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Subject: OT: Seattle visit Posted by: rockafellerskank - [2511552911] Fri, Mar 20, 2009, 14:45 I have never been to Seattle and am looking forward tio a trip this year for a conference which is from 6/14 to 6/17. I will be taking a few days of personal time to arrive 6/11. I have to stay near the conference hotel for that portion (Hyatt near the convention center), but am looking for some ideas of things to do, see and where to stay for the 6/11 to 6/13 portion. FYI -- I will have the gf and a 15 year old daughter (hers) in tow. Anyone from the great NW who wants to share some ideas with me; it would be much appreciated. | |||||||
| 35 | Seattle Zen ID: 42622201 Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 02:23 |
I'll be in Seattle potentially the night of Sunday, August 9 and definitely the night of Monday, August 10. I'll be here in Longview and my daughter will be visiting, so I can't join you this time, Tree. Tilth, man, I've never heard of it, oh, it hurts to be away from Seattle. Tell me about it, Razor. Speaking of visits, I met MITH and his lovely wife on Tuesday in Portland. We were going to go to the zoo, but the Zoo was a ZOO, so we chose the much more mellow Japanese garden and rose garden. Much to my surprise, my own beard was thicker than MITH's. MITH has lost SEVENTY pounds this year, hats off! It was a real pleasure to meet him and add him to my long list of y'all I've seen in person. | ||||||
| 36 | Mith ID: 2894309 Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 09:01 |
Thanks, SZ, and meeting you and your family was also terrific. Thanks for making the time to hang out with us. It's always a fun experience, meeting people you've communicated with for years but never before seen face to face. And given how easy it is to casually release insults and overly harsh criticism into the ether, it helps to get an occasional reminder that we are addressing real people here. | ||||||
| 37 | biliruben ID: 461142511 Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 14:32 |
Glad to hear you had fun, Razor. Congrats on the weight, MITH! I always knew you were a loser. ;) Tree - Given my toddler, probably can't escape for an evening, but maybe I can catch you for lunch on Monday, as I work downtown. | ||||||
| 38 | Tree ID: 41371322 Wed, Jul 29, 2009, 12:21 |
while i still dont know my exact plans, i know i'm staying in Seattle the night of Monday, August 10...possibly the night of the 9th too. im currently booked at a hotel near Sea-Tac, for the simple reason it'll be easier for me to catch my flight Tuesday afternoon. is there an easy way to get from Sea-Tac to, well, where in Seattle i might want to spend the day, and where would that place be? lol | ||||||
| 39 | Great One ID: 065867 Wed, Jul 29, 2009, 12:33 | There was a bus at the airport that runs right downtown, thats how we got to our hotel. It was only a couple bucks. A local could tell you more, but I never even ride buses and I thought it was pretty easy. | ||||||
| 40 | blue hen Dude ID: 710321114 Wed, Jul 29, 2009, 12:37 |
Ah, Seattle. I'll be out there soon enough. Honestly, Seattle might be your best chance to get a limo ride from the airport to your hotel. The shuttle was 21 bucks (also highly recommended) and the limo was 30 bucks. You have to go out into the parking area for it, but it could be worth it, especially if you have more than one person. | ||||||
| 41 | biliruben ID: 461142511 Wed, Jul 29, 2009, 13:11 |
There are a couple options I would recommend, and neither is a limo ( geez, bh. The dude's unemployed). The first is what I used to take before the tyke and carseats: The 194. Quick, easy, convenient. (The 174 is the local, if you are looking for ho's on pac-highway, and adds 15 minutes, $30 bucks and an STD.) The second choice is to take Our new Link Light Rail. We have finally entered the 19th century here in Seattle. Pretty much the only use for this train for now is to go from downtown to the airport. And even that isn't fully functional, as the final link the airport won't be up and running until Christmas. There is a shuttle to where is currently ends in Tukwila, however. The second option is the more of the adventure, but if you ever wanted to see to poorest neighborhoods in Seattle, this is your chance! Its a nice train, for what it does. Not worth 10 billion, however, and I have a transit fetish. | ||||||
| 42 | Tree ID: 41371322 Wed, Jul 29, 2009, 13:18 |
yea, no limo rides for me. and even if i was employed, it probably goes against a lot of what i believe in, so i don't think i woulda done it anyway. thanks for the links bili - i'd seen the light rail thing - but it definitely was a big confusing as it's up and running, but, not the part that matters. lol is downtown where i wanna be? i'm not looking to do much other than wander, see things cheap or free, and eat something "local", that again, is cheap. lol. keep in mind, i write a food column on take out food in NYC, so if it's off a cart or a truck or some hole in the wall in the back of a mexican grocery store, i'm down with it! suggestions? (and normally i do go the guidebook route, but for only 1 or 2 nights, not worth it. i will, however, check yelp) | ||||||
| 43 | biliruben ID: 461142511 Wed, Jul 29, 2009, 13:35 |
Hmmm.. Cheap food. We have a lot of Taco trucks. Most are hard to get to except by car, however. I've eaten at a few, and can vouch for the bus in Burien, which is about 5 minutes from the airport. Delicious. I suppose you could take a cab and expense it. ;) My guess is there are many cheap places to eat along the new light rail line, but I haven't yet explored any. Downtown is not particularly cheap, as a general rule. There is Market House Corned Beef near where I work, that has been around for 50 years, sells wholesale, provides quantity, but New Yorkers would be disappointed. As far as vaguely unique Seattle things go, most are generally not too cheap. We are known for our fish and our Asian food. I prefer the Thai and the Pho. The local burrito chain, Taco Del Mar, as a fish taco some people like. I'm not one of them. There are a bunch of little shops and stands at Pike Place that can be pretty good. I kinda like the Three Girl's Bakery, for a sandwich. | ||||||
| 44 | biliruben ID: 461142511 Wed, Jul 29, 2009, 13:50 | If you are interested in Asian food, get off at the International District Station (both the 194 and the light rail will stop there), and walk up hill, away for the water. There are hundreds of small restaurants - Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, etc... that have good food. I don't go over that way very often, so I can't give you specific recs. | ||||||
| 45 | biliruben ID: 461142511 Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 17:58 |
Until yesterday, it had never gotten over 100 degrees in Seattle. Yesterday, we blew past the record, officially hitting 103, though I heard readings as high as 108 around the sound. Sweet shot, near where I live:  My guess is, they only programmed it to register 99, and started over at -200 when it went over 100. | ||||||
| 46 | Tree ID: 41371322 Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 19:02 | same thing up here in BC, Bili..the last few days have set records...my sister-in-law has never felt anything like it, having been born and raised here. | ||||||
| 47 | astade Sustainer ID: 214361313 Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 23:48 | must be that global warming. | ||||||
| 48 | visitor ID: 266151914 Mon, Jul 19, 2010, 15:15 | I'm driving from Seattle to Mt Rainer tomorrow, but need to stay in cell phone range for work. Anyone know if it's likely i can keep a signal (Verizon) all the way? | ||||||
| 49 | biliruben ID: 34435239 Mon, Jul 19, 2010, 23:58 |
I don't know about Verizon. I would guess yes, but I'm not sure. I can get AT&T coverage up at Crystal (spur of Rainier), IIRC. | ||||||
| 50 | Seattle Zen ID: 10732616 Fri, Jan 28, 2011, 12:56 |
 Fremont Universe BBC recommends you check out biliruben and my old neighborhood Fremont. “De Liberta Quirkas”, meaning ”Freedom to be Peculiar”, is the Fremont neighbourhood motto. This declaration is blazoned on a giant 1950s Cold War-era rocket fuselage, fully equipped with laser lights and a smoke machine, on the corner of N 35th Street and Evanston Ave North. In league with the rocket is the 17-foot hideous-yet-endearing troll under the Aurora Bridge, as is the raucous Summer Solstice Parade in all its stilted, puppet bearing, naked cyclist glory that drums to the beat of its own whacked-out marching band. | ||||||
| 51 | biliruben ID: 59551120 Thu, Sep 08, 2011, 17:59 | 1% for the Arts. | ||||||
| 52 | Pancho Villa ID: 597172916 Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 11:57 |
Seattle area residents and visitors might be interested in my brother Dan's current ventures, Pacific Northwest Underwater Photographic Society, which lists as one of its 4 central goals to share the beauty of our underwater environment with the non-diving public. Dan is the publisher/editor of Pacific Northwest Diver, which focuses on Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. I post this for several reasons. As some of you may remember, Dan lost his elder son 5 years ago in a tragic and senseless crime, and his diving and underwater photography has become theraputic in moving on with his life. No one knows how they would react to such a tragedy, but rather than immerse himself in bitterness and sorrow, he has found a passion to excel in his retirement. Perhaps, after perusing Pacific Northwest Diver, one can understand why I find the term "enviroweenie" so insulting. Unless you've dived in Puget Sound waters ranging around 40 degrees burdened with high tech photography equipment, or gone on a shark dive, you have no place calling someone a weenie. Beyond that, the spiritual aspects of exploring beneath the seas, and sharing these experiences, should be obvious to anyone who seriously considers themself a spiritual person. Part of interacting with the environment, be it the seas, forests, rivers, lakes, deserts and prairie, is the interest in preserving and protecting these environs from the onslaught of mankind, and the relentless obsession for economic growth. We often hear the refrain that our current economic direction will saddle future generations with unmanageable debt, yet few of those leading the refrain seem to mention what kind of planet future generations will inherit with an explosive world population that encroaches into the ever-shrinking areas that haven't been negatively affected by man's footprint. To them, these concerns are met with scorn, derision and immature characterizations of their manhood. | ||||||
| 53 | Seattle Zen Leader ID: 055343019 Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 12:12 | Great post, Pancho. I certainly haven't forgotten your brother's loss. | ||||||
| 54 | Boldwin ID: 35615181 Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 13:52 |
I spent about half a decade pouring over every photo in Reef & Marine Aquarium Magazine and kept a Philipines reef biotope running for a couple years. If you marxists hadn't taken over the environmental movement and infused your lack of respect for individual rights into it, you wouldn't have driven off half the population interested in preserving the environment. But when you go bulldozing over people with your takings, it really isn't about the environment anymore. It's just one more toehold for the power obsessed. | ||||||
| 55 | sarge33rd ID: 16881011 Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 14:19 | B...just once...can you respect someone elses opinion and post and NOT turn it into your personal diatribe of bile filled bullsh*t? | ||||||
| 56 | Boldwin ID: 35615181 Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 14:27 | He brought me into it when he brought up the term enviroweenie. No, I won't let it rest. | ||||||
| 57 | sarge33rd ID: 16881011 Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 14:40 | why am I not surprised? | ||||||
| 58 | Tree ID: 41512710 Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 20:54 | PV - i don't believe any of us here have forgotten your family's loss, and that was a great post. it's too bad the bigger meaning of the post is obviously lost on the idiots it's most directed toward. | ||||||
| 59 | DWetzel ID: 33337117 Sat, Sep 10, 2011, 21:30 | Pv, sorry (again) for your family's loss. Don't let the fact that Boldwin is a piece of garbage distract from that message. | ||||||
| 60 | Pancho Villa ID: 597172916 Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 18:50 | For those interested in what the Marxists and UN lackeys are up to(or down to in this case), here's my brother's November edition of Pacific Northwest Diver | ||||||
| 61 | biliruben ID: 28420307 Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 08:12 | And they say Seattle is not a world class city. | ||||||
| 62 | Frick ID: 432501512 Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 08:33 |
To be fair, the LAPD probably would have fired a couple of hundred shots at it and hit is 1 or 2 times before they realized it wasn't a human body. | ||||||
| 63 | biliruben ID: 59551120 Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 10:38 |
For some reason, those tweets just struck me as can't-stop-giggling-like-a-school-girl (CSGLASR?) funny. I woke my wife up at 5am because I was just laughing, while not realizing it. | ||||||
| 64 | Tree ID: 143231613 Tue, Jul 16, 2013, 14:25 | Seattle - world class, and I do mean class. | ||||||
| 65 | Seattle Zen ID: 3310162612 Tue, Jul 16, 2013, 18:17 | Never call Elma "Seattle", again, Tree. The same distinction as between Paris, France and Paris, Texas. | ||||||
| 66 | Tree ID: 6629169 Tue, Jul 16, 2013, 18:23 |
which one is which? Paris, Texas likely has less dog poop in the sidewalks than Paris, France. (well, and less sidewalks too) | ||||||
| 67 | biliruben ID: 41431323 Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 02:19 |
Nerve goes to Dubai, and Dubai comes to Seattle. Replaced my local soccer store, dangit. https://www.facebook.com/Dubaiseattle?ref=stream | ||||||
| 68 | biliruben ID: 41431323 Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 02:21 |
And Zen's hempfest opens up kitty-corner. There goes the neighborhood.
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| 69 | biliruben ID: 21841115 Sat, Jul 27, 2013, 10:41 |
All that pot, yet we are apparently the hardest working city.
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| 70 | Tree ID: 246462711 Sat, Jul 27, 2013, 12:46 |
the city i work in is #2. the city i live, #3. weird. | ||||||
| 71 | biliruben ID: 41431323 Sun, Jul 28, 2013, 13:01 |
Seattle manages to do it with jobs and volunteering. We get decent sleep and don't go crazy on the extra hours. http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/the-50-hardest-working-cities-in-america/ | ||||||
| 72 | rockafellerskank ID: 256463120 Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 21:46 |
Odd to see a thread started years ago under my handle. Been away from rotoguru.com for years as I gave up fantasy sports. Odd thing happened the past 3-4 years as I became very politically aware of my environment; well not odd, about time. Good to see all the familiar names posting recently. I hope to contribute from time to time....but for now it looks like I have about 10,000 posts to read. I don't suppose any of the lefties/righties have changes sides? That will make it easer to summarize. As for me, I've moved from mid-right to mid- left after becoming informed and seeking reason, logic, and truth. See you all on the boards. | ||||||
| 73 | Biliruben ID: 358252515 Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 21:53 | Welcome back, skank. Mid-left? So your a RINO, I see. | ||||||
| 74 | Rockafellerskank ID: 246223121 Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 22:32 |
bili- Good to be here. Feels like a long-lost home. Never a (R) member, so can't be anything "in name only" There is no party (or person) that 100% reflects my views so let's consider me Independent with Liberaterian and Green, and Secular leanings. However, I do have certain passions which, I am sure will present themselves as topics arise (or as I rise the topics ). Anyway... Not a big fan of labels. More a fan of one's convictions and the reason behind the beliefs. | ||||||
| 75 | Biliruben ID: 358252515 Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 23:26 | Yeah it was a joke. Or commentary on how far right the center has been pulled. Not a fan of labels either. Though I embrace pinko. | ||||||
| 76 | Seattle Zen ID: 3603123 Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 10:43 | Great to hear, RFS, that reason, logic and truth can still affect people positively. Welcome home. | ||||||
| 77 | Tree ID: 395323014 Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 11:46 |
welcome back RFS. i was thinking that moving from mid-right to mid- left means that you didn't change at all, just that the far right moved soooooooooooooo far to the right that moderates such as yourself just seem like that moved to the left. :o) | ||||||
| 78 | Perm Dude ID: 41661813 Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 17:03 | This isn't about the City, but about someone in it: Obituary for Jane Catherine Lotter. | ||||||
| 79 | mailedfoot ID: 2787117 Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 17:28 | Thank you posting that, Perm Dude...very moving and inspirational | ||||||
| 80 | Tosh ID: 41727116 Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 17:36 |
Seattle also has the most pleasant Summer-time weather. We just finished July with 0.00 inches of rain, and not a single day over 90 degrees. We went 48 straight days without rain last Summer (we are currently at 35 straight days this year). | ||||||
| 81 | Biliruben ID: 358252515 Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 17:49 |
Shut up, man! People will move here and traffic will get even worse, if that's possible. | ||||||
| 82 | Perm Dude ID: 41661813 Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 18:00 | I've got a conference next March that will be in Seattle. Don't know if I'm going yet but I do hope to get out there since I've never been. | ||||||
| 83 | Biliruben ID: 358252515 Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 18:07 | Mmm, march. Not as good as July, but maybe we can connect and celebrate the grey with a tasty local IPA. | ||||||
| 84 | Tosh ID: 41727116 Thu, Aug 01, 2013, 18:40 |
Bili - 60 days of sun in the Summer. 5 days of sun in the Winter. 300 days of mist the rest of the year. The wimpy folks won't last too long before they move back to where they started. | ||||||
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