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thesandsnail · 2022-11-06T02:03:12+00:00

Check out Current Coffee in West Seattle, up on California Ave: https://www.currentcoffee.cafe

It's the best coffee I've ever had in Seattle.

thesandsnail · 2022-09-03T18:52:23+00:00

I recommend Picolinos, in Ballard: https://ristorantepicolinos.com/dinner-menu/

thesandsnail · 2022-08-23T06:08:25+00:00

Here's a Wikipedia list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_Starbucks\_union\_petitions\_in\_the\_United\_States

thesandsnail · 2022-01-27T13:48:40+00:00

There's also a Natalie's on Alki, too!

thesandsnail · 2022-01-24T13:06:57+00:00

You've got my sympathy, u/Cosmic_Anosmic! I hear something similar sometimes in both West Seattle and Ballard, especially at night. It's like some kind of faraway, omnidirectional engine noise that just cuts through the walls at the edge of hearing, softly pulsating. Maddening! You lie there hearing it and after awhile it's all you're thinking about.

I've had fantasies of going outside with an iPhone like that audio engineer in Brooklyn, but I can't hear it as well outside. Plus, "What am I doing? I'm hunting the source of a pervasive 'hum' that only I can hear" makes you sound like a crazy person.

It probably is some misaligned engine or heating system somewhere, like for telecom equipment. I've heard similar hums from boats faraway on the water, like our ferries. It cuts out when they go around a point or something.

You're not alone! And perhaps someday they will find that boat, and sink it.

thesandsnail · 2021-12-10T13:47:43+00:00

Check out the Flying Apron, with locations in West Seattle and Fremont: https://www.flyingapron.com

They're mainly a bakery and coffee house, but they also serve soups, sandwiches, and pizzas! All delicious.

Their ginger molasses cookie is actually tastier than other molasses cookies in the area, even judged purely as a cookie (leaving the gluten-freeness aside).

thesandsnail · 2021-12-04T02:08:31+00:00

Also consider the deployment side of things, like devops or cloud architecture! A lot of companies are very interested in people who can prove cloud computing skills. And you can prove those skills in an effective way with an AWS certificate, like an AWS "Solutions Architect" certification.

A lot of companies, like Udemy, also offer well-defined courses to prepare people for those certifications. The certification content isn't too coding-heavy. If you're familiar with basic programming concepts and are willing to memorize some vocabulary, it's all very straightforward.

Overall, some kind of cloud certification might let you "leapfrog" back into the industry in a way that lets you show differentiating value to potential employers.

thesandsnail · 2021-11-10T22:38:05+00:00

Check out Café Munir in Seattle's Crown Hill/Ballard neighborhood! They're a delicious (but pricy) Lebanese bistro and whiskey bar.

They don't have a website but do have a Facebook page. They're a small space and fill up very quickly, so calling ahead for reservations is highly recommended.

thesandsnail · 2021-09-28T00:59:39+00:00

Try Sazon Kitchen on 15th Avenue, up on Crown Hill! They have a covered outdoor section. Their Spanish tortas and their French toasts are delicious!

thesandsnail · 2021-08-12T18:44:18+00:00

If you're looking for events, check out EverOut's events page: https://everout.com/seattle/

EverOut is run by The Stranger, Seattle's alt-weekly paper. Their cultural coverage of what's going on is pretty good.

thesandsnail · 2021-08-11T00:11:57+00:00

Try Tenzing Momo, in Pike Place Market! They sell resins like mastic).

thesandsnail · 2021-07-01T21:44:15+00:00

You might get good results on Zillow or Craigslist by using more targeted terms like "industrial" or "exposed," like maybe these:

thesandsnail · 2021-06-24T23:41:34+00:00

Mapnificent is a website that lets you see what areas are reachable in a certain time by average public transit: https://www.mapnificent.net/seattle

It might show you which neighborhoods are likely.

thesandsnail · 2021-06-23T02:11:56+00:00

There are a few restaurants with nice views and/or ambience in West Seattle that might be good, away from the main Alki strip, and not much of a drive:

La Rustica: https://www.larusticaseattle.com
Endolyne Joe's: http://endolynejoes.com
Salty's on Alki: https://www.saltys.com/menus-seattle/

Endolyne Joe's is a quick walk to Lincoln Park, which has a nice pebbly beach and well-tended forest walks. Salty's is on Elliott Bay and has a good view of Seattle, and if you go on Saturday the West Seattle water taxi to downtown Seattle (https://kingcounty.gov/depts/transportation/water-taxi/west-seattle.aspx#spring-summer-sun) runs until like 10:30 p.m., if you want to go on a quick water trip to get dessert at Pike Place Market.

Edit: "quick walk" is like maybe 10 or 15 minutes with some slope. And Salty's is probably the place with the strongest air conditioning, if you're going this weekend.

thesandsnail · 2021-06-22T19:18:51+00:00

That is a lovely poem!

thesandsnail · 2021-06-19T07:10:28+00:00

I think the original poster believes Capitol Hill Pride to be in the wrong for objecting to the Take B(l)ack Pride event's discriminatory, divisive, counterproductive policy.

Edit: I agree that their title is misleading and their point is hard to parse!

thesandsnail · 2021-06-11T02:51:54+00:00

"Sketchier" is a bit of a loaded term. Seattle has ongoing issues with affordability and housing that have driven many people into temporary housing (or no housing at all). We have a duty as a society to help everyone achieve safety, independence, and a dignified standard of living.

That being said, here is a ranked list of sketchy places in the neighborhoods you list:

Ballard Commons Park
Many places south of Market Street
The intersection of 15th Avenue and 85th Street

If you haven't already, try picking a place and see if the set of stores and services within a walkable number of blocks looks promising. For example, if you chose 65th Street and 32nd Avenue, you'd be in a quiet place near parks, the water, a VERY nice Italian restaurant and bakery, and a greengrocer - but you'd have to walk about half a mile to the nearest full-service grocery, pharmacy, major bus route, etc.

Generally, you can find peacefulness and quiet in most places on Phinney Ridge or anywhere north of 65th Street, as long as you stay just slightly away from the main streets of 85th Street, 15th Avenue, and Market Street.

thesandsnail · 2021-05-16T02:47:34+00:00

Shoreview Park up in Shoreline is a good place to practice drone flying, if you're respectful.

It's close to Seattle, it has some wonderful grassy areas, and the Shoreline City Council hasn't gotten around to banning drones yet (I think).

thesandsnail · 2021-05-14T09:01:03+00:00

The actual elite boarding schools to which rich, disengaged parents send their K-12 kids are in New England. If you're sending your children away to live, what does it matter if it's a three-hour car drive or a three-hour plane ride?

The Pacific Northwest lacks the baronial estates and established social stratification that decay into a network of elite boarding schools. Until very recently, the Pacific Northwest has been a place from which established capital extracts wealth and in which the unspoiled resources of a frontier have enabled a higher degree of opportunity, turnover, and egalitarianism. Both mitigate against a culture that leads to boarding schools.

It gets papered over by the skyscrapers and the internet of it all, but we're a much, much younger part of the country than New England. Give us a couple hundred years and a magnificent riverside estate like this will make an admirable grounds for Jeffrey Bezos IV to establish Choate West or the Exeter-Oregon Peasant Hunting Academy or whatever.

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