First Entry From Seattle

[crocodiletears]

Things about Seattle:Seattle has narrow streets and few bike lanes. It has a lot of Philly Cheese steak places. Why? The only answer anyone has been able to give me is "I dunno. Same latitude?" Produce is expensive and still comes from Watsonville. There are a lot of hills, and I am making it up a good deal of them on my bike, more than you'd

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[bearman]

Did you move to Seattle, or are you just visiting? If you have any questions, I've lived here my whole life (besides 4 years in college), so I'd be happy to answer them.

Also: "a lot of Philly Cheese steak places"... Really? Where? I've never been able to find a good philly cheese steak place.

[crocodiletears]

Oh man, I totally forgot you lived here! I just moved here last month with my boyfriend and have been trying to settle in, get a job, and make friends. Want to meet for coffee sometime and be one of my new Seattle friends?

On cheese steak places: One right by my house at Union & 23rd, but it's closed. One a little further up Madison. I'm sure I've seen others, it felt like I saw at least 3 my first day here, but that covers everywhere from the airport to Central. And I can't vouch for them being any good.

[bearman]

We should definitely get together for coffee sometime! That could be a lot of fun.

How are you liking the city so far? I think it can sometimes be a kind of intimidating city to newcomers, as a lot of people have lived here for a loooooong time, but it really is a beautiful, amazing city. My fiancee moved out here 3 years ago, and I think the first year was kind of tough for her, just getting used to everything, but now she absolutely loves it and wants to live here for a long, long time. The city has a great soul/feel to it, a lot of great neighborhoods, and a lot of really fun things to do. Have you had much of a chance to explore?

[ambivalentaxiom]

Beer for gold? I'd like to think that they're maintaining a tradition started back when One-Eyed Willy was terrorizing the Oregon and Washington coastlines. Where else can you buy beer with a Spanish gold doubloon?

[crocodiletears]

I never thought about it like that. How are you? Also, are you as excited/fearful as I am about the Watchman movie?

[ambivalentaxiom]

I'm doing ok, I guess. Changing houses, but staying in Santa Cruz, at least for another year.

I am really curious about Watchmen, and the trailer in front of Dark Knight did have a good mood, but I am also very skeptical. If Terry Gilliam considered it and deemed it impossible to condense into less than five hours, what chance does Zack "300" Snyder have? If his last two movies are any indication, he'll make this another hollow chocolate bunny movie: sweet and enticing on the outside with nothing but the sad disappointment of stale air on the inside. He could surprise me, though. What do you think?

How are you? Did the move go smoothly, and how did the place turn out?

Is the Goonies set in the pacific northwest?

[crocodiletears]

Fuck Santa Cruz, move to Seattle.

I think you're probably right, and at the same time, I can't help but hope. I watched an interview with the costume designer, and was relieved they're keeping it in the 80s instead of pushing it into modern day. I guess they have to for the timeline to make sense with Dr. Manhattan and the Comedian being a Vietnam vet and all. The costumes do look great though, the original Minutemen's costumes look golden age. I'm always proud when they leave something more classic when they could have made it crappy and high tech. Of course, all of this speaks nothing to how they're going to fit that much plot in...

The move went fine, although the apartment is smaller than advertised, and the person we're subletting from's idea of furnished is "I'm going to leave all my crap here because I'm coming right back, k?" We're moving in the fall, which means I just need to get a job by then, which I'm starting to stress out about since Derek's already got one.