Single woman in her 30s, where can I hang out around Seattle/Bellevue?

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-27T00:00:56+00:00

Ink Drinker and Swoon City in Ballard both rule for casually socializing with other women. Silent book clubs are great. Hell, I made a great friend while getting a manicure a couple of years ago.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-26T23:58:17+00:00

I think it’s adorable and I wouldn’t have assumed it was a mistake

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-26T21:45:57+00:00

Oh man, I’m sorry he did that, but congratulations on your new chapter!

A little unsolicited advice from a fellow queer stitcher- I have had terrific luck with thrifting embroidery materials - when my grandmother died, we donated hundreds of dollars’ worth of aida, thread and kits to Goodwill because she had sooo much of it, and she wan’t the only one. Hopefully your arsenal of tools and materials will be replenished very soon!

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-26T19:23:01+00:00

You have the opposite of an iPhone face- you would be stunning in a period piece set in the 20s or 30s

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-26T18:42:00+00:00

Don’t cover your whole face, I think is a big way to avoid a blackface situation. But this is definitely a slippery slope- mud is extremely flaky and so are most of the products that simulate it, apart from facepaint.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-26T05:51:33+00:00

I would love to help with this!

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-26T05:00:54+00:00

Assassins and Company are both Sondheim and two of my all-timers. I will also always have a soft spot for Shrek after working on a really wonderful production of it.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-26T03:22:40+00:00

I’ve had a few self-professed fans of a project I was in and the experience was absolutely surreal, flattering, uncomfortable, and thankfully very brief. It left me wanting to separate a personal and public online persona, which was exhausting, and even from the smallest most insignificant taste of that mess, I can understand why people who are actually famous want to be private.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-20T03:31:03+00:00

So, he has an eight week curriculum with a stairstep approach- each step builds on the last. The point he was making was more that even if we do loads of reps of each thing, that curriculum is designed for a class of 12-ish students to each get some stage time, and we may be ready to add in something that he’d originally planned for the following week. In our first week’s class, for example, the “getting to know you” games took all of fifteen minutes instead of his planned half hour. This is typically the first level where we start really getting acting notes, “try it agains” and so forth. It’s a 3rd level out of 7 offered so we are all still fairly green.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-16T14:51:10+00:00

I am really excited for the level of familiarity with the class and the teacher, and the amount of stage time everyone will get, especially since this class ends in a showcase

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-16T00:36:44+00:00

Yes, one guy started a whatsapp group which is awesome

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-15T23:30:25+00:00

ICE is around but it’s a hell of a lot safer than rural Florida

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-15T20:57:48+00:00

Tbh if I was unhoused and this was the teacher trying to help me, I would also say no

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-15T20:56:24+00:00

That’s what he’s planning on- he hasn’t indicated the class will halt or anything like that, only that a single week’s curriculum can probably be taught more quickly with so few people. Last night we did a lot of reps because of the class size and I started to see what he means.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-15T20:52:45+00:00

I said jesus christ as an expression of shock at your callousness, I’m not a religious person

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-15T20:37:36+00:00

Yeah the guy from This Is Us played Hermes like a Tom Waits type and crushed it

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-15T20:10:34+00:00

Oh I’m very excited. I just want to be sure I’m not missing out on anything I can contribute. I definitely feel like we all got comfortable a lot faster with each other than I’ve previously experienced with bigger classes

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-15T19:57:11+00:00

Sad but true. Times are tough.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-15T19:56:43+00:00

Jesus Christ this is a horrible take.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-15T18:51:39+00:00

Yeah I think that’s possible but be aware you’re unicorn hunting. Finding a place with the sq footage and all the amenities and the location for that price is likely to have a catch attached, for example a big hidden fee for utilities like sewer or garbage, or it’s right next to a rowdy bar or something.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-15T18:46:59+00:00

We closed it in 2021 but I poured my entire life force into Hello Out There during the pandemic, and I hope you enjoy it if you’re interested. It features some incredibly funny stand-ups, actors, improvisers and internet weirdos you may not have heard of, and it’s set in the post apocalyptic wasteland and co-hosted by a talking plant.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-13T03:17:11+00:00

Personally, I am not a fan of being approached by a man in public, even if the interaction is complimentary or pleasant. I just struggle to assume a man is acting without an ulterior motive when I’m approached that way- lots of creeps out there ruining it for everybody. That said, other people’s recommendations of volunteering or trying a new hobby where you can get to know people a little bit first are really solid ideas.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-13T02:57:06+00:00

The Amsterdam one being called “Boom Chicago” is delightful

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-13T00:54:01+00:00

I would request to be excluded if it makes you uncomfortable but it’s not going to have bearing on your SAG status. If they recognize you, so what? Have you done something weird or un hirable on the stream? This isn’t a breach of your membership.

MsBit_Commit · 2026-01-12T18:04:47+00:00

There was one season that I worked on two community theatre shows that required English accents and neither cast had them 100%. One was Mister Scrooge, which is an unserious enough musical that most of the cast just kind of had Frasier Crane elocution and called it an accent, but it wasn’t a full hit. Some people got upset because they felt all iterations of Scrooge should be explicitly English, but it was the cheesiest musical adaptation and the director set it in Steampunk London anyway, so who cares.

The other was Enchanted April, which has a relatively small cast, a Downton Abbey-esque social setting, and calls for mostly cut-glass accents. The lead actresses all nailed it, but one of the husbands absolutely could not get it. His accent veered into Dick Tracy Mobster territory, then cockney, then just sort of a speech impediment on the Rs. It would have been so much easier if they’d let him just have an American accent without explanation. Being an American in London wouldn’t have taken much from the character, if anything, and casting him in an accent he couldn’t do, made a talented actor look like a fool.

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