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

Hopefully sometime this year!

Yay, Ned.

fuck the fucking seattle times, seattle will continue to pretend to be a world-class city while not giving a shit about public transportation or the working class in general.

In the meantime, Constantine says he'll be sending the County Council a proposal to cut 550,000 hours of bus service annually.

72 routes gone. Goodbye, short bus to my workplace. Hello, 3 mile walk.

ugh sorry, that's terrible.

what's biking like in seattle?

I bike 22miles round trip to work nearly every day. If you chose the right path, it's actually extremely enjoyable. Once you get used to the hills, the whole city becomes accessible. The hills are daunting at first but you'll get used to them after a couple weeks of frequent riding. There are great paved trails, popular biking streets with bike lanes and lots of other bikers out to reinforce your decision to bike. As you can tell, I love biking. My work bag has gloves, rain gear and essential repair tools mixed in with the laptop and pens. The time it takes me to bike to Pioneer Sq from NE Seattle is about 5-10 mins longer than the bus and I go 3 miles out of my way to avoid the traffic and bike on quiet streets and through Interlaken. Biking to and from work is easily the best part of my day.

thanks!

the reason i ask is that i'm considering u of wash. for my grad studies, but never want to own a car/live in a car-only city

I haven't had a car in Seattle for 16 years.

nice!

So this Gilbert and Sullivan Mikado production thing.

are there jobs?

one of the actors in The Mikado is formerly a popular liberal radio host who gave up his show to run for congress on the wealthy Eastside as a democrat and lost

^Seattle, in a nutshell

Oh joy.

don't know anything abt it other than Seattle Rep issuing a "clarifying statement" that they have nothing to do with it

feel like my life will be improved if I keep it that way

RIP Paseo. Apparently there were some wage theft issues - http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/11/11/paseo-is-closing-and-now-the-best-sandwich-in-seattle-is-gone

Gonna be in Seattle during Thanksgiving week. I need to find a list of restaurants that are going to be open Thanksgiving Day, among my other research for the trip.

FAP in Georgetown on Monday 11/24?

very in

Had to explain the nonsexual usage of FAP to my daughter last night – for a minute or so she thought I was coming to Seattle for...I dunno, privacy I guess.

looool

could you explain the sexual usage to me?

I would move to seattle if i knew i could get a job.

Paseo noooooo

i didn't even make it there when i was in town last year

onomatopoeic slang for jerking off -- "fap fap fap"
xp to Morbs

eww, what kinda lube makes that noise?

apparently I was the one person in Seattle who had never heard of Paseo also the reason they shut down was cause of some really gross, exploitative, racist labor law violations and they can go fuck themselves

There's a labor suit pending against Paseo's owner, but we don't know why they closed. Whenever a cash-only business closes, tax issues are a pretty safe bet.

Looks like they just filed for bankruptcy: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/11/paseo-files-for-bankruptcy-may-have-tax-problems/

Just posed to Slog: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/11/13/nine-employees-speak-out-in-defense-of-paseo-owners-as-restaurant-files-for-bankruptcy

Paseo's always seemed like a case study in how to make an end to end miserable dining experience. Insane lines, long waits, rude staff, botched orders, cash only, minimal seating, and food so sloppy you end up with a lapful of caramelized onions and mayonnaise by the time you're two bites into your sandwich.

The Stranger is getting really bad about posting their poorly researched, overly emotional snap takes on every local news situation.

crazy turnover at the stranger lately. buncha favorites gone

Gotta get me some dungeness crab next week, gotta gotta gotta.

Impromptu Seattle FAP with WmC tonight at the 9 Lb Hammer in Georgetown, starting around 6:30 pm!

sorry we can't make it. we'll try to connect with wmc this weekend.

have fun!!

Georgetown this weekend:

We're celebrating the legacy of Seattle's early music and comix on Saturday, November 29 as Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery hosts the book launch party for Sub Pop USA: The Subterranean Music Anthology, 1980 -1988. The book documents the formative years of Bruce Pavitt's fiercely independent fanzine, cassette label and music column. Fantagraphics curator Larry Reid was a contributor to the fanzine (under the pseudonym Lewy Louie). Bookstore staffer Russ Battaglia contributed graphics and photos to the zine, which were graced with covers by Lynda Barry and Charles Burns. It was amazing to see the almost immediate infleunce Pavitt's modest enterprise had on pop music. To those close to him, it came as no surprise that within a decade, Sub Pop would impact popular culture on a global scale.

The book includes essays by Reid, Charles R. Cross, Ann Powers, Gerard Cosley, and Calvin Johnson, founder of K Records and early Sub Pop fanzine collaborator. Johnson will perform music at the party, which is the first time he'll play Fantagraphics since Beat Happening rocked our wild warehouse party in 1994 (attended by newly anointed princes of punk, Nirvana). Many contributors to the old zine and new book will be at the November 29 reception from 6:00 to 8:00 PM - a great way to end Small Business Saturday.

Good morning Seattle! When is the get-together today?

3pm-ish.

answers dude in australia!

I forgot to say so as I was leaving last night, but everything was absolutely delicious. Thanks everybody for a great evening, so good to meet/see everyone.

Sub Pop book launch was a lot of fun. Always a pleasure to see Calvin Johnson.

hey wait a bunch of us were there! wmc lxy k78 mee

WHO R U, RYAN?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJpKSL3dlAk

I was the mysterious man with the Fucked Up tote bag filled with records I found on the side of the road (Yes-Big Generator, Robbie Nevil-C'est La Vie, Genesis-Invisible Touch) earlier that day.

I'll try and link up with you guys next time there's a thing!

Also, RIP Harvard Exit and Varsity Theater. Pretty bummed about Harvard Exit; didn't get to see too many films there, but it was always such a pleasant experience, and what a venue! Guessing it will become an upscale cocktail bar by March.

Hello west side of the state -

I'm going to seattle in a couple of weeks, first time with a four month old baby. Any recommendations for places to eat or get beers that are kid-friendly? Washington seems to go by the the presence of the seemingly arbitrary railing near the bar that determines if minors can be in the establishment or not.

Feel free to suggest places that you might hate for the very reason that asshole yuppie parents bring their kids there, that kind of thing. Staying on Capitol Hill but am open to anywhere location wise.

Lost Lake is a diner / cafe / pub and should be workable for the kid, beers aren't necessarily great. Elysian's brewpub does have great beers and is open and clean and full of light, and mostly a table-service restaurant.

For daytime beer sampling without food (food trucks turn up after office hours), Chuck's Hop Shop a stroll away in the Central District is (in interior design) a combo beer supermarket and school lunchroom, with about 50 rotating taps and a wooden balcony to sip in the sun.

If the kid was 4 years, you could go to the Comet Tavern and play skee-ball or Doctor Who pinball. You probably still could, obv.