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Civics and Culture

Surfing the Sparkling Wave

  Jim is waiting at Walker Street, the first stop on the route 4. Normally he prefers to walk off his workday by strolling over...

There’s Only One Denise!

  "Thank you. I hope it's a pleasant rest of the evening for you," I say to someone at Third and Union, on a late-night...

Pangaea

I was riding the 7 one night, going out to Orcas to meet a friend. Rain peeled down from all corners of the globe...

You’re Foonie

"You're a foonie bus-drivin' horse master, y' know thaht?" "Oh yeah?" I'm strolling back to my bus one morning at Aurora Village Transit Center, after using...

Subterfuge

  John (a different John, not the fellow from the 358 posts) seems to come from another age. Multicolored crumbs pepper his dry lips and beard. His...

Laughing Gas on the 120

  The actual words spoken were not so much the meat of the exchange. It was the noises in between. You have to imagine the...

Seattle Metronatural

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U04qKoFoLIs If you're in need of a little pick-me-up today, you're just in luck! Visit Seattle has a new, quirky little video that will leave...

Stephanie at 185th

  "I got my transfer in here somewhere." We're at 185th inbound, and her face is lined with age and humor, that kind of spirit...