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

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.

The Canterbury, Madrona, and Montlake Ale Houses are all ages before 9 pm. Haven't been to any in awhile though so can't vouch for them. The Madrona one used to be absolutely packed with families when we lived by it. Decent enough food. The German beer hall on 12th that used by called VonTrapp's but now is called Rhein Haus (due to dodging the litigation bullet from the Sound of Music Von Trapp family) is totally family friendly, massive and loud. Has bocce courts and okay food.

Chuck's Hop Shop Central and Fremont Brewing are kid friendly beer/foodish spots.

Those of us in the neighborhood call ReinHaus the Rape Bar. Really fratty vibe on weekends, but could be good if you go early enough. Elysian on Pike is probably your safest bet.

Populuxe Brewing in Fremont/Ballard is kid friendly and mostly outdoors, it's great when the weather's like this.

If you go to the Rhein Haus and the kid falls asleep, lock it in the car with the window cracked and have a couple of cocktails next door at Canon, ranked as sixth best bar in the world last year.

(one ahead of the Baxter Inn in Sydney. we got four on the list of fifty, though)

outdoors in Fremont/Ballard in nice weather also sounds good, and probably v accessible by bus for tipsy travel back. if you like burgers line your stomach at Uneeda Burger first?

Thanks everyone - I've been to Elysian and the Canterbury but it's been ages, and I thought Canon looked familiar on street view and realized it's where Lark used to be which I'd been to a couple times. I've heard other people mention the Hop Shop and it isn't too far from where we're staying, though we'll probably end up roaming Ballard at some point.

Anybody know if the Pine Box lets kids in? I ate at Kedai Makan and then had beers there last time I was in Seattle and would like to repeat that.

Canon is next door to where Lark used to be. Canterbury has closed and reopened yuppier.

Pine Box might let kids in in the afternoon, or early on a weekday.

Kedai is next door to all-vinyl-playing bar Revolver that ilx0rs or ex-ilx0rs might be hanging in iirc, stick your head in on the way past and shout about hen fap

as sic was typing that post, ilx0rs were literally in Revolver.

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#treeman

It's #manintree actually

oh doh

Yo how's the light rail??

#manintree no longer in tree

Yo how's the light rail??

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fuckin sweet

superdope

i got obsessed with manintree at 1:30 am and saw on periscope a drone, drunk people yelling at him, and a dude show up with a bb gun and get arrested

Light rail has been around for, like, 6 years! We just got another 5 miles and 2 stops added. Another 100 miles of track and we'll be on par with...every other major city, half a century ago.

how about this weather

Pretty common to have strong storms like these in November and December. October is a bit early, but not unheard of. It's just nasty when you lose power and there are fallen trees all over, but it's not like these are hurricanes or anything.

hellof leaves on trees still gives this another dimension
came into seatac today. buumpy! 3/4 of outgoing flights were delayed, never see that.
and yeah not hurricane but 50+ winds is no minor thing. love a storm prep when it's not too cold and the weekend get flashlights get blazed get hunkered

Lakes everywhere

Cafe Racer is up for sale. This city can be real depressing sometimes.

not sure why i started thinking about this last night but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRqteDXb3Yk

bonus: giant Marlboro ad

Welp

right?

ugh

https://thecisforcrank.com/2017/04/07/morning-crank-i-have-four-kids-and-a-wife/

ok then

http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/04/11/25069906/doctors-report-shows-mayor-ed-murray-does-not-have-a-mole-on-his-genitalia-as-accuser-claims

Every time I see a picture of Ed Murray I think of the meme of the dog who was terrified of cupcakes:
https://media1.fdncms.com/stranger/imager/u/original/25069910/1491952854-1491517862-1465827512-o-3825.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4-6Gb4AzgUk/hqdefault.jpg

Why are there always 20,000 people who are willing to vote for Goodspaceguy?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/opinion/smoke-heat-seattle-climate.html

This shit will leave tomorrow maybe? Walked out of the library this evening and felt my eyes burning. Really don't enjoy the sense that I'm endangering my health by biking to work.

My partner who is from San Diego assures me it could be much worse

It does suck majorly though, and I assume it will only get worse in years to come.

Lived in eastern WA for a decade until this summer, didn't know "fire season" was a thing and absolutely don't miss it.

a couple of years ago the smoke in vancouver was so bad for a few days in the summer that you could look directly at the sun in the sky at noon and the entire town smelled like a (gross) campfire. there also was a silty film all over the ground from where the ashes were lightly falling.

with climate change i really think that it will cease to be pleasant to live here soon enough

It's just ugly, it hasn't affected me physically. I bike 16-25 miles commuting to and from work every day and it hasn't been an issue. It's just ruining the joy I get from seeing those perfect blue skies and the mountains in the disatance.

Cafe Racer closing for good on Wednesday.

Racer was the place I told visitors and recent transplants to go to in Seattle, because it would unfailingly give you good vibes about the city. Whether or not the Seattle Freeze exists, people would talk to you there. And the people there endured one of the more horrifying events in recent local history, and had the strength to come back and reopen the place, and it's a real punch in the gut that it won't be around anymore.

fuuuuuuck Tim Eyman.

Washington State voters are like Sideshow Bob stepping on Tim's cunningly laid rakes.

hope this one goes down in the courts as well.

Kshama's gonna pull it out with late ballots though I feel it in my guts

Washington State voters are why I want the USA to reorganize into city-states