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On Saturday, 9/25, you popped into Re. Evolución (next door to Redwing Cafe) to tell us you appreciated our style. Afterward we were all like, “why didn’t we talk to her more?? She seemed cool!” We’ve adopted a random stranger before, she’s great. Come join our group chat :)

Curious if anyone else has experienced this issue after visiting the Proliance Orthopedics outpatient clinic in the Highlands?... Since about 2024, every time we have visited there for any appts, we get knocked down with flu or upper respiratory crud right after. Even wearing masks has not seemed to prevent this. This has happened to both me and my spouse. We don't visit there that regularly, these appts happen a couple times a year at the most for minor issues. If you've been there, then you know the second floor outpatient clinic is constantly overcrowded with people coming in/out, has cramped seating and hot/stagnant air ventilation in the waiting area. We are otherwise super healthy and do not experience this problem after visiting other medical facilities, including hospitals, if needed for other appts. Has anybody else had this happen repeatedly after going there too? It is getting weird and seems like it has happened too many times now to be a coincidence. Debating about whether we will go back there again even though we really like the PA we see. We are now sick (yet again) with upper respiratory crud after a recent visit and it sucks 😷😷

I'm just off of market and 17th and what first sounded like a concert or some event. Then I hear about 6-7 pops that I assumed were fireworks, then I hear the music stop and screaming, then a car alarm goes off for a while and silence from the crowd. Then suddenly sirens after sirens after sirens. But the music is still going strong (and banging). I no longer think its a shooting, I just want to know what caused all that to happen?

I'm sad to see that they've cut down a few trees, including at least one conifer. But at least the project is coming along, and the white metal supports by the Armory where overhead covering is intended to go (I think) look promising. This was yesterday.

Took the Water Taxi back over to West Seattle this evening and folks were catching squid like crazy! 🦑

We're blessed 🙏🏻🤘🏻❤️ (taken with a dash cam this time!)

Inspired by /u/BeachBumWithACamera/ ‘s shot at https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/s/BCqHGN8VBJ I wanted to see how much detail you could get in a comparable shot with the 22x screw-on lens. The vantage point is the “intersection” of Elliot and Blanchard (which does not actually go all the way to Elliot). The first shot is the cropped version. Second shot is an uncropped one - which means you can see the distortion and blur around the edges (fine if you like the surreal “miniature” effect). Third shot is just with the regular phone camera with just pinch-zoom. In mine you can see the knobs on the hub of the Great Wheel, but in the professional-grade shot you can see the notches on the knobs 😯 So depends on how much detail you want for how much cost. The screw-on lens was part of a kit from Andoer that cost $60 and included other lenses; there are cheaper ones online that I haven’t tried. Highly recommend getting a screw-on lens, not a clip-on (the “clips” slide all over the place and ruin your shot), and for the screw-on lens you need a phone case with threaded holes (about another $15).

For me, it's that Seattle is a small town. It feels like a big city because it's so dense and metropolitan, but in many ways it functions like a small community. Word travels fast, and if you're not careful or simply a dickhead, you can ruin your reputation and social life very easily. Or, doing things like renting a car on the weekend or finding a doctor; there aren't endless options like there are in cities with one million people+ within their borders - in other words places with over a million people before you include the metro area. We also get skipped by touring artists a lot more than I expected. And the biggest thing that makes it feel like a small town is how sheltered PNW people can be. It's difficult to describe, but people who have spent their whole lives here seem very mentally protected from how shit the world can be. One small example is how much y'all hate Bellevue or call Lynwood a car-centric shit hole lol. In much of the country the suburbs don't even have local bus service. And Bellevue is very corporate and sanitized, but it's also home to a vibrant immigrant community and amazing restaurants, so I can never hate it. I'm curious about things y'all have realized after being here for a few years.

Hello, I see a lost black house cat outside Queen Anne beer hall. Is there anyone here that can help us figure out their owner?

I've just moved to Seattle on September 7. I've taken transit very often in other countries/cities, but Seattle takes the worst cake ever. I'm debating stopping bus transit entirely. A man shouted at me "get the fuck out of my face" just for walking past him to the bus stop. Proceeded to shout at me and not leave me alone, I had to tell him to stop, then he apologized after another woman came to help! An unstable, aggressive man yelled "get the fuck out of here" to all the ppl at the bus stop. I was like wtf. On line 2 from work, a man stared at me in the face across the train and kept shouting "bitch!" (With a bunch of other gibberish like u think u can be here?) at me, no one stood up for me!? Finally bus molestation - a man stroked my hair from the seat behind, when I jumped up he hid and pretended nothing happened!! I said "what the fuck are u doing!" And again no one said anything! (Pic of the guy above) I've never had so many cases of upright danger/fear for my life, and these are just the transit stories, in just one month. I also have 2 stories: being catcalled on the sidewalk for my "tits", I made the man apologize, and a dangerous man blocking my way while security watched (outside Nordstrom) until I called 911 and then security said "don't call 911 just walk past him"?! So I did, but those men literally watched this guy shout at me on the sidewalk and did nothing. I'm just so flabbergasted. Should I be reporting ppl? Posting pics? Anyways here's the man who molested me.