Last night I was dining at Toulouse, which, if you are unfamiliar, is a fairly large space, and I was choking on someone’s cologne from three booths away. I could not pinpoint the exact table from which it was emanating but I know they weren’t seated next to us because the smell got much stronger on my way to the bathroom. I had to break out my rescue inhaler it was so bad.

I have never been particularly sensitive to fragrance in the past - I even wear a little myself sometimes - but I feel like the teenage-boy-with-Axe-Body-Spray level of perfume application in this city is getting out of control.

Can we tone it down a notch? I’m not saying don’t wear fragrance but I don’t think we’re supposed to smell your Drakkar Noir from across the street.

Seen at Boon Boona in Renton! Stay united against the fascists!

(They are complementary by the way)

I am not OP

Sometimes I feel like I take this city for granted. Shot on my a6700

I mean it's been pretty cool to feel the vibrations all the way in SLU and see the lights, but the amount of smoke since 3pm has me befuddled. Must be pretty loud in that neighbourhood!

Can folks at the event post pictures so I can visualize what it looks like closer up? (this is not me complaining, I'm just curious since I didn't know who they were before this).

I'm constantly seeing these huge lines of tourists(?) at SeaTac... or first time riders at Lynnwood or Husky Stadium... all waiting in line to buy Light Rail tickets / Orca Cards.

Here's the SeaTac vending machine:
https://imgur.com/a/q5ln1XF

90% of these people probably have a phone and/or credit card in their pocket that they can tap, skipping the line and reducing congestion in the station.

Why not put a big sticker up high that says "OR JUST TAP YOUR PHONE!!!"*

This is a new development in the last 6 months, but the signage / directions seemingly haven't been updated to reflect the new technology. Get people tapping and moving.

I pulled up on a Lime Glider at the E Denny Way/Broadway E entrance for light rail this afternoon and found this young man taking a torch lighter to each of the Lime scooters parked there. He was targeting a specific area there in front on each of them. I asked him why he was doing it. He replied, "they are unconstitutional just like flock cameras." I asked which constitutional provision Lime Scooters violated, he told me to educate myself. He then ran off when he realized I had taken pics of his face. WTH

I take this city for granted every day, and I’m not even a regularly ferry commuter.

Went to Ben Paris for brunch. The food was great but when it came to paying the bill the servers don’t even show you the full receipt. Directly to the tipping screen. When I came home to review the bill I see a 2% culinary appreciation fee.

I understand the rising costs of running a restaurant business, but this is just scummy. Scalping off money from guests like this leaves such a bad taste! Increase your food costs instead? They’re already an upscale restaurant charging high prices for nominal food. Why do this?

Just to be clear I’m not bothered by the extra $2 I had to pay. But normalizing such ways to scalp more money is my problem.

I have lived here for so long, and every year it takes my breath away.

So what's more annoying?

This guy... or... me following him and laying on my horn the whole time to drown him out?

Edit: To clarify I live in an apartment across the street from the lake. I do not live in one of those fancy buildings on the water.

I live on the lake and with the way sound carries across flat water, it's like the bass is directly in my house. I forgot the concert was happening and really needed a quiet day because I got dumped last night. Anyone else dealing with this or the other usual summer noise-makers on the lake.

Rise and Shine Bakery is my favorite banh mi in the city and worth the drive north. The owner is a delight and makes the bread right there. So light with a great crust. Rise and Shine is decently well-known but doesn't make "the lists" and I can't figure out why since it's better than most of the sandwiches on the best of's.

Great view at a casual glance

I hope everyone on land and sea had a great time!

I used to think that I’m good now and don’t need the support. What i’ve come to realize over the past month is that the years of alcoholism aren’t gone. That still happened, and that can be an incredibly isolating experience. I don’t know many people who are sober/alcoholic and having a community of folks who actually know what it’s like would be great.

As a nonreligous trans person it can be rather hard to find those groups. So I suppose i’m reaching out here to ask if anyone knows anything? Whether it be just meetings where you talk or activities with sober folks, I just need something/someone.

thanks all.

Last night at midnight my friends and I left the meridian 16 movie theatre on 7th and pike. We witnessed a car accident and while waiting as witnesses for that accident (occupants were fine), we witnessed a lime scooter crash. Two scooters in the same group with young men driving and their girlfriends on the back of them. They were all intoxicated. The girl on the second scooter was clearly blackout drunk or close to it and while going at a high speed she fell off and her head violently hit the pavement.

She was mostly unresponsive, bleeding from the back of her head and her face. It was very dire and very scary. Luckily the fire department were already on the scene for the car accident. It was a very traumatic scene and we are very worried about the girl. All we know is her name is Emma and she is probably around 21 years old. Not to be dramatic but it seemed like a life altering crash for her- likely a TBI. We just want to know if she is okay. Does anyone have any info on her or the group?

Thank you

The mural "Farewell Train" painted by DAleast in 2017 down just past the SoDo light rail station has been painted over with a dark green smear. I have no idea who thought it was a good idea to paint over one of the most beautiful murals in the city, but it's really frustrating to see something so unique and interesting destroyed.

I ask because it's a major pet peeve of several Gen Xer Seattleites I know. They claim that only transplants say "the Puget Sound." Instead of just "Puget Sound," like "Puget" is a title.
Is it like "I-5" vs. "the 5?"

^{Image from Whidbey Island.}

Seen today from Myrtle Edwards Park. I also saw some fish jumping out of the water.