Seattle! How is it now? Are there jobs? Should I move there?

Have fun tonight, Jaq! Tell people I said hello.

me too!

just stumbled accidentally on a blog by a locavore couple based in seattle w/ some pretty beautiful pics of local produce and *sigh*.
last year's chard*, never forget:
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*literally the best chard i've ever eaten.

Tomorrow will be my first post-bigfreeze trip to the farmers market - hoping for best/expecting the worst. An early freeze in '07 wiped out my favorite kale.

Sorry I couldn't make it, jaq. Was at rock show with pissed jeans, wolf eyes, etc. Had bought ticket a while ago.

Was thinking about all y'all recently -- not being there in April for EMP is going to be a little weird! Might see if I can swing a separate trip up there and to Portland next year if feasible.

I'm sorry I missed you guys last night! My new work schedule is killing me. Higgs made a valiant effort but I managed to sleep all day. And all of the night!

hi, seattle.
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miss u boo

ok lol somebody switched pike and pine
http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2011/04/01/1301680512-scaled.picture_9.png

a+

Seattle people (or those wanting to move here, though I don't think moving expenses are covered) - I need to hire two software testers (possibly SDET but not necessarily). Agile familiarity a plus; a+++ if familiar with the power industry (generation/transmission/distribution) or pipeline distribution or other large scale scada type stuff. My ilxmail doesn't work, send to isthatpie✧✧✧@ya✧✧✧.c✧✧ instead.

oh, right

isthatpie-wp @ yahoo. com

there ARE jobs :)

i liked this: http://citytank.org/2012/03/21/seattles-got-the-transformational-moves-like-jagger/

a lot going on. the north lot development will be a wonderful addition, more housing in that neighborhood

can i have one? (i think amazon is kind of evil, tho)

Living in Pioneer Square was weird, but I loved being so close to King Street Station. So simple to catch bus/lt rail to anywhere.

http://www.bohonus.com/panos/getvr.php?vr=spaceNeedle2

beautiful

oh my, i can see my old place in that picture. i miss seattle so much :(

what happened to daisy, is she still there?

she was thriving when i was in seattle in september. i can't believe it was so long ago!

Ms. Ivy is doing great btw! She has been living behind the winter lettuce in the rays of the grow light.

i have missed reading about those tarts.

I can't believe this, but I confused ivy and daisy in my previous post! Clearly ivy is in better, more responsible hands with jaq , bless her.

poor daisy :(

r.i.p. daisy. you gave her some of the best days of her short life.

i'll say, before tehresa took her in she had awful thin drizzly hair and she had to live on a stoop.

She just couldn't resist that leaf miner, led her right down the primrose path.

tsk.

saint tehersa, savior

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did you know: she is actually my namesake?

aw<3 no i did not. but i always liked her.

two people killed, three wounded at my beloved Cafe Racer, another killing downtown about an hour later. what the fuck is going on here?

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/30/another-shooting-police-warn-seattleites-to-stay-out-of-active-scene-on-roosevelt-way

wtf is going on, idgi

Somebody shot at Folklife over the weekend too

at least there's a new 24 hr diner. that evens things out

no

no

:(

downtown shooting a few blocks from my place and on my walk to/from work

Another (allegedly) mentally ill murder-suicide involved in all of it today. The Kyle huff thing from 6 years ago came to mind.
Hope there is a benefit for the family & friends of the victims. Too numb to say more.

there's a motion to get as many people on Friday to attend music shows as possible, given that some of the victims were local performing musicians. I like this idea a lot for many obvious reasons.
Also, you'll be able to buy vodka at midnight at certain supermarkets. yay?

woman shot downtown apparently the wife of someone a close friend works with (not an officemate, but a frequent consultant)

so, i spent the past week in seattle and faced heavy pressure from my extended family to move there. i kind of want to. it was beautiful weather. i went to the park every day. the lake glittered! but i hate driving! and traffic! should i do it??? i'm in an active job search, so maybe i should just look for jobs in seattle? i'm very torn. pros, cons, etc?

Take public transit, esp if you live/work where you can take the light rail. Or, live where you can walk to work.

We need an FAQ for the thread title question. In brief: the weather is more often cooler, grey, and drizzly but that doesn't detract from the beauty. Summer is a perfectly deceptive time to visit. Still, I love it here year-round except for November. If you live & work in Seattle proper, public transit is easy. (there's a major King County Metro change coming in September, including RapidTransit & removing downtown Ride Free Zone. Hopefully it will be awesome) If you live or work outside Seattle, public transit can be trickier. It just depends.

yeah, i'll look over the rest of the thread in a more leisurely fashion later. thanks for the responses!

I live a mile from my job and walk every day, it's not hard to do.

pros: it's a great city all the way around. some of it's world-class already, the rest is under construction. (the five or so of us that still post are all serious SEA boosters, so ask away as your questions become more specific)
cons: weather blah blah blah boring blah blah

lots of neighborhoods you can live in and not need a car. coincidentally they're the best neighborhoods in town (capitol hill, lower queen anne, belltown, fremont, wallingford, columbia city and 5ish more).

As an area native, I have to give the obligatory "Boooooo, you aren't wanted here. Go back to California. Damn outlanders ruining everything." *goes back to my hut made of moss and flannel*