Seattle just totally rules.

[WilliamPitt]

Any Seattle DUers should come to the Rolling Thunder gig today in Magnusen Park. Starts at noon, I do my bla-bla at 7pm.

It is a perfect day here. Perfect. Seattle = rules.

[VelmaD]

1. I was wondering when you were gonna check in.

Hope you're having fun.

Have you run into God_bush_n_cheney yet?

[WilliamPitt]

5. He'll be there today

[VelmaD]

6. I'm still pouty...

that I'm not getting to see two of my very favorite DUers at the same time simultaneously. *big fake sigh*

I just know y'all are gonna have fun without me. No fair. x(

[Coventina]

2. Grew up there---agree completely!

What the hell am I doing in this hell called Phoenix!
:shrug:

[Howardx]

9. same here

except im in LA now.

[Zomby Woof]

24. see? I keep saying PHX is HELL

Good to know, like Catshrink, you have good sense! :D

[tavalon]

28. trying

to get back there? I know I am! And (happy, happy dance) it's gonna happen in two weeks for me! Yay! Could I use any more exclamation points?!

[Elidor]

3. Oh, man, you lucky bastid!

Jim Hightower is the shit. I wish he was coming to Tennessee.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Hi, Will!

My husband reads all your pieces on TruthOut and is a real fan. He couldn't believe it when I told him you posted here!

Have fun in Seattle!

[rustydog]

7. While you are there, try out for the Mariners will you?

we need some help. BADLY!

[flamingyouth]

11. ROFL

Yeah. Much help needed. :cry:

[Zomby Woof]

15. it's so sad

I left Seattle a year ago yesterday, and I SWEAR they have had a losing record ever since. I guess if you all beg hard enough (and offer me a permanent VERY high-paying job), I may come back and help them win again.

And it must be a telecommute, because I will never ever again suffer a car commute on I-5. x(

[flamingyouth]

18. I live in Montlake and work in Bellevue

So I'll take your commute and raise you my 520 one!:evilgrin:

[Zomby Woof]

20. oh the floating horror of it all!!!!

:scared: ;-)

Yow. And that's for just having to work in Hellevue, even if you could commute instantly.

[flamingyouth]

22. I'd like to invent a car with a giant hook on the top

So next time I'm following some asshole on his cell phone driving 10 mph below the speed limit, I can easily pluck him up and toss him off into the lake. :D

[Zomby Woof]

23. oh yeahhhhhh

Tell me more. I used to wish I could borrow that flying car from the Flight Museum and make good on its promise! :D

[Trajan]

8. Seattle ....

The ideal progressive habitat ... Pike Place Market is a joy ....

Yum ....

[flamingyouth]

26. Pike Place Market is a must-see

As is a ride on one of our state ferries, a drive to Snoqualmie Falls, dinner at Ray's Boathouse. This is a beautiful city to visit.:hi:

[tigereye]

27. I love your city!

one of my best friends from college has lived there for many years. And I haven't been since her wedding. Would love to see it again. All that green and mist and mountains.

[flamingyouth]

10. I wish I'd known you were going to be in town

We could have gotten a bunch of us together for an over-the-top feast tonight! :D

[Zomby Woof]

12. great city

But you have to have Microsoft money to live there. It's hard on all the jobless folks in the region.

But I hope you have a good time - my ghost haunts lots of bars there. ;-)

[flamingyouth]

13. Which ones?

Do tell! :D

[Zomby Woof]

14. LOL, my brain must strain

Just about any and all in Pioneer Square, like the original J&M (never the same after it moved), Larry's, Dutch Ned's, the Fenix, and down a few blocks towards downtown, my favorite Irish pub, The Owl & Thistle.

Then there's these places in Lower Queen Anne, which my memory is too hazy with, lol... I wonder why. :o Stiffest drinks ever at this one smoky dive... maybe you can help me recall.

I remember warming up at the Nite Lite before a show at the Moore Theater... then there's the Croc, and some cheesy Belltown joints nearby.

And of course, the best dive in the U District, the Blue Moon, where I enjoyed the bad open mike poetry, peanuts on the floor, stepping over a sleeping person or two on the way to the bathroom, and Tom Robbins hosting a chat in the back room. :D

[flamingyouth]

17. You know, I knew you'd mention the Moon

Yeah, I love the Nite Lite too, as well as the Virgina Inn, nearby. Are you thinking of Sorry Charlie's on lower QA, by chance? It's been turned into a yuppie fern bar, as has much of Seattle. Sigh.

It's a gorgeous day here, ZW!:hi:

[Zomby Woof]

19. been to the Virginia too!

:D

Sorry Charlie's... no. Not that one - and I have been there and agree - soulless now. I DO know I will remember if I hear it. I recall it was a favorite of the late Emmett Watson. I can believe it, having been there.

On edit: I surely enjoy a beautiful summer day in Seattle. :hi:

[flamingyouth]

21. On a day like this one, there's no better place to be

But check in with me on January 15 or so... x(

[never cry wolf]

16. Damn, I didn't even know you were gone

I didn't know about the Rolling thunder thing. I googled and found their site (needs updating badly on event dates, Seattle isn't even on there). How cool, I see you are doing a few of them.

Bet the great northwest is a nice respite after the crowds, lines and security at the convention.

Thanks for the great TO coverage, btw.

Enjoy the respite, Will. Kick some repuke ass, ok?

[SOteric]

25. What?!! You're in town and no advanced warning was given!

:spank: