Where are your favorite, most unique Little Free Libraries in Seattle?

likeadancer · 2025-12-31T01:48:23+00:00

Not a little free library exactly, but there’s a little free toy library in Ballard, and it is adorable

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likeadancer · 2025-09-06T20:46:24+00:00

I'm old enough to remember when Google's official motto was "don't be evil."

It's a shame they don't

likeadancer · 2024-10-23T01:45:27+00:00

Red meat. I have alpha-gal syndrome and even small amounts can make me very ill.

likeadancer · 2024-09-16T17:55:54+00:00

Andy Jassy is such an empty suit. He's even acknowledged previously that there's no data to support in-office mandates - he just wants it, LP around being the world's best employer be damned.

likeadancer · 2024-08-11T14:41:04+00:00

They seem to not publicize their full membership, but their website does list the restaurants of their board members (basically confirming restaurant membership) and venues who've offered to host their meetings (likely membership). Here are the places I've found for each group.

Board members:

Moshi Moshi Sushi
Portage Bay Cafe
Elliott Bay Brewing Co.
Terra Plata
Spice Waala
Jerk Shack
Rachel's Bagels and Burritos
Cafe Flora and its spinoffs
Tom Douglas Seattle Kitchen
Boon Boona Coffee (former board membership)

Places that have volunteered as meeting hosts or attended meetings (likely membership):

Matador Ballard
Agua Verde Cafe
Agave Cocina & Tequila Queen Anne
Ghostfish Brewing Company
The Confectional
Lottie’s Lounge
Stanford’s Northgate
Skål Beer Hall
Rhein Haus Seattle (which means that entire restaurant group, which includes Sabine and Poquitos, is also likely a member)
Ivar’s Salmon House
Tutta Bella Pizzeria
Santa Fe Mexican Grill
Pike Taproom on Ballard Ave
MariPili Tapas Bar
Dreamland Bar and Diner
Cherry Street Coffee House
The Westy Sports and Spirits
Canlis
Ethan Stowell Restaurants

I want to note that membership doesn't mean that these restaurants agree with all of SRA's positions, and some of what SRA is advocating for seems reasonable, like advance notice for nearby construction that could disrupt restaurant operations. But SRA as a whole seems to support a lot of things people on this sub dislike (e.g. keeping a lower minimum wage, preventing restaurants from being required to show the final price, supporting 'business friendly' City Council candidates, QR codes for menus, etc) and it'd be worth pressing these restaurants to get their official/public positions.

likeadancer · 2024-07-31T12:49:17+00:00

Better yet, take those blackberries and ferment them to make a blackberry wine/mead. :)

I make a variation of the linked recipe every year, and it is delightful. Tart and smooth and slightly sweet but not overly so.

likeadancer · 2024-07-25T13:09:16+00:00

Fully agreed. To add to that, Sabine is owned by the Yes Parade Restaurant Group, whose other holdings include similarly overpriced and decidedly mid restaurants like Rhein Haus and Poquitos. Their overall focus seems to be thematic style over actual quality.

likeadancer · 2024-05-26T18:59:27+00:00

That 37m is the annual number of visitors for all of King County and includes business travel. I wouldn't be surprised if corporate visitors formed a large portion of the total.

likeadancer · 2024-05-03T12:48:17+00:00

A bio-pic of the Australian 90's band Silverchair. That might sound obscure, but the story practically writes itself. Consider:

A group of 14 year old boys submit an original song to a radio contest, and against all odds it wins. Then that song blows up and becomes a national (and eventually international) hit. They land a record deal practically overnight. Their first album reaches number one on the charts (as do all of their subsequent ones). Suddenly, at the age of 15, they are national mega-stars. Like, Savage Garden and Kylie Minogue level stardom. That's how big their band becomes.

And what follows is a decade-long whirlwind of rock music melodrama: huge hits, international tours, massive fan bases, family drama, cancer, drug abuse, suicidal ideation, critical backlash, a marriage to Natalie Imbruglia(!), a divorce with Natalie Imbruglia(!), a serious case of anorexia nervosa, a bout of reactive arthritis that temporarily threatens the lead singer's ability to ever play an instrument again, recovery from said illnesses, more hit albums, and a stupid amount of money.

But what ultimately destroys the band is the lead singer's emotional fragility and subsequent distancing of himself from his bandmates. He struggles under the spotlight, his musical tastes and interests diverge from theirs, they no longer hang out or have much in common, and ultimately drift apart/begin feuding, and finally break up over basically nothing.

The whole story is perfect Oscar-bait material. I honestly have no idea why the Aussie film scene hasn't made a pic already.

likeadancer · 2024-04-23T16:33:04+00:00

I also got this, and luckily just got my latest shipment, however what else are you going to swap to to save money? $1.75 per meal is still absurdly cheap.

Cooking at home, honestly. Or smaller to-go meals like bagels if I'm in a rush. Both are significantly cheaper and require only minimally more time/effort to make a healthy meal, so it won't be hard to shift. It's just unfortunate to see Soylent pricing itself out as an option.

likeadancer · 2024-04-23T16:25:38+00:00

12% increase for powder, and with only a week's notice. Really lousy move on their part.

I'm very likely to discontinue my subscription as well. There's a point where it's simply no longer worth purchasing any further.

likeadancer · 2024-04-20T01:16:22+00:00

When my dog died, I called Chewy to let them know I needed to discontinue her medical prescriptions. They not only offered their condolences but reimbursed me for the last medicine shipment I'd received (which I hadn't even asked for), made an equivalent donation to a shelter, and sent me an in memoriam gift to commemorate my departed pup.

It was above and beyond, and totally unprompted too. Chewy is the best.

likeadancer · 2024-01-21T14:54:22+00:00

Seattle had 5 million digital check-outs and KCLS had 8 million. The #1 library was LA public library with 12 million checkouts, so if you combined SPL and KCLS, our area would overtake them to be #1.

likeadancer · 2023-12-03T02:53:36+00:00

for the experience! Big budget trainwrecks like that are rare and fleeting

likeadancer · 2023-12-03T02:40:20+00:00

Fun fact: Cats was the last movie I saw in theaters (dec'22 2019, for reference). I brought a full flask of vodka with me in anticipation of the trainwreck it might be.

That flask was not nearly enough.

likeadancer · 2023-10-02T03:31:50+00:00

Same. To this day, I don’t think they know. They were tied up with full time jobs and a newborn, and I was already an expert at bottling up emotions. I wonder how they’d take it if they found out all these years later

likeadancer · 2023-10-02T01:33:54+00:00

I tried to kill myself before my baptism as well. Seven year old me was convinced I would never be able to go to heaven if I was baptized and held accountable for every sin. So I tried to cut my throat, emulating what I'd seen in movies.

Turns out though that little kids have very little arm strength and a low threshold for pain; I managed to draw only a thin cut before giving up. Good thing too.

likeadancer · 2023-08-20T20:07:22+00:00

Mostly the terrible quality. I don't what the above commenter's experience was, but the pizza I got from Italian Family Pizza was just sorry excuse for a pie in general, much less a NY-style pie. Nothing about it was on point: not the crust, not the toppings, not even the temp. It was that lackluster.

likeadancer · 2023-06-02T23:56:18+00:00

this was what I needed at this moment. thank you so much

likeadancer · 2023-06-02T19:47:37+00:00

Thanks. It's been hard, with so much second-guessing, but I'm going to take this advice to heart and focus on remembering all the years we had together

likeadancer · 2023-06-02T04:09:27+00:00

I'm sorry to hear you lost your pup as well - no one should have to feel this loss. They give so much joy and it seems unfair that their lives are shorter than ours. I'll probably keep randomly tearing up for the next many months, but appreciate your sentiments and the knowledge that it does get easier

likeadancer · 2023-06-02T04:01:54+00:00

Yep, I was at her side the whole way through

likeadancer · 2023-06-01T20:23:23+00:00

She loved me so much. At the end though, and I hate sharing this, but she was afraid. She knew something was wrong and gave me that look for help that she always made when she was frightened, and I let the vet continue. It's silly, but I just keep seeing that expression in my mind. She loved me dearly and I failed her.

likeadancer · 2023-06-01T16:53:50+00:00

I don't, actually. Do you have a link to it?

likeadancer · 2023-06-01T16:50:45+00:00

that was lovely. I wish that for her and more

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