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maybe our definitions differ, but I really don't thing you're going to find a place that isn't a shithole, or a Euro-style hotel geared to kids, for less than $100 (at the very best), maybe even including places at the airport. given that, I'd recommend checking out this place - http://www.universityinnseattle.com/ (in the University District, not Downtown, but very close to the freeway)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 05:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Try the Marco Polo on Aurora that we passed in your car that one night. It should be in the $75 range and isn't a hole. probably sold out but worth a try.

Jaq?

― Dreaming of People With Black Eyes,Dressed In Black (jergins), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 21:40 (seventeen years ago) link

We've put people up at the Inn at Queen Anne, which is interesting (used to be small apartments) and on lower Queen Anne. Their sister property is the MarQueen, where Caffe Lladro is - I don't know anyone who's stayed there though. There's also the Mediterranean Inn right down there, but it's more $$.

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 22:20 (seventeen years ago) link

A., it won't matter.

I'm taking your mom and stepdad out for all night ravin at Decibel Festival. They won't need to sleep.

PLUR, HEH HEH HEH!

― the dow nut industrial average dead joe mama besser (donut), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 22:23 (seventeen years ago) link

That said, while it's hardly glamorous, either is a place to stay that has basic motel amenities, and you never know if there are cancellations.. Days Inn or Sixth Ave Inn around 6th-7th and Bell might be worth a try. Right near Denny Way, Belltown, accessible, and all that.

― the dow nut industrial average dead joe mama besser (donut), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link

You might have some luck with a bed and breakfast. Some are spendy, but there was one in Fremont for $99, so there may be others for less $.

We're in town to house-hunt that weekend (I start work on 9/25, otherwise I'd join the dow nut for that all night ravin...)

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 22:26 (seventeen years ago) link

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS

― Dreaming of People With Black Eyes,Dressed In Black (jergins), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I love how much we love to talk about Seattle

― Dreaming of People With Black Eyes,Dressed In Black (jergins), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link

God I miss it there.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link

this place, also in the U District, should be sub-$100, and looks ok

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 22:34 (seventeen years ago) link

A., it won't matter.
I'm taking your mom and stepdad out for all night ravin at Decibel Festival. They won't need to sleep.

PLUR, HEH HEH HEH!

Dude, my mom and stepdad are total e-tards!% Everytime I go to their place, it's like "No, Mom, I don't want see how amazing the door mat feels when you're barefoot."

Thanks for the suggestions guys. A fount of Seattle wisdom you are.

― A. Lingbert (A. Lingbert), Thursday, 14 September 2006 01:37 (seventeen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

btw they stayed at the Marco Polo ("NICE ROOMS" says the marquee out front under the giant green sign). $70/night. Free suite upgrade with AAA card. Not far from my place. The other places suggested on thread were either too expensive or were already booked for the weekend.

It wasn't too bad. It was functional. It served its purpose. No bugs or anything. They didn't have any major complaints. You could hear with little effort the guy next door because the rooms have a connecting door, and the walls were pretty thin. Also, the entire perimeter of the connecting door was sealed with masking tape. I can't imagine this was a security measure. Maybe it's to keep out smoke? Either way, it looked classy. Also, no outlet in the bathroom.

― A. Lingbert (A. Lingbert), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I spent last weekend in Seattle. Shameful yuppie furniture run to Ikea in suburban hell south of town, seeing Rainier for the first time, four really good meals, record store in Capitol Hill, just driving around, looking at people and houses and streets and views. Plus we got to stay at my friend's sister's place in some rural northern suburb meaning hot tub on the deck action. All in the same state that I currently live in, albeit a 4.5 hour drive. But that's not too bad, considering I used to live that far from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Seattle's much more fun.

Too bad I could never afford to buy a house there. Holy crap. Who's got that kind of loot?

― joygoat (joygoat), Friday, 29 September 2006 03:53 (seventeen years ago) link

We're hoping to have an unpacking party sometime between Friday, Oct. 20 and Sunday, Oct 22. All kinds of things may influence which day this occurs, including work schedules, whether the bus actually runs, and the phase of the moon. All the mimosas and waffles you can eat if you're there early, all the pizza and beer/wine you can drink if you come by later. Come paw through our collection and help us get all these damn books and records back on the shelves. Write for directions and further updates as the variables converge.

Ned, I'm currently somewhere near your town I believe - working 7 days a week though at the Frank Bowerman landfill in Bee Canyon (Irvine?) so I doubt our paths will cross this trip. Hopefully things will be less frantic when I'm back in late Oct/early Nov.

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 5 October 2006 01:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey Jaq, that weekend is also Matmos In Seattle weekend (as mentioned on the Noise Board Seattle thread STUFF TO DO IN SEATTLE/VANCOUVER). I'll probably have plenty of studying to do, but I'll see if I can maybe come by your place at some point.

― A. Lingbert (A. Lingbert), Thursday, 5 October 2006 01:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Just curious, which northern rural suburb, Joygoat?

― Apocalypse '07: Rodney Strikes Back (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 5 October 2006 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link

In-store on Sunday means 1 vote for Friday/Saturday! Also, I'm pretty sure the bus doesn't run on Sunday (we are near the tail end (south) of the 48 route).

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 5 October 2006 01:59 (seventeen years ago) link

i'll be there as will lxy, i'd imagine. we could give a ride or two, but we can figure that out as we get closer. and i'd be happy to shelve books. by color plz!

jaq i love how you post on a seattle thread knowing ned will read it

― NokiyaUp (jergins), Thursday, 5 October 2006 19:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Just curious, which northern rural suburb, Joygoat?

please tell me Bow/Edison, please.

― NokiyaUp (jergins), Thursday, 5 October 2006 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Hola! I'm doing Matmos thingies with 10 other friends (non-ilxor) that night, although fellow peeps here are welcome to say hi, hang out, and all that. (we're getting to the t-door right when they open basically, so we can get good seats, and have dinner there.)

Jaq, the 7 bus runs in Othello 7 days a week I think... maybe not as close as the 48 would. Don't know your exact location though.

I should be up for a Saturday morning/day thing.

So, beer battered waffles?

― 0xDOX0RNUTX0RX0RSDABITFIELDXOR^0xDEADBEEFDEADBEEF00001 (donut), Thursday, 5 October 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

The 42 is a better bet than the 7 I think. With the 7, you'd have to walk through all the construction on MLK. The 42 has a stop at MLK and Othello, and that's maybe 3 blocks from us.

jaq i love how you post on a seattle thread knowing ned will read it

Ned is everywhere :) Shelve by color! Shelve by height! Shelve by the third letter of the author's first name! Each set of shelves can have its own theme. There are over 100 banker boxes full of books; plenty to play with. Mr. Jaq is more particular about the records.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 6 October 2006 00:37 (seventeen years ago) link

ust curious, which northern rural suburb, Joygoat?

Woodinville.

― joygoat (joygoat), Friday, 6 October 2006 04:02 (seventeen years ago) link

106 bus runs every day, and intersects with Othello and MLK, fyi.

NO
EXCUSES

WAFFLES, BEER, AND UNPACKING *SMACK*

― 0xDOX0RNUTX0RX0RSDABITFIELDXOR^0xDEADBEEFDEADBEEF00001 (donut), Friday, 6 October 2006 04:17 (seventeen years ago) link

just curious, which northern rural suburb, Joygoat?

Woodinville.

the first time i ever heard rem and dead kennedys was in woodinville, skating at my friend's house. so big ups to you and your suburb! now come to a fap!

― Mib Upzz (jergins), Friday, 6 October 2006 04:54 (seventeen years ago) link

why do beer waffles sound like the perfect food? ilc thread here i come.

― Mib Upzz (jergins), Friday, 6 October 2006 04:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Savory waffles

― 0xDOX0RNUTX0RX0RSDABITFIELDXOR^0xDEADBEEFDEADBEEF00001 (donut), Friday, 6 October 2006 04:56 (seventeen years ago) link

there's a great restaraunt in woodinville, actually, the _____ frog? expensive, but good. also i love the 100 year old fire station or old town hall or whatever that building is.

― Mib Upzz (jergins), Friday, 6 October 2006 05:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Mr. Jaq is more particular about the records.

i don't think i'd touch his records without expressed written consent:)

― Mib Upzz (jergins), Friday, 6 October 2006 05:24 (seventeen years ago) link

the _____ frog?

Crunchy?

Beer waffles = completely do-able. Also, waffles with bacon built in for the meativores.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 6 October 2006 12:31 (seventeen years ago) link

This weekend.

Matmos is also playing a free instore at Easy Street records at 3pm on Sunday.

I am still available the morning of the 21st to help with the moving stuff... and for the waffle beers.

Also, we should all take this to e-mail. I'll be off ilx very soon, but I want to keep in touch with you guys.

― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 21:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Not to be confused with the Matos in-store next month, where he'll be debuting his ode to the B-52s singer in amplified prose in The Fredgina Dialogues

― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link

I'll be off ilx very soon

eh?

― jergins (jergins), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link

eh, indeed. sign o the times. should actually not jeopardize my reputation at work, have a gazillion other things to do.. which is why I want to keep the FAPS/get-togethers going via email as well.

― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 22:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Alas, beer waffles must be postponed, as I got sent back to Irvine. Check for email tonight; sorry to have been incommunicado - being connectionless sucks.

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link

we are connected in our hearts

― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 19 October 2006 00:17 (seventeen years ago) link

THERE AIN'T NO JOY IN IRVINE

― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Thursday, 19 October 2006 01:49 (seventeen years ago) link

two months pass...

So I was gonna post on the sandbox Seattle thread but now here we are again and I do like this thread. We (me and Lxy) had a party on Friday, a sorta-FAP, and Jaq and Donut and Lingbert and Mr. Jaq came, and damn did we have a hell of a time. It started early with soups and a couple of tables of people, and turned into a full-on drunken, stumbling, joking loud-assed mess. And when i was hungry at about 3, there wasn't much soup left. Usually party food hangs around, right, people look at it but don't eat it. Not that night.

One of the things I woke up the next morning so happy about was thinking of Jaq and Donut and what they brought to the party. Getting to know someone through here, you learn their interests pretty early on: Jaq cooks, Donut spins records. But even if I were writing in 24-point caps, it still wouldn't convey how well Jaq can cook, how great Donut's track-selection was, how fun his 2-3 a.m. slot, in the basement was. ILXors can do stuff! Do it well!

― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 4 January 2007 03:50 (seventeen years ago) link

BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A PARTY WITHOUT AN UNKNOWN OLD GUY TEXT-MESSAGING IN THE LIVING ROOM AT 2:30 IN THE MORNING

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/160/344929363_6c82692e32.jpg?v=0

― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 4 January 2007 03:52 (seventeen years ago) link

I mean seriously who the fuck was that guy?

― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 4 January 2007 03:52 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm gonna post a couple more party pictures. I hope that's cool.

boys plus sparks light

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/344929354_e4f011c9a6.jpg?v=0

note the repetition

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/344929355_a26949e33a.jpg?v=0

dance scene

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/344929358_39c2cdc7fc.jpg?v=0

― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 4 January 2007 03:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Hahaha at old unknown texting guy! We obv. left far too early, but were much exhausted from general decrepitness. I will cook for your parties ANYTIME!!!

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 4 January 2007 05:44 (seventeen years ago) link

jaq, we will have parties for your cooking ANYTIME!

srsly, thanks jaq and donut and other djs and everyone.

best. party. ever.

― lxy (lxy), Thursday, 4 January 2007 05:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Such a great town!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 4 January 2007 13:41 (seventeen years ago) link

The old guy was my crusty personality there in spirit. Perhaps.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 4 January 2007 13:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Perhaps we should be considering an April EMP pop conf-centric party - though that is a busy time with its own schedule of events.

btw, any ILXors in town for that needing a place to stay, we've got a room you're welcome to, though we are rather far from Seattle Center.

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 4 January 2007 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link

ILXors can do stuff!
what's my special ability?

― A. Lingbert (A. Lingbert), Friday, 5 January 2007 01:45 (seventeen years ago) link

staying up very late without the help of drugs or (much) alcohol. also, can listen to dumbasses for long periods of time without smirking. manly presence.

― jergins (jergins), Friday, 5 January 2007 02:14 (seventeen years ago) link

You guys think that guy is OLD?
I want to come to the next party! Unfortunately, our West Coast travel plans have been temporarily shelved as we've been putting a lot of money into the house. Maybe next fall...

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 5 January 2007 02:56 (seventeen years ago) link

you're the only drug i need jergins

― A. Lingbert (A. Lingbert), Friday, 5 January 2007 03:49 (seventeen years ago) link

beth: he acted old is why. and he was craggy = old seeming. also: yes, come to our next party! lots of cheese will be served!

lingbert: lololololololllll

― lxy (lxy), Friday, 5 January 2007 03:55 (seventeen years ago) link

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