Seattle Notes #3
Five Things Seattleites Love
1. Their Pets-No, this is not an exaggeration. I've never been in such an environment where people take their pets Everywhere. And this includes work. Both Mike and I worked in environments where multiple people brought their dogs to work on a daily basis. And to cater to the pet-friendly community, there are even enough pet stores to go around. There are probably more natural pet stores on one street in West Seattle as there are health food stores in OKC. How sad.
2. Northface (and other apparel alike)-I feel like Northface is somewhat of a fashion fad in other parts of the country. Not here. It's part of the uniform. I've seen groups of people, all wearing their helveticasized outer wear, kids included. And if regular outings weren't enough, it's also normal business apparel as well (I worked somewhere where a man wore his Northface vest daily, along with his business attire).
3. Coffee-This is to be expected. I knew this coming in, that there was going to be tons and tons of Starbucks. But not only is there a Starbucks on every block (and/or in the grocery stores), there are other coffee shops lined up next to them. This goes without saying that people make regular visits to their coffee establishment of their choice throughout the day. I wonder how much an average Seattleite spends on coffee annually.
4. Being Green-This is definately a good thing, but I don't believe I've ever lived in such an environment where people made such an effort. Bringing your own grocery bags is heavily encouraged, and recycling trash bins are conveniently placed around. Supposively West Seattle is one of the top cities in solar power as well.
5. Being Active-It's nice to live in an area where you can go out anytime, and you'll see someone walking/riding their bike/walking their dog. This goes along with the pet loving section, I've seen people walking their pets in the brave of the cold. If you make your way down to Alki on a nice day, you'll be pleasantly surprised to see it is quite active, and this includes the rollerbladers. We've made a joke mentioning that this seems to be the only other place besides Miami beach where rollerblading is still cool...Seriously, that was so 1995.
Other notes:
-They love their sports teams, even if they are awful.
-Love not to use umbrellas. You can spot the tourists quite easy on a rainy day.
-Complain about the "horrible" weather. I swear I heard some people complain about it being 'hot' a couple weeks ago. I LOLed.
1. Their Pets-No, this is not an exaggeration. I've never been in such an environment where people take their pets Everywhere. And this includes work. Both Mike and I worked in environments where multiple people brought their dogs to work on a daily basis. And to cater to the pet-friendly community, there are even enough pet stores to go around. There are probably more natural pet stores on one street in West Seattle as there are health food stores in OKC. How sad.
2. Northface (and other apparel alike)-I feel like Northface is somewhat of a fashion fad in other parts of the country. Not here. It's part of the uniform. I've seen groups of people, all wearing their helveticasized outer wear, kids included. And if regular outings weren't enough, it's also normal business apparel as well (I worked somewhere where a man wore his Northface vest daily, along with his business attire).
3. Coffee-This is to be expected. I knew this coming in, that there was going to be tons and tons of Starbucks. But not only is there a Starbucks on every block (and/or in the grocery stores), there are other coffee shops lined up next to them. This goes without saying that people make regular visits to their coffee establishment of their choice throughout the day. I wonder how much an average Seattleite spends on coffee annually.
4. Being Green-This is definately a good thing, but I don't believe I've ever lived in such an environment where people made such an effort. Bringing your own grocery bags is heavily encouraged, and recycling trash bins are conveniently placed around. Supposively West Seattle is one of the top cities in solar power as well.
5. Being Active-It's nice to live in an area where you can go out anytime, and you'll see someone walking/riding their bike/walking their dog. This goes along with the pet loving section, I've seen people walking their pets in the brave of the cold. If you make your way down to Alki on a nice day, you'll be pleasantly surprised to see it is quite active, and this includes the rollerbladers. We've made a joke mentioning that this seems to be the only other place besides Miami beach where rollerblading is still cool...Seriously, that was so 1995.
Other notes:
-They love their sports teams, even if they are awful.
-Love not to use umbrellas. You can spot the tourists quite easy on a rainy day.
-Complain about the "horrible" weather. I swear I heard some people complain about it being 'hot' a couple weeks ago. I LOLed.
posted by Christopher at
1:23 AM
2 Comments:
Sounds like a very great place to live!! ...At least pet-wise:o) I'm now putting your blog as a favorites on my phone so I can see how things are going for you...are you moving somewhere now?
Yeah. Things are still a bit tentative. Most of which will be sorted next week.
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