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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Mailbag Urgent Question

Posted by Dominic Holden on Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 12:58 PM

A reader writes today, July 9, with this question:

Are there any Easter egg hunts for adults in Seattle that you know of?

Well?

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Ooh, I have the answer! No, there are no Easter egg hunts for adults in Seattle that I know of.

Posted by seatackled on July 9, 2011 at 1:02 PM

Though technically not in Seattle, Mt Baker does an annual on-hill egg hunt, if you find the golden egg you get a season pass for the next year... Pretty cool!!

Posted by Random Poster on July 9, 2011 at 1:11 PM

There is an annual Easter egg hunt at The Stranger's offices on July 10. Be sure to dress up -- bunny costume, bonnet, whatever -- and bring eggs to hide.

Posted by also on July 9, 2011 at 1:15 PM

Easter was months ago. Fucking pinhead.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on July 9, 2011 at 1:22 PM

A midsummer drinking and egg hunt would be awesome. Pub crawl time!

Posted by ishf on July 9, 2011 at 1:28 PM

That's prison slang, right?

Posted by Camembert on July 9, 2011 at 1:44 PM

No, but there's a Christmas tree in Volunteer Park.

Posted by TVDinner

on July 9, 2011 at 2:44 PM

RIP
MS Bunny
2002

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_eggs…

Posted by No Eggs - Microsoft Killed The Bunny on July 9, 2011 at 3:00 PM

@5: Game on. People do Christmas in July with ugly sweaters and decorated inflatable palm trees, right? Why not do Easter in August (yes, I know the months do not match up, but it has a nicer ring to it than September or October) with creepy bunny outfits and sand castle buckets with sand and beer!

Posted by middkdr on July 9, 2011 at 3:14 PM

This isn't an answer to the question, but it reminds me: my family once did an adult hunt on Easter because all of the kids had become too old or too cool-for-school to humor us and hunt eggs. We hid those airport bottles of liquor. Certain bottles were supposed to be chugged immediately upon finding... the details are fuzzy, but I know we all had a lot fun. However, *some people* decided that it was an improper way to celebrate Easter (whatever) and so we never did it again.

Posted by Christy O on July 9, 2011 at 3:14 PM

Christy O, I want you to adopt me! :D

Posted by no catchy name on July 9, 2011 at 3:39 PM

God, I hope not.

Posted by Joe Glibmoron on July 9, 2011 at 3:57 PM

This is code for some sort of arcane sexual practice... right?

Posted by don't lie now on July 9, 2011 at 4:51 PM

Ah, Seattle, where people love to act like children, but go to great lengths to avoid interacting with actual children.

Posted by laterite on July 9, 2011 at 5:42 PM

marry me, laterite :-)

Posted by mr. herriman on July 9, 2011 at 6:42 PM

try an Easter beer hunt

Posted by Tas on July 9, 2011 at 7:08 PM

learn how to forage for edible wild mushrooms and every time you go out it's exactly like an easter egg hunt...

Posted by teddy b on July 9, 2011 at 11:22 PM

Grow up already. Having a silly impromptu booze in an egg hunt a la @10's family did ONCE is fine. It's fun exists in the moment and as soon as you organize it as an exercise meant to infantilize adults it gets creepy and ridiculous. Put down the cupcakes and stop trying to relive your childhood. I'm sorry if in retrospect you don't think that you got the most out of it, but trying to recreate it now is a waste of time. The flaws and mistakes made the first time around are what make it special, not having a Hallmark© plastic version of the ideal.

Posted by SPG on July 10, 2011 at 12:47 AM

@18: Chill. It turns out that *most* scavenger hunts do not cause brain damage nor do they do much damage to society. Having a fun social treat hunt pretty innocuous.

Posted by zachd

on July 10, 2011 at 1:30 AM

Orienteering is not far from an Easter Egg Hunt. There are flags planted in the woods. You get a map showing their locations and you have to find them. There's a meet Wednesday at Robinswood Park in Bellevue, 5-7 pm, beginners welcome. More info @ cascadeoc.org

Posted by Always the Best Opinions on July 10, 2011 at 7:48 AM

We have an adult Easter egg hunt every year. Everyone decorates the minibottles (Hey Christy O!), brings them to our house, and we all hide them. You have to drink every third one. (Mmmm, warm tanqueray!) Once we find them all, we hide them again, and again. Luckily, no one is sober enough to remember where, so it works out. We do it the Saturday before Easter. And we serve deviled eggs and ham. I'd invite you, but don't live in Seattle. Why don't you throw your own?

Posted by Minimini on July 10, 2011 at 8:00 AM