Questions for our American friends

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by bombermouse

I don't know how typical I am but I have despised the "man" since I became aware of him back in the 80s. I see him as more of a symptom than a cause but I also believe that his talk and actions amount to striking a match in a powder magazine. He will face no consequences because his appointee as attornet general literally believes that the president can do no wrong.

Although the odds against impeachment are heavy for now, I suspect that the danger for Mr Trump will come after he leaves office. He will have much less leverage over the Republican Party without the power of patronage which goes with being President and if they are badly defeated in 2020, the Republican Party doesn't really do "loyalty" and will not hesitate to blame Mr Trump for their own wrongful deeds as well as his. Mr Trump is also widely detested and plenty of Democrats will still be eager to see him go to prison. There are state charges waiting in the wings, not just federal charges - so a pardon from the next president might not keep him out of jail.

[forfucksake]

Originally Posted by dbailey

Can I get some tourist info please.

I shall be in Vancouver at the end of the Month and I have booked the AmTrack down to Seattle where I am staying down town, no hire car. I am planning to visit the Museum of Flight. Any other great ideas on what is good in Seattle. I am there three nights, I like technology, biology, wildlife. parks and gardens, local beers, cheap and tasty food, local sights. Thanks

When I lived in Seattle back in the 80's I visited the old underground city.
Apparently they kept building on top of the city till it was completely buried.

[Roubignol]

Originally Posted by cicciobuki

Oswald wrote:

Recently i heard that certain Christians believe that it's important to keep Israel Jewish in order for Jezus' second coming to come through properly. Therefor it's ok to hate jews but still need to have them be in israel.



As crazy as it sounds, that might have something to do with that?

Called the WASP (protestants) if I remember well.

Recently I listened a philosopher telling that according to him, they are far more dangerous for humanity than Islamic extremists.

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by scoundrel

Although the odds against impeachment are heavy for now, I suspect that the danger for Mr Trump will come after he leaves office. He will have much less leverage over the Republican Party without the power of patronage which goes with being President and if they are badly defeated in 2020, the Republican Party doesn't really do "loyalty" and will not hesitate to blame Mr Trump for their own wrongful deeds as well as his. Mr Trump is also widely detested and plenty of Democrats will still be eager to see him go to prison. There are state charges waiting in the wings, not just federal charges - so a pardon from the next president might not keep him out of jail.

He might even be housed in Jeffrey Epstein's old cell while awaiting trial and given sheets with very high thread counts.

[deepsepia]

Originally Posted by dbailey

Can I get some tourist info please.

I shall be in Vancouver at the end of the Month and I have booked the AmTrack down to Seattle where I am staying down town, no hire car. I am planning to visit the Museum of Flight. Any other great ideas on what is good in Seattle. I am there three nights, I like technology, biology, wildlife. parks and gardens, local beers, cheap and tasty food, local sights. Thanks

Seattle is a fantastic town in the summer, and its a great walking town. You can spend a great day doing a walk around Lake Union, get to see all the neighborhoods on foot (about 12 miles).

Also a lot of fun if the weather is good is a seaplane ride-- they take off from downtown.

First: a place to avoid:
Pike Place Market. Tourists seem to think its "where to go when you're in Seattle" -- and so that's where you'll find all the tourists.


A few places I love:

The Independent Pizzeria -- Madison Park down by the beach on Lake Washington; great pizza and a beautiful place to sit out on a summer night.
http://www.theindiepizzeria.com/menu

Mamnoon -- really good Middle Eastern food, nice atmosphere
https://www.mamnoonrestaurant.com/

Brouwer's Cafe -- Belgian Beer Pub
https://www.brouwerscafe.com/bottle-list/

Cafe Besalu -- my favorite bakery anywhere, in Ballard
https://cafebesalu.com/

Ballard still --sort of-- has a commercial fishing heritage, and there are a bunch of dive bars,

I'm a fan of the Pine Box bar downtown
https://www.pineboxbar.com/

Rent a kayak and have a taco at Agua Verde on Portage Bay
http://aguaverdecafe.com/

My favorite cheap eats "Old Seattle" place -- and there's precious little of "Old Seattle" left . . . a Japanese restaurant, Maneki, in the old Japantown, from 1904. The nearby hotel NP has a display of the goods left by Japanese being deported that never got picked up after the war-- this is one of the few places where you can really feel that Seattle heritage. Great food, homestyle and inexpensive.
http://www.manekirestaurant.com/#menu-item-2657

La Medusa, Columbia City-- definitely on the pricey side, but really good food, need a reservation
http://www.lamedusarestaurant.com/

Alki -- West Seattle has some long beachfront, a little hard to get to from downtown, but on a nice day its spectacular. None of the places on the beach are great food, but walk along and if its a nice day sit outside and enjoy the view and the weather. You can spend a lot of money at someplace like Salty's or get doughnuts and coffee from Top Pot . . . you're going to be happy. Or the Alki Cafe, where I used to get breakfast . . .
https://www.alkicafe.com/

Parks and gardens-- you're in luck, many and spectacular.

Volunteer Park, near downtown with the conveniently nearby Volunteer Park Cafe, good eats

Seward Park -- juttiing out into Lake Washington, and heavily wooded, convenient to Columbia City, home of good pizza and more

Lincoln Park, West Seattle -- the most pristine reminder of what Seattle was like with tall trees, facing Puget Sound

Washington Arboretum-- remarkable tree collection, and a terrific Japanese garden next door. Convenient to Madison Park.

Biggest park, I think, is Discovery Park in Ballard, a bit of a hike from downtown-- need an Uber or bus ride . . . convenient to Ballard locks and all the good eating in that slightly inconvenient part of town.

[Roubignol]

Originally Posted by deepsepia

Seattle is a fantastic town in the summer, and its a great walking town.

Really ? According to Frasier Crane it's a rainy city.

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by Roubignol

Really ? According to Frasier Crane it's a rainy city.

Rain is underrated. Drought and dust bowls just aren't as much fun as people make them out to be.

[deepsepia]

Originally Posted by Roubignol

Really ? According to Frasier Crane it's a rainy city.

I always laugh when I see Frasier . . . they picked "Seattle" because the idea was he was getting as far away from Boston as possible . . . but other than that there's not a hint of the city. They really put in zero effort other than the Space Needle in the opening logo and occasional references to the local sports teams.

Seattle will typically get very little rain from May or June all the way through late October; then the jet stream moves down, and the Pacific Northwest gets steady grey skies and rain, usually light, all the way through the winter.

Seattle only gets about 37 inches of rain a year, New York gets 47 . . . but probably more rainy days in Seattle. Its a long grey winter, but when the sun comes out in the Spring, its like someone flips a switch on nature and everything explodes into life, plants and people both.

Portlandia had a very true little clip of "sunbreaks" in the Pacific Northwest winter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-ppr9LDaQE

Best "flavor of Seattle" movies-- "Fabulous Baker Boys" was shot in Seattle, before Microsoft and money changed it. I don't think they mention anything about it, but the feeling is definitely there, just the look.

DAve Grohl's "How I ended up in Seattle"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBfHyO57yhI

is probably the best for what the city felt like back in the 90s when Frasier was filmed, eg nothing at all like Frasier . . .

[HugoHackenbush]

Originally Posted by dbailey

Can I get some tourist info please.

I shall be in Vancouver at the end of the Month and I have booked the AmTrack down to Seattle where I am staying down town, no hire car. I am planning to visit the Museum of Flight. Any other great ideas on what is good in Seattle. I am there three nights, I like technology, biology, wildlife. parks and gardens, local beers, cheap and tasty food, local sights. Thanks

Deepsepia had some sage advice. Here's what I can add.

Next to the Experience Music Project is the Science Fiction Museum. Worth a look. You can take the monorail there from downtown. The Space Needle (right next door) is also worth a trip to the top. Seattle has one of the few remaining Cinerama theaters, the legendary but now defunct extreme-wide three screen process. If it's showing a real Cinerama movie, check it out. The Pike Place Market, is fun, if touristy. The Edgewater Hotel, where you can fish from your room, and which went down in rock and roll history as the place where members of Led Zeppelin tried out a freshly caught red snapper on a drunken groupie.

For breakfast: Top Pot doughnuts.
Pizza, for lunch or dinner: Serious Pie

Cheers and have a great trip.

[stardust2003]

gemma collins diva show on tv here this week ...
she was in Rodeo Drive and wow... it looks a fabulous place
playground of the rich probably ... but shopping and property on another level

If you ve got money America is heaven on earth

without cash... life can be tough ....