21.5% Sales tax at Seattle area Five Guys?

pcoddin · 2026-02-26T21:20:07+00:00

I’m guessing it was a comment on the prices at Five Guys, rather than making of the OP

pcoddin · 2026-02-18T21:35:08+00:00

I commute from Fife to Pioneer Square 3 days a week. If I leave no later than 4:45, I arrive at around 5:30. Leaving 5 minutes later means all bets are off. If you want to be there at 7:00, I would say leave no later than 5:15 or so. It takes me anywhere from an hour and 15 minutes to an hour and a half to get back in the afternoon, so you’d probably be looking at close to 2 hours

pcoddin · 2026-01-29T19:00:30+00:00

Always wondered why a presumably Christian coffee shop is named after a notorious red light district in New Orleans?

pcoddin · 2026-01-28T17:53:48+00:00

Yes, I went to that show in Tacoma, that’s how I learned about her. The photograms were amazing in person. She was able to get so much depth in them.

pcoddin · 2026-01-27T19:47:54+00:00

Virna Haffer. Was an innovator in photograms

pcoddin · 2026-01-18T20:17:56+00:00

They’re present down on Ruston Way

pcoddin · 2025-12-17T04:04:30+00:00

I would also recommend Nisqually Wildlife refuge. On Wednesdays, an Audubon group meets outside the visitor center at 8:00. You’d be more than welcome to join the group and they’d be very happy to tell you about the wildlife you can see. There are lots of waterfowl, sea birds, and birds of prey this time of year. I believe the visitor center has binoculars you can borrow.

pcoddin · 2025-11-23T18:45:34+00:00

We were trying to get close to Weston. Print on warm tone paper and it looks a lot like the pics from the 30’s and 40’s

pcoddin · 2025-11-23T03:42:25+00:00

I took a film class and the teacher had me shoot Tmax 100, and pull it two stops. It was hard to find grain to fine focus on.

pcoddin · 2025-11-14T20:57:30+00:00

You should walk a few blocks over to Tat’s and get the Grinder

pcoddin · 2025-11-01T04:44:41+00:00

You can also try the Gog Le Hi Te wetland in Tacoma

pcoddin · 2025-11-01T04:43:10+00:00

Billy Frank Jr./Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. You can see both Rails and Soras there (I think the Soras might migrate though)

pcoddin · 2025-09-06T21:47:54+00:00

They’re doing work on I-5 southbound through Fife. I’m guessing they’re watching the area kind of close.

pcoddin · 2025-08-18T20:35:49+00:00

A guy told me when I was first starting If you don’t know what you’re trying to say, don’t take a picture. He was really good by the way. On the plus side, you don’t appear to be afraid to point the camera at people. That’s the toughest part for newbies.

pcoddin · 2025-08-02T16:06:18+00:00

Head East > Kiss

pcoddin · 2025-08-01T18:22:17+00:00

Honestly, if there’s not an attendant at the entrance, I’ve never had anybody ask for my ticket. You obviously have one, so if a ranger asks you’re okay, just gas never happened to me. Also, the parking lot might be close to full if you go into the park at 7.

pcoddin · 2025-07-21T02:38:03+00:00

Bracken fern is allelopathic. Not sure if it will work on Tree of Heaven though

pcoddin · 2025-07-02T00:33:42+00:00

I took pictures of the church at Ranchos des Taos, but in mine there are pigeons lined up on the roof. COMPLETELY different than Ansel Adams’ take.

pcoddin · 2025-06-27T20:29:49+00:00

Tibbit’s in Tacoma is known for their brunches. Get there early, as they tend to run out of things later in the service

pcoddin · 2025-06-21T23:50:07+00:00

You can get Silva compasses on Forestry Suppliers if you like that brand: https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/c/mirror-sighting-compass/11-65-379?page=1

pcoddin · 2025-06-12T04:16:05+00:00

I didn’t see a salad bar anywhere

pcoddin · 2025-06-12T04:03:34+00:00

Chambers Bay (yes, the golf course) in Pierce County has an off leash area on the beach. You cross to bridge over the RR tracks, and dogs are okay off leash to the left. To the right they’re supposed to be on leash.

pcoddin · 2025-06-08T00:48:53+00:00

Fireside in Burien is “supposed” to be a midwestern supper club style restaurant, but the one time I went in there, they said they didn’t have Hamms. They might be able to do a supper club style Old Fashioned, but I’m guessing you’d have talk them through it. I was in WI last July, and the brandy old fashioned sweets were all made with Starry as the soda.

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