City First & Virginia
So… not sure exactly what happened downtown tonight.
Stopped at Le Pichet for dinner around 8:15—what’s up with the kitchen there? it took an hour and half to get our freakin’ food—and found a King County Sheriff’s car t-boned into a black car at First & VIrginia. The accident had already happened when we arrived, and both cars were just sitting there. The sheriff’s car was empty but the siren was blaring, the car that the sheriff’s car hit was empty, and a bike was on the ground. Another sheriff pulled up and got into the first car and turned off the siren. A crowd of waiters and customers from Le Pichet and Virginia Inn were standing around, checking it out.
Found out later that—according to the rumor mill—that the black car was stolen, the first sheriff’s car was in hot pursuit, the black car attempted to swing through the intersection and go around the sheriff’s car, and that’s when the black car got hit. Apparently the accident caused the driver of the black car to spill nacho cheese sauce all over the inside of his car. The driver of the black car then fled on foot and the first sheriff chased him, which is why both cars were empty when we arrived. According to the bartender at Le Pichet, the sheriff shot the fleeing driver… in Pike Place Market somewhere.
I’m sure the dailies will write this up for the morning papers, so we’ll all be able to compare the street-corner-rumor-mill version of events with the actual police reports tomorrow.
Finally, I was having dinner with my brother, who was visiting from Chicago. The violence made him feel right at home. The amount of time we had to wait for our food made us both feel right in France.
And people wonder why we still need daily newspapers. Here's a good example: "I'm sure the dailies will write this up for the morning papers." And for their web sites. Guess there is still a place for newspapers afterall.