*in reference to a song by the Real Tuesday Weld - I like the Rain. Thanks, Greg.
Why Seattle Rocks
A short list by Angie
- Friends (too many to list, but lots!)
- Mountains everywhere
- ("And over here to the right, ladies and gentlemen, we have the Cascades. Now if you'll turn to your left, you'll see the Olympics. Straight ahead - Mount Baker. And, behind you, behold Mount Rainier.")
- Capitol Hill
- Wide sidewalks
- Good service in restaurants are the norm
- Cool baristas
- Rusty (http://www.pandemos-salon.com/)
- Olympus Spa (http://www.olympusspa.net/)
- Liberal attitudes
- Environmental awareness everywhere
- Big parks with lots of grass
- Puget Sound and Lake Washington
- Variety at the grocery stores
- Olive and rosemary bread
- Christmas lights on houses
- Bike lanes
- Running/outdoorsy/healthy/athletic culture
- Protein smoothies
- Evergreens
- Super-duper easy to communicate with just about anyone
- Easy to get out of town and into the mountains
- Whistler
- Big coffee houses where you can sit and listen to music and read or work on your laptop or talk with friends or just be
- The neighborhoods
- Good and cheap theater that I can understand
- The live music scene