD crowd can take any of them over (or at least it feels that way.) Except for the Canterbury. I think it remains safely divey enough to be fine even on Saturday.

I've never seen the Canterbury be douchey. Yet.

How about yuppie douches who ended up that way sort of on accident, or at least are kind of embarrassed about being that way

Yeah this actually kindof sounds like me! Except that um...my work doesn't have a dress code and I wear band t-shirts there.

I'll vouch for Viceroy. I've only been there a few times but I really like that place. And I love the way the bar has this comfy cushion all underneath that pampers your knees.

And yeah, anyone who lives in the Pioneer Square/1st Ave vicinity has my sympathies. I worked there long enough to know that living there would drive me insane. I think it's wrong to call the automatic toilets "needle exchanges" though. I think they were a good idea but the problem is I read they don't actually work well mechanically.

ned = o.g. bremelo

Damn straight.

I have only been there twice since six weeks after I was born. Both times made me want to leave. (Glad I went, though.)

the real problem is that the bathrooms don't have assistants to provide clean needles.

um, xpost

HI DERE WHERE ARE MY HERONI DRUGZ PLZ I NEED FIX

hello i want a bremelo heroni drugz on the side no mayo

The bluest veins you've ever seen in Seattle
And the hills the greenest green in Seattle
Like a beautiful junkie shooting up nice and skunky
Full of dope and full of fears
Full of coffee full of beers
Full of bad trips that last years in Seattle
In Seattle

Or Bremerton

SING WITH ME

(You do know this song, right Mackro?)

the real problem is that the bathrooms don't have assistants to provide clean needles.

Well, that too!

hmmmm Congressman Rick Larsen (2nd district aka mine) just endorsed O-dot Carter

uh Jay-Z reference gone bad

Ned, the song in that clip has greatly disturbed me. I don't want to hear it in my nightmares tonight, okay?

aw bobby!

at the corner of 3rd Ave W & W Kinnear Pl
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/alingbert/DSCN1126-1.jpg

"...no parking
within THIIIiiiiIIIIRTY FEEEEEEeeeeEEET!"

haha

not I'm trying to plant ideas in anyones heads or anything like that, but is there going to be a croquet fap iii?

no

heaven needed some balls and mallets

basement didn't but there they are

6th and valley
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/2513426128_6101249347.jpg

Question Seattle peoples. A friend is thinking about moving to Seattle and was considering Auburn in particular. Good idea, bad?

is there a good weekend this summer to visit seattle
my sister is living out there and i might hit it up. last time i missed a roy ayers concert by 2 days ;_;

Is there still a bar called Kincoras on Cap Hill? Because I don't know how long YDs would survive in there, if that's your primary concern. I remember it being pretty much a pit.

ALL the bars in that strip on Pine are closed to make way for condos (Cha Cha/Bimbo's, Bus Stop, Man Ray, Kincora). Cha Cha & Bimbo's moved to new digs up on Pike just W of the Wildrose, but that neighborhood is such a clusterfuck now that I mostly steer clear.

Oh fuck, is that what happened to the Pony, too? I recall that it was closing soon/having some kind of blow-out demolition party.

Yeah, I only went to the Pony a couple times, but it ruled. Ursula A. tended bar. I think they set it up knowing they'd have less than a year before the whole block got condemned. Black Lips played there!

The only night I was taken out on the town in Seattle, so to speak, we went to Kincoras, the Pony, Cha Cha, and the Comet. It was like a dive tour. I can't believe I didn't feel worse the next day.

Auburn is really not Seattle, Ned. It's fine if you like the 'burbs and tribal casinos and the Supermall though.

Was gonna say...

deej, the Capitol Hill Block party is the last weekend in July. There's also all the stuff that goes on with Seafair for most weekends in July, if you're into jets and hydroplanes.

thnx, might try to make it out

Are you in Seattle, contenderizer? I've appreciated some of your music posts of late.

I am in Seattle, Bimble. I thought you was UK?

Maybe only 'cuz you're still more goth than me.

And thanks!

thread of history and reference seattle fell thru

Seattle waited all the way until late June to fuck up 2002

two southern ilxors (me and andrew m.) will be in the seattle area may 31-june 7!

Nice! Any plans in particular?

eating! we may go to vancouver for a bit, too. this is my first vacation in a while, so we will need to get some maxxing and relaxxing in.

we're open to suggestion, but i think we will wing most of the trip.

Eating in Seattle = wise.

i'm so damn hungry!

If you're a foodie, you're probably going to live at Pike Place Market for a while. Beecher's handmade cheese + produce stands + fresh seafood + the Crepe place + Delaurenti's + Steelhed Brewery or Pike Brewery = some of the best food in one concentration place in the U.S.

And that's not even mentioning Tamarind Tree... or Veraci Pizza at the Fremont or Ballard Sunday Markets (Best pizza I've had, west of the Mississippi).

I've mentioned this before, but an underrated thing to do that's well worth your $7 or so is to do a round-trip ferry ride to Bremerton and back. There's not much to see in downtown Bremerton itself, but you can choose to hop off and walk around there for 90 minutes, or wait the 15 minutes to go straight back to Seattle. Best to do this around dawn, especially if it's a full moon night.

Actually, I'm heading to Beecher's for lunch today. THX THREAD.

Everyone should visit Bremerton. It's a place of pilgrimage. Modesty forbids further details.

I had a work-related "retreat" in Bremerton once. I'm almost certain that's where it was. Our boss took us out to her parents' house right by the water. It was really nice. Well except that we all drank the night before and had to sit there hungover for a day-long "training"...ugh.

I am in Seattle, Bimble. I thought you was UK?

Oh that's a common mistake - people think that cause I've been an anglophile for so long. I'm really a Seattle-ite. Maybe we can meet up sometime!

I'm in Hollywood on vacation right now though and wouldn't you know it? The weather is just as overcast as Seattle today. *shakes head* I just can't win! Haha. Also it's been really windy here, too...I got something in my eye just walking down the street. Not fun.

i'm glad that i can wear a sweater in the evening!

well, this week, i'm still wearing a sweater all day outside. Spring hasn't really been spring here as much as Winter #2 with occasional gutpunches from Bad Ass Summer. It's all good tho.

You've lived here long enough to know what Spring is like, dude.

I'm moving, btw! To Lynnwood, which is kind of a semi-improvement, esp. since I'll be right across the street from my college and closer to work and less rent.

happy birthday jaq

awwww! hugz jergins, let's drink sometime before you leave, maybe, k?

oh yeah we've got a month yet

Jaq, where are you going?

Rev, awesome! There's a Lynnwood-Seattle line too.

Sorry, Jergins, where you and lxy headed?

shanghai

What, without us? Ungenerous.

Awesome. Temporary or permanent or don't know?

haha ned

just vacation

Plz to take millions of photos. A friend of mine lives there, FWIW -- need any tips?

Rev, awesome! There's a Lynnwood-Seattle line too.

-- Mackro Mackro, Friday, 23 May 2008 21:15 (31 minutes ago) Link

Actually, my apartment in Everett is much closer (walking distance) to the Everett-Seattle line then I will be to the Lynnwood-Seattle line, which is at least a couple miles away.

is that the same lynnwood that weird al is straight outta

I don't think so. that might be "Lynwood" if I'm mistaken.

I wish!

Here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynwood%2C_California

Lynwood, CA is in the same DMZ as Compton, South Gate, Downey, etc.

The only child of Nick Yankovic (June 4, 1917–April 9, 2004; an American of Serbian descent) and Mary Elizabeth (née Vivalda; February 7, 1923–April 9, 2004, an American of Italian and English descent), Alfred was born in Downey, California, and raised in the neighboring town of Lynwood.[6]

Really nice thing about being close to Everett Station is the Mariners Express trains which leave Ev. Stn. 2 hours before the game starts and King St. Stn. half an hour after the game ends.

ned, that'd be great. trying to find restaurants with both english menus and vegetarian options might be a little difficult. anyone that can give suggestions would be a great resource to have.

Hmmm, drop me an e-mail and I'll see what I can do.

jergins & lxy, do have lots of, erm, fun in China!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/2301224030_78b802555a_m.jpg

It's almost like it's 1968 again.

still rainin' in lolseattle

'tis snowing like crazy on the other side of the mountains

boren between howell & stewart
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/alingbert/DSCN1130.jpg

Where is the fucking Reverend? We keep saying "gosh I wish he'd join us in these AIM chatz" but where is he? Does anyone know how to reach him for sure?

He has to join the AIM chatz

i gotta say it was pretty gosh darn nice here in the gpnw today

I'm playing the soundtrack for this right now:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jerrydroberts.com/brokedowncinema/Poster/XanaduPoster.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jerrydroberts.com/brokedowncinema/Reviews/Xanadu.htm&h=600&w=403&sz=45&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=rfSm6bEcgsY5xM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=91&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dxanadu%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG

shit the image didn't post!

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn306/Floridian_20/Xanadu.jpg

So does anybody know anything about Auburn, particularly if there's anywhere worthwhile to eat there?

I'm going to see Radiohead next Wednesday at the White River Amphitheater which appears to be out in the middle of nowhere. I've been to Sea-Tac and the Ikea in Renton but that's pretty much it when it comes to the southern suburbs.

There's a big shopping wall miles west of the tiny road to the Amphitheatre.

I wanted to see the show but declined because of the horror stories I heard about the White River Amphitheatre: the traffic, the acoustic, etc.

shopping mall, but maybe wall is more apropos.

I don't think anybody has anything good to say about Auburn unless they own a house there.

There is a good italian place in downtown Renton called Armondo's.

http://www.armondos.com/

I said I was going to see Radiohead if they played somewhere in the NW and they called my bluff. I would have preferred the Gorge (closer, and I've never been there) but alas.

I highly recommend Omar Al Khayam in dwntwn Renton.

where is the best mongolian bbq? (fuck yelp, i trust you guys more)

also, what are some good seafood places in ballard?

out by shilshole there's ray's boathouse if you want some upscale action

i keep reading shilshole as shithole

it wouldn't surprise me if there was a place somewhere in washington called shithole bay

my family stayed in a little house in Ballard right on the water by the locks, and there was a little restaurant near there (pretty sure it had "lock" in the name -- maybe "The Lock Spot"?) that I remember having pretty good clam chowder. it was pretty cold and rainy the day we went there, though, so any soup probably would've tasted good. also, our waiter was overly friendly and gave everybody nicknames. my mom was "slowpoke" because she couldn't decide what she wanted to order. I think my little sister was "sport". despite this, the meal was still enjoyable.

wtf??? motherfuckers killed the tuba guy... I hope they rot in jail forever

RIP

this is so fucked

I know.:( and it was right by the big QFC and Silver Platters, too. 5th and Mercer. Fuckin EMP is there!

I can't remember the number of times I've walked that corner.

Seattle in the NY Times, again!

also in the NY Times, Seattle sports today 'worst ever' shocker

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/sports/21washington.html?ref=us

“I like the Redskins because Jim Zorn is their coach,” Sir Mix-A-Lot said. “If you stopped in Seattle and had a cup of coffee, I’ll root for you. That’s how desperate I am.”

“This is the worst sports scene in the history of sports scenes,” said Brian Robinson, a real-estate investor who co-founded the group Save our Sonics makes a lot of money.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/389051_mallshooting23.html

wtf

Second shooting at Southcenter this year, though the other was not in the mall but the parking lot.

As a hopeful close to this thread, looks like David Schmader is going to be riffing on bad movies throughout December -- as he did on the Showgirls DVD. Here's the full link.

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2008/12/03/starting_next_monday_night_at

It happens at the Central Cinema, and here's the movie schedule

MON DEC 8: Battlefield Earth
MON DEC 15: Leonard Part 6
MON DEC 22: Can't Stop the Music
MON DEC 29: Road House
MON JAN 5: Rhinestone
MON JAN 12: Gigli

You can probably count me in for Can't Stop The Music on 12/22

Schmader's commentaries are fun; I hope to catch at least one of these (maybe Road House, though Leonard Part 6 would also be great).

Seattle folks, we are planning a holiday open house at our new flat, either for the 20th or the 27th. Cast your votes now, and hope to see you all there.

the 20th!

Also re: Schmader. Food and booze will apparently be provided to your seat. Tickets look to be $8 each, via Brown Paper.

There's a series pass for all 6 for $30! That might be too much badness all together.

hey open house! that will be fun. whatever day works for others, it'll work for me, though i might get there late.

I'll try not to put a time limit on this one :)

:)

20th please!

I never know what I am doing that far in advance, so I'll just try to make it, whichever date you call.

20th

Peter Buck can open strip club across from Safeco Field. Mariners, Inc. complain it's immoral. Seattle Department of Planning and Development is all nelson.laf

different peter buck btw

i know, but only if

if the new four seasons and SAM can coexist next to a strip club the safeco field can stfu

I love the fact that there's a strip club accross the street from SAM.

erm...just for the juxtopositional value, of course

Not bragging, but I had a friend who danced there. I never went in, but used to get a rise out of her by threatening to.

"get a rise"

my ex used to dance at one in san diego
this was long after i went out with her though. i was still friends with her brother, who threatened to go watch her dance. wtf dude

whenever we had fields trips to SAM, while we were waiting to get on and off the bus we would heckle everyone walking into the lusty lady. nothing's better a bunch of 5th graders yelling at you while you're walking into a strip club.

my mom still lols about the time the hammering man fell down and the lusty lady sign said 'LET US ERECT THE HAMMERING MAN'

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/lusty_lady.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Lusty_Lady_marquee.jpg

Weather this coming Monday, December 15th, for Seattle via Yahoo:

Sunny
High: 26F (-3C)
Low: 11F (-12C)

"yeah? well, that's SUMMER in MINNEAPOLIS!"

"Seattle folks, we are planning a holiday open house at our new flat, either for the 20th or the 27th. Cast your votes now, and hope to see you all there.

― Jaq, Thursday, December 4, 2008 12:00 AM (1 week ago)"

this still happening jaq?

also, that is pretty cold

yeah, the weather peeps are all talking about "oooh we're going to go down to the teens", but hell that's PRE-teen wtf?

Oh yeah, Ya Ho Wa 13 are playing at the Nectar Lounge monday night. Those poor dudes are going to die! (they're from l.a. u c)

Here is Ya Ho Wa in their earlier days

http://www.furious.com/perfect/graphics/fatheryod1.jpg

Father Yod, the middle guy, died in an accident in 1975 icydk, so needless to say, he won't be touring with the band.

this still happening jaq?

No, I can't face it just now. Sorry.

aw jaq. i <3 you and thanks for lunch this week.