is it called that because you point at what you want to order?
yep, it's sort of cafeteria style.
That list is making me want to pack up and head home right now jergins. also need to stock up on gin for the coming heatwave.
Haven't been to Tammy - we lived closer to the Rainier Beach station (which, there isn't much there but a super p-patch and a gigantic buddha - okay pho place if you walk all the way over to Rainier though also donut king) and didn't explore as much as we should have. it was really great to ride down MLK on those smooooooth rails after living through all that destruction/construction.
― jaq, Friday, 24 July 2009 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
baltimore is supposed to get a new light rail line but people in one neighborhood are complaining that it will be 'too loud', also why can't i just drive a car
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 24 July 2009 23:42 (fourteen years ago) link
it makes me sad to think about, that a small, vocal group of condo owners would destroy public transit for all
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 24 July 2009 23:44 (fourteen years ago) link
living in places that are still trying to figure this out (here we've had 1 million stupid nimbys with the same sort of complaints) is kind of wrenching. i'd like to live in a city where this stuff is finished and established.
― jergins, Friday, 24 July 2009 23:49 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah. it's alright because i'm fine with buses but it would be more efficient/less crowded even if light rail seems a little bit cumbersome compared to metro. we have one metro line and one light rail line! it's kind of funny. i like the metro but it doesn't really go anywhere i need to go. it's just a fun ride.
― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, 24 July 2009 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
it doesn't really go anywhere i need to go. it's just a fun ride.
This is the Seattle light rail, for me. I will ride it to the different neighborhoods for fun, and def to the airport when that part is finished. But sadly no real use for me, day to day.
― jaq, Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I have tried to talk Mr. Jaq into riding it south for 2 stops, then hopping off with his bike for the rest of his ride to work. But he would rather just ride his bike the whole way.
― jaq, Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm totally ready to move, guys. does seattle have like, small outlying towns, not too far from big-city stuff? i'm ready for a small town, and an old house, and a backyard and a dog. and not always stressing about being mugged/raped/murdered.
― smoove operator, Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:17 (fourteen years ago) link
most useless light rail: buffalo's subway. unless you go to ub i guess?
smoove i bet you could find that! you could even get a house w/ backyard and dog in the city. i read there have been only 11 murders in seattle so far this year (but 4 in the last week oh my!).
― te,he (tehresa), Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:40 (fourteen years ago) link
i think we have 11 murders per day here
― smoove operator, Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i love that bus routes here actually get you where you want to go, though. the routes seem to make way more sense than in nyc.
― te,he (tehresa), Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
the other day i got cut off by this dude on a scooter, and without even thinking i just shook my head in a stern way at him and then he followed me: stopped behind whenever i stopped, then i pulled over (on my bike) so i could cross this busy street to a separate bike path round the lake, and he pulled over right behind me and sat there staring at me for ages as i crossed and road off. then of course i got terrified he was gonna follow me home, where i would be completely screwed, since ytth was out of town and i have no friends i could call to come babysit me. to add to that, the neighbourhood i work in is so crime-ridden, every day i sit there basically waiting for my turn to get robbed.
sorry, emo blog post :/
― smoove operator, Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
this is a seattle thread, not an oakland-is-a-poohole thread
i think you should definitely move here.
― te,he (tehresa), Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ 11 murders
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
is that even real? how?
baltimore has 127
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/07/23/seattles-violent-week
― te,he (tehresa), Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:48 (fourteen years ago) link
i know you can't put an apostrophe in a url but the lack of apostrophe in "seattles" is driving me nutso right now!
<3
― jergins, Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:51 (fourteen years ago) link
wait are all of seattle's murders random like that?
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean obv they aren't random to the people involved but it seems non-systemic in a way, to me
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
those are the ones that get the press, of course, but on the whole i'd say no. it seems like most of the terrible things that happen here are the drug deals gone bad/gang stuff, like anywhere
― jergins, Saturday, 25 July 2009 01:04 (fourteen years ago) link
nuts
oh ok. i guess i knew that. drugs.
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 25 July 2009 01:05 (fourteen years ago) link
ok so apparently there have only been 13 murders so far (altho that's just oakland - 400,000 ppl - and doesn't include all the cities that border us directly).
violent crimes: 1349
― smoove operator, Saturday, 25 July 2009 01:18 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.cjgsu.net/initiatives/HomRates-2009-03-16-Score.pdf
oakland is #6 for homicides and seattle is #56
― smoove operator, Saturday, 25 July 2009 01:20 (fourteen years ago) link
i think bmore has about 600,000also we have this helpful map (can't figure out how to link to 2008 though, so 2009 will show up) http://www.citypaper.com/news/mi_map.aspi live in that hole in the middle, it's really not as bad as it looks i swear
― spite n ease (harbl), Saturday, 25 July 2009 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
smoove, Seattle has small towns on islands!!! And you can just hop on a ferry and get to the city.
― jaq, Saturday, 25 July 2009 02:10 (fourteen years ago) link
^way to do it imo
― jergins, Saturday, 25 July 2009 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i want my own island.
― te,he (tehresa), Saturday, 25 July 2009 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
HomoRates
― t. silaviver, Saturday, 25 July 2009 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
oakland does sound scary,even to a new yorker like me
― t. silaviver, Saturday, 25 July 2009 04:32 (fourteen years ago) link
and it's just getting worse. i dunno, i've been feeling really down about it lately, probably just a phase. i think it's a lot to do with have an annoying anxious nature anyway, living in a dodge 'hood just brings out the worst of it.
― smoove operator, Saturday, 25 July 2009 04:39 (fourteen years ago) link
just move here; you will feel better.
― te,he (tehresa), Saturday, 25 July 2009 04:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i want to say more about the light rail but am not sure where to start. look at these first, aren't they awesomehttp://www.soundtransit.org/Projects-and-Plans/STart-Public-Art-Program/Public-Art-Projects/StellarConnections.xml
― jergins, Monday, 27 July 2009 04:15 (fourteen years ago) link
cool! I couldn't figure out what the sodo symbol was from the handouts we got. I light-railed twice yesterday, from dragon to opera glasses and back.
― jaq, Monday, 27 July 2009 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
jealous! it would have been silly to ride from spectacles to tiara, though, and then get on the bus! lol.
that is a really neat project, though! i like the explanation of how the constellations were derived.
― te,he (tehresa), Monday, 27 July 2009 04:38 (fourteen years ago) link
would ride spectacles to tiara just for the hell of it
― jergins, Monday, 27 July 2009 04:39 (fourteen years ago) link
lxy and i have an ongoing project to go to each of the stations and document them. so far we've gone to dragon and the end of the line, canoe
― jergins, Monday, 27 July 2009 04:40 (fourteen years ago) link
magic carpet ride ftw btw
sir, can i see some documentation, please?
― te,he (tehresa), Monday, 27 July 2009 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link
lol i was a little offended when i saw 'magic carpet' and then i read the description and thought 'hmm, ok' but i'm still a little iffy.
you got to BELIIIIEEEEEEEEEEVEEEEEEEEEEEE
― jergins, Monday, 27 July 2009 04:42 (fourteen years ago) link
canoe is fitting because you have to take the bus then to the airport and what isn't more fitting than the canoe for getting there sloooooow
― jergins, Monday, 27 July 2009 04:44 (fourteen years ago) link
ts: canoe v rowboat
― te,he (tehresa), Monday, 27 July 2009 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link
canoe it to get thru itrowboat u slow goat
― jergins, Monday, 27 July 2009 04:48 (fourteen years ago) link
love a lot trust a few and always paddle your own canoe v merrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream
― estela, Monday, 27 July 2009 04:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I will admit to intentionally riding to the dragon instead of getting off at the schooner, b/c it seemed too decadent to only ride one stop. lxy and jergins, when you come visit the schooner stop we should meet up at my local (the Collins, 2nd and whatever street is the further south end of the bus tunnel at that stop - James?) - they have many brews and delicious food.
Listing of all the area outdoor movies, mostly in August: http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/174596.asp
― jaq, Monday, 27 July 2009 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
the other day as we were leaving the game jergins said "so we'll go jaq's and then get on a bus."
'do we really have time for that? does she know we're coming? when was this lovely behind-my-back-plan made?' thought i.
what he really said was "so we'll go to jackson and get on a bus."
but it made me want to go jaq's, and then get on a bus. so we're gonna, some time soon.
― lxy, Monday, 27 July 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link