{"id":1358,"date":"2007-02-22T14:13:25","date_gmt":"2007-02-22T19:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/random-seattle-stuff\/"},"modified":"2009-02-28T09:35:54","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T14:35:54","slug":"random-seattle-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/random-seattle-stuff","title":{"rendered":"Random Seattle Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I remembered that, on my first trip to Seattle (August 2001), I almost decided to stay based solely on two factors: the summer weather here is gorgeous, and the sell Cherry Coke in 1-liter bottles.<\/p>\n

On that first trip, it took me three days before I saw any black people. I’ve seen a bunch already this trip, even though the first black guy I saw that time, Sonics coach Nate McMillan, has moved on to Portland. Not sure if there’s been any demographic shift, or if the downtown area I’m staying in is more “urban” than the neighborhoods I generally hung out in on my other trips.<\/p>\n

There’s a lot of construction downtown.<\/p>\n

Ambien will help you get 7-8 hours of sleep even if you took a 5-hour nap earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

That is all. We’re heading out soon to meet up with my buddy, the Brooding Persian<\/a>, for lunch. Later, it’s on to the Flying Fish<\/a> to drink and dine with a bunch of Amy’s friends, along with a cameo by another of my buddies from Annapolis.<\/p>\n

I took a couple of pictures yesterday, but haven’t had time to process them and post, so you’ll have to wait on that. Our hotel’s kinda near the Space Needle<\/a>, so I promise to get a bunch of pix of that and the EMP<\/a> before long. And, of course, we’ll visit the co-located Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame<\/a>, even though the balloting is totally<\/em> driven by RBI totals. . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night I remembered that, on my first trip to Seattle (August 2001), I almost decided to stay based solely on two factors: the summer weather here is gorgeous, and the sell Cherry Coke in 1-liter bottles. On that first trip, it took me three days before I saw any black people. I’ve seen a … <\/p>\n

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