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Hope you like the picture!

Hope you like the picture!

This post makes Wallingford look a lot smaller than it really is - the accepted neighborhood of Wallingford runs from North Lake Union to 50th.

Real people, real drinks, real fun. No 1st Avenue yuppie scum crowd.

stitches rocks.

Right where Beacon Ave, 15th, 14th, and Holgate converge, there are two gas stations; a Union 76, and Shell, which used to be a Texaco. Back then, the Union 76 used to be a Texaco as well. When the Shell station used to be a Texaco, they had the best late night fried food, fight-a-hang-over food. My favorite was the gizzards. Then, there's Java Love. I hope it sticks. The neighborhood needs something like that. There are also hookers, who can often be seen fighting with their pimps. The guy with the jerry curls is funny when he starts arguing. I can't think of any other place in the city where you can hear roosters, goats, mariachi music, hip-hop blaring from hoopties slow-rolling, and low-flying jets while taking in the intoxicating scents of food being cooked in ginger, garlic, soy-sauce, sesame and purple chronic.

Getch yer ass to the Summit, dadgummit!!!!

Get Pho'd at Tan Brothers!

It is a good one if you can find the holes. This is a compact wooded course and many of the holes share baskets or tees. You can find a map here (http://www.geocities.com/Augusta/Fairway/1565/). Pack you trash out please!

West Seattle is, in fact, much larger than shown and is home to 20% of the population of Seattle. In spite of being the birthplace of modern Seattle, it remains somewhat isolationist.

Huling.

That's "independent" and "restaurant", I assume.

This is a theater full of memories and history. If Husky's Ice Cream and Pegasus' Pizza are your thing, this is right up your alley. Certainly a must see if going to West Seattle.

About 10,000 crows arrive each evening around dusk between October and March at Foster Island, their communal roosting grounds for decades. Crows come from as far north as Shoreline and as far west as Magnolia to socialize, find mates, and stay protected from predators.

The Triangle is a great place to catch a drink at the end of the day or scope the beautiful people on the weekend. The also have a cool tee shirt with their PRESCRIPTIONS sign on it.

My daughter goes to Hay and yeah, Mr. Sturm still wears the pink tutu.

I swear to God if I owned Zymo I'd have giant green tentacles coming out of those smokestacks.

Great mochas, always plenty of bike messengers fueling up on caffeine.

Great, great coffee and Top Pot doughnuts. The most authentic coffee spot I've found in Seattle. Definitely urban, but not pretentious. Nice high ceilings and wood paneling, big plate glass windows. Nice older woman outside just about everyday, selling the 'Real Change' newspamphlet.