the thread in which remy relocates to seattle

More ILXorz in Seattle can only good. Welcome here!

Any questions you have need only be asked. Are you coming to the emp conference next weekend?

Task #1: Punch anyone who calls First Hill "Pill Hill"

i already got pissed at wikipedia for that, mackro

here are some elementary questions

where are the nearest:

1) good independent markets
1a) trader joes, whole foods ...
2) coffeeshops within walking distance
3) video rental store
4) cheap lunch places
5) affordable gyms
6) decent (social, young) bars

?

i will be going to EMP for sure, though probably not the whole thing.

7) floozies

8) shrimp babies

floozies fo sho!

('floozy' is a disappointing GIS)

Task #1: Punch anyone who calls First Hill "Pill Hill"

I love this sort of Seattle provincialism

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

btw, you're from RI, not CA

colombia or massachusetts would be more apt then either of those, actually.

< / pedant >

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

I'm pretty First Hill illiterate, but I'll give it a shot:

1) good independent markets

There are many. Co-ops and Whole Foods type places make up most of the supermarketscape in the city... places like Safeway and QFC are certainly around, but don't really dominate. that's the way SEA rolls. If you're close to Madison, then you can get to Madison Market, which is a great co-op on top of Capitol Hill.

There's another independent market near Madison and Terry(?)

1a) trader joes, whole foods ...
Whole Foods: South Lake Union, Denny & Westlake. Notable for being right under Tutta Bella, and being SLUT accessible.

Trader Joes: there are a few. Upper Queen Anne, University District, is there on in Capitol Hill, guys?

2) coffeeshops within walking distance
Look for air. Where there is air, there is a coffeeshop.

3) video rental store
Scarecrow Video in the U-district/Ravenna. VERY MUCH worth the trip. It's the Powell's Books of videos. There's also Rain City Video, which is good too.. at least the Fremont one.

4) cheap lunch places
How cheap? $5 meals? Offhand, there's Cafe Zum Zum on 3rd and Marion. Very much a business-oriented assembly line place. $4-something gets you a huge dish of rice, curry, and a flatbread.

Seattle's not the best city for under-$5 good fast food, admittedly. There aren't too many fast food chains in the city at all. Plenty of great markets tho.

5) affordable gyms
There's a YMCA in south downtown, I think.

6) decent (social, young) bars
Remy, we will give you an inaugural FAP and give you a list of these places. There are many, but they may not be obvious on a street level. We regularly FAP at the Canterbury off 15th Ave in Capitol Hill. Anyone who hates the Canterbury (food notwithstanding) is dead to me.

7) floozies
Oh, just walk down to the main drag of Pioneer Square any night. ANY night. Not sure if "Asian Nights" is still happening in SoDo. (ugh)

Look for air. Where there is air, there is a coffeeshop.

lol

http://www.sasquatchbooks.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/SBBooks.woa/wa/goToBook?productCode=4083

1) good independent markets
Madison Market at 16th and Madison
Pike Place Market of course, 1st and Pike
various PCCs (Fremont is probably your closest one though)
U-district farmers market is year-round, every Saturday from like 10 - 3

1a) trader joes, whole foods ...
Trader Joes, the Capitol Hill one is at 17th and Madison
Brand new Whole Foods on the Denny regrade at 2210 Westlake

Just in time, they FINALLY released a Not For Tourists guide to Seattle.
(still, a lot of the places listed in there have closed or moved. still a great book to get tho.)

yeah, i had the LA / SF versions, i will definitely pick it up.

thanks for quick answers, guys.

http://notfortourists.com/Seattle.aspx

4) cheap lunch places

Dick's for cheap burgers/fries/shakes
Cafe Zum Zum 2nded
a gazillion pho and bahn mi places off Jackson in the ID and everywhere else around town

ID = International District = Chinatown. First Hill's adjacent to it (and also Beacon Hill I think?)

(the NFT Seattle book snark really really grates. i would have tossed the book if they weren't 95% right on things.)

I'm already proposin' a Tamarind Tree FAP. Remy is covered as far as $$$ goes (at least on my behalf) How about it?

yeah, NFT can be really annoying. the LA version called my solidly working-class west-side neighborhood 'reclaimed slum'

More cheap lunches:
Mae Phim Thai, 1st & Columbia
House of Hong for all-day dim sum (cheap if you are careful)

I haven't gone back to Tamarind Tree since the NYT write up. Maybe it's back down to earth again.

Beacon Hill is the east border of the ID, First Hill is the north border.

Tamarind Tree FAP = good, now that I actually know where to look for it, haha.

a city of eaters we are

set a fap date someone

NYT wrote about it? Aw shit. Well, we were spoiled I guess.

Is anyone free for Tamarind Tree on either Tues night 4/8 or Wed. night 4/9? (Most importantly, is Remy free?)

Also, lots of amazing and cheap produce at the small markets in the ID. Head south on any numbered street smaller than 14th until you hit Jackson and you are there.

Is anyone free for Tamarind Tree on either Tues night 4/8 or Wed. night 4/9?

Not on the following Sunday when I'm there? ;_;

i will probably spend the first two weeks driving around the city to get a handle on things, callin' ILXORs for help when i get lost.

i know (or think i know)

mackro
jaq
rev
lxy
jergins

are up there (right?) and i suspect a lot of other people as well. who am i forgetting? causistry no longer, yeah?

Casuistry = Portland.

matos
morley timmons
the higgs
If Timi Yuro would be still alive most other singers could just shut up (something like that, sorry if I got it wrong Rrrrickey!)
sometimes, Clotpoll is in town

lol Ned, We can FAP there Sunday too. I can live at Taramind Tree if they'd let me.

http://www.tamarindtreerestaurant.com/

They serve booze there too. Just bottled beer though, but pretty much any kind of wine you can imagine. Click on "Drinks" on the menu page. Kumquat martinis = thumbs up.

If Timi Yuro would be still alive most other singers could just shut up

I demand the mods change Rickey's handle to this.

excellent

Welcome to Seattle, here is your cat.

mackro
jaq
rev
lxy
jergins

POOR, POOR LINGBERT

If you tolerate this Timi Yuro will be next

LINGBERTLINGBERTLINGBERTLINGBERTLINGBERTLINGBERTLINGBERT

6) decent (social, young) bars

havana
presse (wine bar at night, great cafe in the day)
solo (lower queen anne)
my porch

POOR, POOR LINGBERT

You need to pronounce that like Edith Massey in Polyester.

PURRR PURRRR LINGBERT

Tamarind Tree mojitos are quite a production. Pounded sugarcane.

also Lingbert

never forget

NEVER FORGET
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LINGBERT

RIP LINGBERT 4/3/2008

i guess heaven needed another angel

We need to cross reference this thread with the EMP one, we're all going to be there for at least part of the time anyway.

EMP 2008 Pop Conference

Social places:

nectar lounge in fremont, mainly for having a steady lineup of great shows, but also a great place to hang out.. especially in summer in the patio. And i'm not really a bar kinda guy.

And last but not least: LINGBERT BREWERY

long time lurker here, moving to seattle from the bay area in a couple weeks. will revive in due time.

please do

how to cook a wolf is amazing. the eggs, oh shit. annd the bruscheta, you have no idea. the decor is incredible as well. the chef is friends with my boss so we've got ins.

Bruschetta? I'm in!

I think we're all in. Pick a date during EMP, someone.

ey remy wut thred u wr posting those poetry lines in

I'm kind of a Seattle thread lurker as well as I visit there somewhat frequently.

Anyway, I'd never heard of How to Cook A Wolf before, I want to check it out. It seems that every new-ish trendy/fancy place I've been to in the last year has the same wooden walls motif going.

I always seem to end up at La Carta de Oaxaca in Ballard whenever I go to Seattle. India Bistro is right nearby but I keep getting swayed by shrimp tostadas.

carta de oaxaca has been on my list for like a year. gotta go gotta go gotta go

Have any of you ever eaten at the secret borad on 77th?

http://blogs.nbcuni.com/lastcall/borat.jpg

IS NICE

OK, unless anyone objects

Tuesday, April 8th, 6:30pm. Tamarind Tree

Directions!
NOTE: the tack should be closer to 12th ave and north a tad. The restaurant is tucked away in the inner corner of that little retail corner.

The 6:30pm time is a soft deadline, in lieu and fear of the New York Times hype. Arrive whenever convenient for you. 7pm is my target mainly for the first round of orders.

If Remy hits a snag on the way up, we can defer to Wednesday April 9th at a moment's notice? Worst case: I'd still up for the Tues or Wed. FAP anyway, since it's been a while since I saw most of you. But I'd understand if you wanted to wait until Remy was here, which brings me to the following...

There are plans for a Tamarind Tree FAP *anyway* on Sunday April 13th in the late afternoon/early dinner hours, as a chill-out post EMP Pop Conf 2008 thing. Time TBD, dependent on how fucking tired Pop Conf folks are. If this is the first one Remy can make in worst case scenario, there is that too.

You can go to both too! Take it form me, you don't really get sick of Tamarind Tree.

If you guys need bus directions from wherever you are and Google Maps gives you the gas face, let me know.

OK, I just found that NYT article. WTFF?

http://events.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/travel/25frugal.html

To survive a weekend on a budget of just $500 — a fortune for grunge aficionados but a pittance for high-tech billionaires

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/81500/81773DIKH_w.jpg

I wouldn't say they gave me the munchies, but still, it wasn't long before we were eating again, this time at Tamarind Tree, a Vietnamese restaurant. Often, Vietnamese food loses its oomph when gussied up, but Tamarind Tree managed to blend style (black lacquer, bamboo accents) with dishes as authentic as any I've eaten in this country. Nell, Andy, a couple of friends and I ordered so much — from easy-to-enjoy skewers of grilled beef to a sour halibut soup — that our waitress started laughing. Still, we spent only $28 each.

http://www.alpacamine.com/images/grrrr.jpg

(you don't need $28 for the Tree, obv)

Finally, I could eat no more. It was time, at last, to pay homage to a noisy, rebellious, long-defunct rock band. No, not Nirvana — Jules Maes, a saloon in semi-industrial Georgetown, was playing host to a salute (admission $5) to Big Black, a hard-core band that had played its last gig in Seattle 20 years before on that weekend. In the back-room theater, local bands screamed out “Bad Penny” and “Colombian Necktie” from an album whose unprintable name has made me blush ever since I saw it back in 1987.

Awwww.

The show was loud and chaotic, and one guitarist strummed with his teeth, back and forehead. I sipped a $2 Rainier beer. Perfect.

Matt Gross, ur bro certified, lol

RANDOM ALBINI LYRIC SODOMIZER

The blood ran yellow ???
He's gonna get torn
He'll fertilize the rice in China

sorry, i hadn't even seen this thread. i have class till 9:30 on tuesday 4/8, so i can't make it to tamarind tree :(

maybe i can make it to some of the emp stuff

your paper on christmas music was declined, right? shit's gonna be AWKWARD

If y'all want to do a Sunday FAP, I'll humbly suggest Havana, behind the wrought-iron drive-in gates between 10th and 11th on Pine--I DJ there from 7:30 to 10 p.m. every Sunday night. Convenient AND fun.

(I wrote that not having read the entire thread, btw--apologies!)

Oh yeah, well, that, of course.

loooooooooooooooooooooove havana

Yeah, FAPPING while Matos is behind the tables is kinduva must.

And EMP on Sunday ends in the afternoon, so there's time in between for food. That said, does Havana have a food menu? Didn't see it listed on the site, so I thought I'd ask.

there's no food menu to speak of, not anything worth checking out.

Just use this thread for now even though its not something imminent, but what is Tacoma like as a place to live? (sadly seattle itself would be too long a commute)

Tacoma: kind of smelly at times, due to various industries that are there. but has a couple interesting museums and some decent music venues. less expensive for rents than Seattle - we considered moving there when I was working in south Seattle, but the commute would have done me in.

The bartender at Havana told me they can order in a pizza if you want (and there are at least two servers there), but whatever they offer as food is something they nuke and generally not worth eating.

there are great neighborhoods in Tacoma.. i guess it depends on you define as nice. I'd totally live off 6th Ave in Tacoma if living in Tacoma was my only sane option for work purposes.

Overall, it's more sprawly than Seattle city proper... gap between rich white Republican money and poor is much wider, unfortunately, so you get a lot more classism issues. There's the east-end downtown Tacoma which has its nice parts and seedy parts and has the most character (and the waterfront, which is Tacoma's best asset), then there's the Tacoma Mall part of Tacoma, which is just life sucking in the most meddling way possible (with the added bonus of being that much closer to Ft. Lewis. joy!)

Given Havana's not-much-foodage, Tamarind Tree followed by MatosFAP sounds good and noble.

excellent tacoma cross-reference thread ROLLING TACOMA WASHINGTON UNDERGROUND HIP HOP THREAD

Wish you a safe trip, REMY! :D

To add to Ned's thought, Bimbo's is right across the street from Havana.

Uh, duh, forgot not everyone's from Seattle. Bimbo's is a great great great taco place with a full bar.

You're gonna have to pry Tamarand Tree off Ned's cold dead hands (since he doesn't have one down in his neck of the woods, whereas he is surrounded by Mexican aplenty.)

anyone heard from remy?

x-post: what the Mackro said re: Tamarind Tree. And keep in mind that I also live surrounded by Vietnamese restaurants a-plenty in OC, which gives you an idea of how well I remember Tamarind Tree's quality.

i haven't heard from remy

I have just now. I gather he's in town or near it.

Apparently I'm going to get a call. Maybe le jerg too.

or maybe

LIIIIIIIIIINGBERT

OK, Remy is here. He's @ H|_|bbl3 pl (right next to Morley!). Tonight at Tamarind Tree is on!

My work location is on Remy's way to Tamarind Tree, so the default plan is for both of us to just bus it from 3rd and Columbia, since there are 3-4 buses that can take us to 12th and Jackson.

however if any of you driving want to pick us up off 2nd Ave (since 3rd + rush hour = no cars allowed) for any reason, that's cool too.

Remy has no internet access and says he will now nap for a while.

So, 6:30pm (soft deadline) at Tamarind Tree tonight!

great! see you then and there.

I prolly won't be there tonight, but am looking forward to meeting Remy. Hi, Remy!

have fun y'all, i've got too much work to catch up on ;_;

erm, drunk and dreading upcoming move north to home of jack's northwest chicken sandwich. please taunt with future FAps celebrating seattle fun.

I'm drunk but I wish I'd known about all this sooner. Welcome remy!

oh man, tonight was scan-dee-luss.

heavens! ;-)

hey that was fun everybody

good times!

Details

i missed the dinner but i engaged in conversation with various ilx people at a bar afterwards

sassy

good times, good times

somebody tell me what's up friday night. i'm house managing but up for it after that