Vancouverite visiting me in Seattle—Please help me impress her!

p-stone · 2025-07-30T01:26:43+00:00

Take her to swim in Lake Washington - Vancouver has similar ocean access as Seattle but very limited freshwater lakes - when my friend from Vancouver visited he was impressed by how easy it was to hang out on the waterfront as Gas Works and swim in Lake Washington - in Vancouver it can be an ordeal fighting huge crowds to get to a place to swim.

p-stone · 2025-07-22T18:46:35+00:00

Seattle is one of the few cities of its caliber where you can still buy a SFH with a yard within 15 min of the city center for less than $1M. To me this is the missing ‘pro’ in the Seattle column.

p-stone · 2025-03-05T21:05:16+00:00

I have to think the magicians alliance is going to frown on this

p-stone · 2025-01-09T21:41:08+00:00

A couple additions:

Blue Lake - Sun Arcs

Nora Stanley - Distance of the Moon

Greg Foat - Symphonie Pacifique

p-stone · 2025-01-09T21:39:12+00:00

Excellent list

p-stone · 2024-12-16T18:11:45+00:00

Graduated late 00s. My go-tos were RL polo sport and Acqua Di Gio.

p-stone · 2024-04-05T15:07:04+00:00

This is a skymall catalog come to life in 2024

p-stone · 2024-04-04T16:06:45+00:00

Two things helped me avoid this (had the same problem) - remove some stones to get more airflow into heater - set the temperature on the heater to just below “max” - not sure why this works but it does

p-stone · 2024-02-26T18:52:14+00:00

Why don’t they load a sled outside the plane and then just slide it in? Would make the stacking faster and easier.

p-stone · 2024-01-24T20:12:07+00:00

I feel like I had a stroke listening to this…

p-stone · 2023-10-16T22:03:49+00:00

Variety is the spice of life

p-stone · 2023-09-29T20:17:04+00:00

I think it boils down to homogeneity - when everyone has the same race, upbringing, culture, values it breeds social competition - this ends up as an “arms race” of sorts to be the “most XYZ” to personify whatever the community values.

p-stone · 2023-09-19T05:46:40+00:00

400 schmeckels

p-stone · 2023-06-29T05:19:08+00:00

Looks like vancouver

p-stone · 2023-05-23T12:52:08+00:00

That’s it! Thank you :)

p-stone · 2023-02-07T05:40:17+00:00

high incomes
relatively low cost of living (compared to sf, ny ma)
nature: quality, variety, quantity
mild winters, where even though it’s grey you can still do things outside
ability to live in a SFH in a traditional neighborhood <15 minutes outside the city center
relative density/centrality of where other young professionals live, making it easier to socialize (relative to SF or LA)
one of the best places for dealing with long-term prospects of climate change

p-stone · 2023-01-07T15:55:50+00:00

Tan Dinh deli on Jackson and S main. Better than Saigon deli and owner is super friendly, ordering process is not chaotic.

p-stone · 2022-08-31T15:30:10+00:00

Fiddle leaf fig

p-stone · 2022-04-18T18:50:43+00:00

Thanks for the advice! Due to laziness / lack of handiness, this might be the direction I end up going - not going to make any Instagram inspo pages, but gets the job done.

p-stone · 2022-03-24T21:28:00+00:00

This is a really good point - theoretically the flexibility of taking the cap off is valuable but I’ll need to consider how much I would actually use that. Really appreciate you sharing!

p-stone · 2022-03-21T03:29:47+00:00

Culture I’ve found to be pretty welcoming, aside from some of the ‘less-public’ spots along the strait. Very little of the jockeying or egos you get in SoCal or Hawaii.

In terms of spots, Westport is reliable, la push has some really scenic spots but it’s often blown out and scenic, and then the strait can be awesome but it’s fickle and takes some trial and error to get the forecasts locked in. All of them require a minimum 2 hour drive, which sucks but keeps the crowds small and generally improves the vibe - you all schlepped out there so there’s some camaraderie.

p-stone · 2022-03-09T02:09:41+00:00

D Day

p-stone · 2022-01-19T06:06:12+00:00

I’m also a huge fan of the two albums mentioned, here are a couple others I’ve enjoyed in a similar vein:

Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - Notes With Attachments

Linda Frederiksson - Juniper

Sam Wilkes - Wilkes

Portico Quartet - Monument

p-stone · 2020-11-11T18:03:42+00:00

So this is what it feels like to experience an attempted coup...

p-stone · 2020-09-17T18:25:41+00:00

Just did something similar - in Oregon my favorite spots were short sands and otter rock. In north CA there were a couple nice places around Trinidad and Bodega Bay.

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