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Nolamarinergirl1_tiny by NOLAmarinergirl on Comment 898 comments

I'm not even sure what day it is anymore.

Have you ever spent so much time per day doing a task or repeating the same thing that it was difficult to fall asleep at night? 

For a caffeine addict and new Seattle-ish resident--where is the best coffee in the city?

I have a friend coming this weekend who is under 21.  She arrives around 4pm on Friday and is only staying through Sunday mid-day, so I'd like to spend as much time out in the city as possible.  Any suggestions for what we can do Friday and/or Saturday night? 

Have at it...

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Get loaded and go to Tacoma for the Monster Trucks

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 10:44 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Who knows

I don’t get into Seattle near enough to provide a reasonable suggestion for you, but I’m taking my fiancee and my son to the monster trucks on Saturday, and then we’re going to the hockey game in Kent later that night. That qualifies as a near perfect day for me, but results may vary

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 10:49 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, I said Seattle

and I also do not have a car.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jan 13, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Double bummer

As I said, I’m probably not the person to ask about what to do downtown because I haven’t gone and killed a day down there in a very long time

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Carry a weapon.

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Jan 13, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No shit

Any bus line that drops off at a prison is one to be prepared for anything on

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

Or you could just be like this guy

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

zipcar

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 11:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

YES YES YES

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 2:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When I worked training camp

I woke up at 4.45 and didn’t get home until 8.30, and worked for a few weeks straight without a day off. By day 11 of the offdayless stretch I could be heard uttering “It’s Sunday??? Holy fuck I thought it was Wednesday.”

by JI on Jan 13, 2009 10:49 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

If you're willing to make a long-ass drive

you could head up towards Anacortes and do the ferry runs up there. Hit up Friday Harbor and such.

by BrianL on Jan 13, 2009 10:51 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

No car she said.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Jan 13, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you’re willing to make a long-ass drive walk

by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If you’re willing to make an incredibly long-ass walk

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What the hell

going the wrong direction with your car in Friday Harbor is only a $22 fine?

by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Pet peeve

people who purchase and drive Lincoln Town Cars as their personal vehicles.

Anyone else have a random peeve like that?

by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2009 10:52 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

See also: Ford Crown Victoria

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Jan 13, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But they look like police cars.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 13, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So?

If your not doing anything wrong, no need to worry. But honestly they have scared the hell out of me a few times.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Jan 13, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

"If your not doing anything wrong, no need to worry."

I could not disagree more. Cop cars scare the hell out of me.

by acblue on Jan 13, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was on I-5 with a state trooper behind me and I was terrified.

Partly because I was driving a rental car registered in Saskatchewan and I couldn’t adequately explain that even to myself. I’d had enough trouble getting the bloody thing across the border.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 13, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How did the rental agreement even allow you to take the car from SK to WA?

Usually if you rent a car in the US you can only go to a bordering Canadian province, so I would have thought it worked the same way

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I rented it in BC.

They just happened to give me a car with Saskatchewan plates.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 13, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah

That’s irritating then

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm just about to finalize my purchase of a Metallic Sage Green 1996 Crown Vic

Since my ‘93 Escort shit the bed on Friday night, and this is the only car easily available to me. It’s kinda rad though

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

is it all policed up?

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Jan 13, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I wish it were

Alas, it is not. I just need to chuck in a new Intake Manifold and it will be purring like a kitten though.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I suppose, yes

If that was meant as if I was selling cars, I don’t do that anymore. But, since I work at a repair shop I get the chance to buy cars that are being classified as total loss, even if there is nothing really wrong with them like with this ’Vic

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't agree with that

the Crown Vic is one of the best car buys available if you don’t care about gas mileage, you get lots of power, a very comfortable safe vehicle, lots of extra goodies, and it costs less than $30K

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 11:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Meh

Dodge Chargers and Chevy Tahoes make up a large amount of police forces these days too

If you get a civilian model with a chrome grille I don’t see why it would be confusing

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and other chrome trim

and nice hubcaps

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Mine has the Alloys, since I'm a high roller

One great thing about driving a Vic or Town Car though is that you are less likely to be pulled over. A cop passed me this morning to pull over a guy that I was gaining on on SR-167 this morning

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I believe consumer-owned Crown Victorias

shouldn’t be painted white or black.

by BrianL on Jan 13, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This I agree with

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My favorites are the former police vehicles that people buy

WIth the push bars and mirror-mount spotlights attached

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Vivace makes the best espresso in the city.

Drip coffee is something I know less about.

by royalcurve on Jan 13, 2009 10:52 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Have to agree. Ladro is pretty darn good.

There’s one on Mercer on the bottom of Queen Anne and another on the top of Queen Anne.

"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch

by crushedoptimist on Jan 13, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Have you had Stumptown's french press?

Portlanders seem to do a lot of Seattle things better than Seattle nowadays. And Stumptown is now on 12th Ave.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 13, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But did you know they're now on 12th and on Madison (lower down)?

I don’t even live in Seattle any more but as soon as I heard started going every time I visit.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 13, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Also, I'm so goddam jealous.

In NYC, the best espresso I can get on a regular basis is the Nespresso machine we have at work. No joke. The coffee in this town sucks, and even the cafes that import Seattle coffee (there are two I know of that sell vivace) make shit because they don’t know what to do with it. It’s a sad state of affairs.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 13, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Go to Abraco.

86 e. 7th Street.

You’ll never be the same. These guys used to make coffee in Berkeley and SF for many years, and moved to NYC a few years ago to open Abraco. I miss it every day.

by royalcurve on Jan 13, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and get yourself a French Press. You can make some pretty fantastic coffee that way, even at your desk

provided of course you find the beans you want

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Jan 13, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have a stove-top espresso maker at home

and use Lighthouse or Stumptown beans so I do OK at home. I have a french press but I always overgrind the coffee and it ends up too gritty. But yeah. Sometimes I just need to have a cup with someone that I’m not yet ready to invite to my house.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 13, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh FUCK

I used to live a block away. But they weren’t there then, and I moved uptown so I don’t get down there very much anymore.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 13, 2009 11:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I travel quite a bit and this is one of my biggest complaints

I go to Boston, ask for coffee, and they take me to Dunkin’ Donuts. It’s not terrible, but still…

"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch

by crushedoptimist on Jan 13, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dude, it's America's favorite coffee!

Are you saying our taste in something may be sub-optimal?

by waldo rojas on Jan 13, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

it really is amazing how ubiquitous DD's are

it is convenient if you are late for something and need to grab a muffin though

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Jan 13, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like Stumptown's drip

but I think their Mochas are too sweet.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Jan 13, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You know, I haven't but the one on 12th is pretty close to me.

I should definitely head up there some time. The french press at Fiore in Ballard is excellent as well.

by acblue on Jan 13, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuel does good coffee, Peet's isn't too shabby.

I’ve also heard nice things about their latte’s, but I wouldn’t know a good one if it bit me on the ass.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Jan 13, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Love Peet's.

Still have not yet been to Fuel. Don’t spend a lot of time in Wallingford.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Jan 13, 2009 1:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's a few around town now, the original is on 19th, nextdoor to the Kingfish restaurant.

The other one in Montlake, across from the new library. I don’t know the woman that started those, but she’s nice and creates a comfortable space.
Kingfish, there’s a kind of unique place to take a friend to dinner. Full bar too.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Jan 13, 2009 1:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Completely agreed.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jan 13, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

God they are horrible

When I was selling cars and making 30+ phone calls per day, I hated every single motherfucker that used one of them. They just start blaring in your ear with no warning

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The only one that I like is my old sales manager's

He picked the theme from Magnum P.I. because I kept bitching at him to change from what he was using before (whatever song goes “Every day I’m hustling, Everyday I’m hustling” over and over and over and over and over and over)

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Magnum P.I. is wonderful though

The intro to it almost always makes me smile for some reason

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ho-ly shit.

Had it not been for Kissing Suzy Kolber, I would have completely forgotten about this song.

by Phildopip on Jan 13, 2009 11:01 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I believe

No religion!

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 13, 2009 11:03 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Also, Lowe ----> Braves 4/60

Quite high considering the market, but then he’s the best pitcher left out there.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 13, 2009 11:05 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Ben Sheets? nobody?

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Jan 13, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think the health record scares people

Nevertheless, boy, it’d sure be sweet if Silva and Washburn weren’t eating 1/5 of our payroll and taking up space in the rotation.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 13, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That and the cost of a draft pick. I am really amazed at the way the baseball market has behaved this year.

Is this in fact the beginning of The Enlightenment?

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Jan 13, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Safeco provides a decent tour as does Qwest

And there are a few albeit lame under 21 clubs in the city

by Robert on Jan 13, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Or you could do something fun.

The Underground Tour is always good for a laugh.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jan 13, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I assume that has been done because that is always the first place we took tourists

Take her up to Green Lake. Nice pleasant urban walk and the best burger she will ever have at Red Mill.

by Robert on Jan 13, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

oooh Red Mill.

Good call.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jan 13, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good call. Red Mill... so good...

"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch

by crushedoptimist on Jan 13, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm hungry.

I’m going to Red Mill.

by royalcurve on Jan 13, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

few things are as good as a good old American burger.

It one of the things I really miss about being overseas. Whenever I’m back in Portland I drive my friends and family nuts because all I want to do for dinner is go to different burger joint every night. by this I mean cool dive bar that has great burgers.

by coolguyrob on Jan 13, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Couldn't tell you.

Never been there, plus I haven’t been back home for almost a year. I’m more familiar with North Portland anyway.

by coolguyrob on Jan 13, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Stanich's does still exist

as does Mike’s, which is also a really good burger.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jan 13, 2009 12:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Venison.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 13, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I recently discovered Herfy's too

I have become a fan. Not as much as Red Mill. But a fan.

"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch

by crushedoptimist on Jan 13, 2009 11:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's one in Edmonds near where I live

Kind of a small drive-in place. Pretty expansive menu for such a small shack, but quality. I think there’s one in Lynnwood too.

"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch

by crushedoptimist on Jan 13, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They are all over

There is one by my place, just up the hill from 405 on Sunset in Renton, and I’ve seen a few others around the area

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

One in Burien too on 1st.

Decent burgers but the drawing seems to be that they will put anything you want on a burger. Very expansive menu.

by Sec 108 on Jan 13, 2009 12:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Went there often when I worked up on Evergreen Way last year

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 3:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't been to it,

but I do like shakes.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Jan 13, 2009 3:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Herfy's was an old local chain that seems to have been reanimated

They’re everywhere all of the sudden.

Good shakes, I’ll give ’em that.

by marc w on Jan 13, 2009 12:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The shakes are effin' great

One of those places you’ll go out of your way to just to get one. Hell, I made a trip there back when it was snowing just because I was craving a milkshake

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 3:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Have you ever had a bad shake?

Even the McDonalds ones from the mix are pretty good.

by waldo rojas on Jan 13, 2009 3:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

They taste like artificial sweetener.

Not bad, and sometimes they hit the spot in their own special way, but I can see someone not liking them.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Jan 13, 2009 3:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's true

But there are plenty that are better than others, for sure

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 3:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Any shake is a good shake.

But a great shake is different.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Jan 13, 2009 3:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly

And I loooove a good shake

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I am a massive fan of a proper shake.

Best I’ve ever had was at the Park Cafe just outside of Glacier. Fresh berries, of course helped the matter. That place is legend.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Jan 13, 2009 3:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I miss the ORIGINAL Herfy's...

We have one right by my house, and we’ve eaten there a few times. Their burgers are above average, definitely, but they are kinda spendy.

Their fries, rings, and shakes, though, are top-notch.

I just have a problem paying $8 for a burger, fries & drink at a fast food joint.

Original Herfy’s, however, was always cheap and always very good! Their 2-fer $3 bacon cheeseburgers way back in the day were great memories of my youth. The last “original” Herfy’s I knew of closed my first year of college up at WWU in B’Ham.

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by PositivePaul on Jan 14, 2009 9:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I read this as "Hefty's"

and thought to myself, “That’s not a good name for a restaurant.”

by Phildopip on Jan 13, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Herfy's is much better?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Jan 13, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I took a Safeco tour in May while in town for a wedding ( I was staying at the Silver Cloud next door to safeco)

and the tour was really quite interesting. You get to see parts of Safeco you’d never get a chance to see otherwise, and some of the tour guides are really quite interesting

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Jan 13, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I suggest this then.

I’d love it if friends would take me on stadium tours when I visit other cities.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Jan 13, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

School of Rock plays Black Sabbath!

Or check out Holy Mountain. I think they’ve got something going on this weekend. Saturday, maybe, not Friday.

by marc w on Jan 13, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If she enjoys a cheap laugh, there's always one of the Improv groups.

The one at Pike Place (forget the name) and then there’s Jet City in the U District. A way to blow a few hours for sure.

"Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden." The Monarch

by crushedoptimist on Jan 13, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That'd be...

oh shit I forget it too. It’s pretty hit and miss though.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 13, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

they won't reissue it.
  1. is too heavily stained with dirt, grass, and grit

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Jan 13, 2009 11:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Most of the jerseys I have had lettered and numbered have #16

I’m kinda happy that Bloomquist is gone so that the association is gone.

But then I got another jersey numbered 41, because they gave me 41 in high school and seriously who the hell wears #41 this side of R. A. Dickey?

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 13, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

or 14

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 11:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome the first couple of times.

But live on an island for ~seven years, and you come to really resent the goddamn ferry.

by Teej on Jan 13, 2009 12:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ever try to leave an island whenever you want to?

Doesn’t work if there’s no ferry there.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jan 13, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And when you're a high schooler, $17 to get back on the island is a lot of money.

This is why I lived in the Puget Sound for so long and still don’t know much about Seattle landmarks, driving routes, etc.

by Teej on Jan 13, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Near/in the San Juans?

That area is beautiful.

Big Z is the MAN.

by Taylor H on Jan 13, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Get your own boat.

The ocean is your oyster.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 13, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Given the condition Washington State Ferries is in right now

the last thing I would do is move somewhere that you have to ride a ferry to get to. When the new 144’s and Island Homes come in in like 8 years and they aren’t stretched insanely thin on ferries then it might be a good idea

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 12:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I moved off in 2000, when it was already getting bad.

They cut off the night ferries at Point Defiance, so if you missed the 11 p.m. boat you had to either wait till 3 a.m. or drive up to Fauntleroy. It’s a hassle. Good place to retire, though!

by Teej on Jan 13, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah right now the Rhody is constantly out of service or being loaned to Pierce County so it seems like they're always running out the tiny Hiyu

Once the Island Homes arrive (assuming they’re building more then 1), they’ll hopefully retire the unreliable Rhody

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 1:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The ferries are part of the state highway system

I keep up on them very carefully. The fact that the tiny little 34 car Hiyu is even in service after being mothballed from 1997-2007 is a testament to how crappy the state ferry system is right now

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 1:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Technically, there's only one ferry that's accounted for within state highway system

Name it.

Also, I thought you might be interested to see that the first bill (by number) this session has to do with extending a state highway…. please update your website upon the passage of HB 1000.

by marc w on Jan 13, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The ferry routes are all in the state highway system

SR 20 is legally defined as the Keystone Port Townsend
SR 20 SPUR is the San Juans
SR 104 is Edmonds-Kingston
SR 160 is Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth
SR 163 is Pt. D-Tahlequah
SR 304 is Bremerton Seattle
SR 339 is Seattle-Vashon PO (operated by King County)
SR 525 is Clinton Mukilteo

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 1:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd guess the Seattle-Vashon PO

or Seattle-Bremerton

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh the Keller Ferry

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

WOOOO!

SR21.

I had a state highways discussion with Corco!

by marc w on Jan 13, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And you seemed to know part of it that he didn't

Guest editor on his site! Go for it!

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by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 3:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I heard about that and it's about time that happened it has been rumored for years

If I’m in McCall this summer I’ll swing over and get it

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Exit 114 is a weird place though

Exit 122 makes more sense, they’ll have to build new road to put it at 114

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

After looking at it I'm not sure if that will pass

I’m not sure what that extension of SR 397 does to add the state highway system, and Washington is usually pretty strict about that stuff

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My entire Paternal family lives on the south end of Whidbey Island

I love that I either have to take a ferry there, or drive way the futch up north and cross the Deception bridge, which is super-awesome

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by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2009 3:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I used to have a lot of family over there (the Freeland area),

but a lot of them have passed away recently, so I don’t go there as much.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Jan 13, 2009 3:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dicks and/or Red Mill

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by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 11:47 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Does Seattle have a Restaurant Week?

It’s going on right now in San Diego; the basic premise is that a bunch of nice restaurants serve up three-course meals for ~$40 a plate so people go who wouldn’t otherwise due to cost.

I love it, tonight we’re checking out a seafood place that’s really good but if not for Restaurant Week twice a year, we’d never go due to cost and location.

by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2009 11:53 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Discovery Park.

Red Mill on the way in to or out of Magnolia.

by waldo rojas on Jan 13, 2009 12:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I used to live about a half mile from there on the Magnolia side.

I loved walking over there and just hanging out watching boats and all the fish and herons.

by Sec 108 on Jan 13, 2009 12:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Which is why the Noah's Bagels slogan used to be so great.

Protect your bagels – put lox on them

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Jan 13, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

I used to work at Noah’s and while good I can’t ever get over the fact that all the stores use frozen dough. And then process to get them ready for conception well…

by Willie Mays Haze on Jan 13, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have yet to have a good bagel on the west coast.

Of course, living in NJ/NYC will get you some great bagel places.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Jan 13, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs