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The place is DISGUSTING. I went to get my face threaded and genuinely should have run out the door the first time my gut pinged in disgust. (Who I assume was) the owner was incredibly annoying, and kept barking at someone to sit down when there was plenty of space to stand up while waiting. Their materials are old and caked in grime, and the air was so humid. The lady who did my face barely sanitized or washed her hands after just doing someone else’s faces and literally had her hands all over my face. I could barely get through the 10 minutes she spent on my eyebrows before refusing to go ahead with other services. Price was reasonable but I’d hope so, for how unsanitary and unprofessional the place is.

i want to gift my parents a weekend getaway within british columbia, washington state, oregon, or idaho. i'm willing to drop a few grand for this. they're not super fit avid outdoorsy people, so no ski resorts or hiking, but can and do still walk in nature. they also love quaint towns with local food and shopping, beautiful views, nice walks, spas, book stores, etc. some places they've loved before: leavenworth, wa victoria, BC chilliwack, BC ocean shores, WA (they live in kirkland so pls not seattle/bellevue area) i don't think they've been to portland. they have seen vancouver and victoria BC, but those are big enough for new experiences. lemme know what you think! not sure how realistic this is LOL

Does anyone have a Ballard chicken feet (or chicken back) source? I use them for making stock, and the only place I can get them consistently is Asian Family Market up on Aurora, and I'd like to find them closer to home if possible.

Fire District 19 was initially fined a total of $86,904 for the citations. Following an appeal, the fine was reduced to $24,258 based on an agreement from the fire district to purchase additional safety equipment, provide training, and hire an EMS medical advisor to oversee emergency medical service personnel, a Labor and Industries spokesperson said. "All of the firefighters interviewed said that the path to advancement or getting assigned to another station are very rare, because most positions do not come up often," the inspection report concluded. ... "They said that because of this, they could not refuse to conduct the rescue even though they felt it was unsafe." ~ Three willful serious violations, a 72% discount on the fine, and the board chair had nothing to say about any of it.

Hey all! I was up by the Alderwood Mall (by Nordstroms) and other stores in the Lynnwood area yesterday (Men's Warehouse, Target, Nordstrom Rack, Marshalls, Old Navy). I either dropped my wallet by my car or in one of these stores. I called all of the stores with no luck but not sure if someone picked it up and brought into another store or has it. The wallet is small and dark with a slot for my license on the outside. I have a few items in it that are important to me. If you find it, please comment. I'd really appreciate it!

Houston was a Seattle-based writer who was on my food stamp caseload when I worked in The Belltown social services offices back in the early 80s. Tom Robbins' "Jitterbug Perfume" is dedicated to him. Just a memory.

Never made a post like this before, so let me know and I can make edits as needed. Looking for a group in Tacoma to run a game of the Cosmere RPG (from Brandon Sanderson) with! I have the PDFs from the Kickstarter for the Mistborn RPG that have not been printed yet. My current group of tabletop players are currently occupied with other games, so I’d love to host a One-Shot for interested folks. Also will to run a Stormlight RPG game for anyone interested as well. Those I have physical copies of the books for. I will host the game at Terracrux, and will decide on a date/time based on interest. I can give PDFs of the books to anyone; Sanderson gave permission to do so, so it’s not against any rules. Looking to host within the next month, most likely on a Tuesday-Thursday, but I can make another day work with notice! If anyone is interested, feel free to DM me! If there’s any other information needed for this post to be proper, please let me know and I can add it as needed!

This is the sculpture on 14th and Madison; first shot is from the west (in the Bank of America parking lot) and the other is from the east (standing on Madison). It looks cool in any shot but you can only get the depth-of-field compression effect with a zoom lens.

Sorry for nerding out here but the power in my apartment building typically fluctuates between about 115 volts during the heaviest usage times during the day, to 125ish late at night when there's not much turned on. Before last night, 126 volts was the highest I'd ever seen which is within the normal fluctuations you'd expect. Last night though I happened to check and was getting 130 volts out of the wall. Later into the night it topped out at 132 volts. Any night owls out there with a multimeter bored enough to see what you're pulling at your place in Lakewood at a few different times throughout the evening/night? I'm guessing First Energy juiced the grid up somewhat to deal with the extra load during the heat wave but I was getting these voltages 12+ hours after it cooled off outside. I only really mention this because I'm curious if it's just a localized issue here or if other people around Lakewood are also seeing it. But I also wonder if First Energy's negligence is also frying people's electronics because they're pushing power that is 10% or more out of spec to homes.

I just don't understand why there are so many apartment buildings that are posting listings that say they have in-unit laundry. Then later in the listing description they say they have shared laundry facilities? I'm not going to change my mind on my laundry preferences simply because I clicked on the listing. If anything, it creates animosity. Just why?