But yes. Everybody Hearts New York.

Like a million times people have either asked about porn of themselves they were thinking of creating or had already created. What if it gets on the internet? Or it already has -- what now?

So the answer is the Cris Crocker Offense. At least if you look like you could possibly be young enough in the pictures (bonus if you really were), you can threaten any web site that puts up pictures of you by saying you were under age. Who would risk it for little old you?

I no longer think everything is remembered forever on the net. Entropy is too strong, and if somebody isn't working to keep your pictures around, they'll disappear. You just have to give them a reason not to keep them. It like that cool book, The World Without Us.

Seattle is never going to relax their booze laws. At least not within the next 20 years. You might get to have a beer while watching your grandkids, but for now just forget it. This town is simply uptight, and if anything it's trending uptighter.

But if you light a cigarette anywhere in city limits, Mike Bloomberg jumps out from the shadows and kills you with his bare hands.

Imagine that Seattle: Riding God's own railway network, drinking high quantities of fine German beer for an ultra low price. It pretty much ties with Snoop Dogg's gin and juice.

Too bad one euro is now $19833.3282USD (or $1.40 canadian)

Three cheers for brown-bagging Rainiers in the park!

If you're going to define a "world class city" solely by whether or not you can get shit-faced in a public park, I'd have to say, by the looks of what I've seen, Seattle is definitely right up there; just ask the guys hanging out at Steinbrueck Park any afternoon of the year.

As for the above comment, New York will always maul Seattle in half. Your short man complex isn't even worth talking about.

Do NOT miss the Hop Devil Grill; $1 JD shots and awesome beer. Oh, and mussels better than should be found anywhere west of the ocean.

Great photo, though!

PS - last I checked, you can still drink at Lake Sammamish State Park. Field trip, anyone?

Just like I can imagine walking a block or two to a subway station and catching a train that will take me anywhere in the city (and beyond) in mere minutes.

We natives are going to cover our eyes and ears if you try again!
The best part of our culture here is our preferred ignorance about everywhere else and we won't let you wreck it!

Okay My feelings are now public. I feel better.

Oh, and if you're here on Thursday night, you can get $1 margaritas in Chelsea from 8:00-2:00. They definitely taste like they're only $1, but for less than $10 you can get fairly intoxicated - who says NYC has to be expensive? Plus, it's at a bar that's usually leather/bear but turns into a younger mix crowd on Thursdays - something different, anyway!

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Not that I don't enjoy reading about your Seattle pride drama and your berries, but it's nice to read about something I actually recognize.

And Hop Devil Grill is not that great. But NY is.

Be grateful it's not like the old days.
Last call @ 11:45 PM on Saturdays,
No booze anywhere on Sundays.

If you wanted to go to another table, you had to summon a server. It was illegal to carry your own drink across the room.

The worst of all, you could not drink alcohol while standing.
Yep, everyone had to sit down.

Seattle has gotten SO grown up, no?

Oh wait, I actually meant YES.

I really hate how the Christians in Seattle ruin the fun for everyone. In New York an adult can do whatever they want. I have to say once again, that Judaism is a more mature religion, that's why New York is so cool.

I miss NY :(

Seattleites may be prudes, but they're overwhelmingly secular prudes.

If you think Seattle is not Christian, you are in deep denial. Jews in Seattle have been forced to live in the ghetto around Volunteer Park for a Century. It makes me sick how anti-semitic Seattle is.

And the Stranger is the media sponsor for the Cap Hill Block Party. We don't run the event, make decisions about other sponsors (hello, esurance), or decide what kind of fences go where, etc.

As for Mars Hill -- sure, it's a pretty conservative Christian church. But can you name another one (at least within city limits)? The fact that Mars Hill contrasts so much with the Unitarian churches, non-denominational community churches, the mainstream Protestant churches in decline, and the Muslim/Episcopal priest says more about the decline of Christianity here than anything.

Oh, and fuck you. I thought we were talking about Christian influence, not anti-Semitism. Are they considered one and the same now?

(PS: No one's "forcing" Jews to live in any particular neighborhood in Seattle, at least not lately. So get off your martyrdom horse.)