Nun uses feet. A lot.

[sistawendy]

M'boy called yesterday and said he was too tired to take the bus from Kirkland (?!) so I had last night & most of today to myself. Last night: bitching about things to ionan and J, so they administered G&Ts and sorbet, which were highly effective. I love that I can walk over Phinney Ridge to their place from mine in about twenty minutes.

After my bike ride, lunch, shower, and housework today, nobody I could think of was free on short notice. But it was a perfect day outside - maybe even the last of the year - so I walked from my lake place past the real estate porn on Palatine to downtown Ballard. That's [does mental math] about fifty (50) blocks. I didn't start to see houses that weren't either new or perfectly maintained until I got west of 3rd NW, i.e. Ballard. It's kind of a relief, oddly enough.

Got chai at Bauhaus mainly because I was thirsty. Not overly sweet.

Took the 44 to Phinney Ave. and walked home for another 40 blocks. Noticed boffo views of Puget Sound from the Ridge, which I usually only see fleetingly from the 5. (Did you know 57th goes right through Phinney Ridge to the zoo? I didn't until today.)

Ate dinner, walked back up to the ridge to the new Nutty Squirrel gelato at 72nd & Greenwood, which is of course the bomb diggity. Caught the young lady behind the counter giving me a funny look. That better not have been trans-related, sweetie.

Kept walking on the west side of the ridge past an imposingly big house, half hidden by trees, flying a Jolly Roger. I went to peer through the front gate, and there was an old lady with her fuzzy dawg looking back at me. I complimented her on her flag. We wants that house, my preciousss, or maybe the purple one next to it with the Pride-themed wind sock.

I couldn't stay late enough to watch the sun set over Puget Sound - I had to pick up the kiddo in Kirkland - but I did sit on the corner of Argyle & Greenwood to watch the sun reflect off the water with the mountains behind it. Have I mentioned lately how much I love Seattle?

ETA: I forgot about the windfall Italian prunes at 68th & Dayton. They were perfect!

Pride flags and Pride flag-themed items seen: at least two.
Stars & Stripes in front of residences: at least a dozen.
Orange Ferraris: one.
Total blocks walked today: about 140.

Comments

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

It is a wonderful neighborhood.

[ivy]

That is a lot of walking! I mostly biked around yesterday, though I was in Greenlake to do packet pickup for this morning's ladies 5k and 10k. I should have called to see if you wanted to have tea! I'm heading out this morning for the run, despite my lack of an appropriately fabulous superheroine outfit. No one that I'd want to be has green hair, apparently. At least I'm unique, heh.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Have you ever considered playing Ingress? It can and should be largely walking-based, and with that kind of hiking hither & yon, you'd at least be kicking the walking part of the game.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid that if I start playing Ingress, no one will ever see me again.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Except other Ingress players.
That's actually an entirely reasonable fear.