At least it never rains on the Google StreetView car.
As you virtually walk the neighborhoods of Seattle with StreetView (It’s New! Yesterday!), you’ll see some cloudy days:
But no rainy days.
When I was growing up, my dad’s favorite description of Seattle came from a “give us a slogan contest” on the radio: Living in Seattle is like being married to a beautiful woman who is always sick.
Thankfully, Google StreetView is only showing us Seattle on her better days. Here is some virtual sight-seeing for ya:
Troll:
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Lenin:
A disappointingly unfunny Lusty Lady:
The always-imposing Rainier Cold Storage:
Metal beasts on the waterfront:
And finally, the infernal Duck truck (don’t ride the ducks!):
Ardell I LOVE your dad’s saying about Seattle being like a beautiful woman who’s always sick. That is riotously funny. Seattle is indeed a stunning city, but the weather there is a deterrant for a sun dependent person like me.
Hi Mary! I didn’t write this post and my Dad never left Philly. “kicked around the same six blocks all of his life” as they say š
I thought of this post as I was out in the rain today, Galen. What we need is a shot of people walking the streets in the rain…with no umbrella in sight. What I love most about Seattle is how the people act like its not raining and just go about their business as if the sun is out. It takes some practice, and I use hoods at times (never an umbrella) but until you learn to walk in the rain as if it isn’t raining at all…you won’t make it in Seattle.
I hate movies that are supposedly in Seattle that show 50 umbrellas in the shot. They’ve obviously never been here in the rain.