Things to do before I leave Seattle

[darkluna]

1. Go to the top of the Space Needle
2. Eat at Canlis
3. Visit the rainforest
4. Drive out to see actual ocean
5. Satisfy my nagging narrative curiosity as to what would happen if I kissed [name omitted to protect the guilty]
6, etc. Other stuff I haven't thought of yet

:-(

ETA: Yes, moving back to Chattanooga to be with my family is the plan. Now you don't have to ask. I am getting old enough that it is beginning to think about occurring to me that I don't have unlimited time in which to be with my parents. Plus, I have to be the best aunt ever, which is hard to do from 2500 miles away. Plus, the real estate.

If any of you crazy creative out-of-the-box thinkers can figure out a way I can see more of them without having to leave Cascadia, please share, but bear in mind that flying once a year is just about too much pain and suffering for me already.

Comments

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

Visit underneath Seattle... the buried old city

[amai-unmei.livejournal.com]

You're leaving?

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

Tee hee to the icon. Erudite! :)

Answering question in reply to next comment so my other friend will see it too...

[tikimama.livejournal.com]

Have you decided to leave for sure?

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

My current plan is that I'm leaving unless some life-altering change occurs, like falling madly in love or coming into a lot of money.

[amai-unmei.livejournal.com]

Nooooooooo!

*sigh*

OK, so where are you going?

[girl-about-town.livejournal.com]

Is your sister expecting? Or are you just anticipating aunt-hood?

Either way, good luck with the decision. I know you'll miss the heck out of Seattle, but Chattanooga has blossomed a lot since you last lived there.

more chattanooga

[sarahellco.livejournal.com]

My friend Jon who grew up in Chattanooga and was back there for a month long artist residency a couple years ago says,

"sure it's kind of different there now, more like the disneyland /
chain store / gentrification style of new amenities, like good chain
restaurant bread place for good baguettes, the old food king in north
chatt is a green life or something with organic produce and lots of
weirdo 'forner food' and exotic - ish eas and such, although
greyfriar's on broad at 4th is the best place for fancy-ish teas and
coffees, and some semi-local thai and japanese restaurants and stuff
too,"

- yeah, I'm getting to that point too about time and parents and age stuff. It's hard when they're far away. My folks live an hour and a half away, and I feel like I should be spending more time with them, not to mention my cousins in Monterey who are at college now and have turned out to be cool people.

Re: more chattanooga

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

I heard there was a yuppie/natural foods store from local friends. Hurrah! Now I won't have to drive to the 7th Day Adventist community for tofu like we did when I was growing up!

I would like any excuse to go to Monterey a lot. :-)

...on a jet plane

[tvnewseditor.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear you're going, but I certainly understand the family pull. Do you have a date set for your departure?

And more importantly, do you have a date set for any of your Seattle "things to do"? Perhaps I could join you on one or two of them ;)

Specifically, I could join you on an ocean trek on the weekend of Mar 3 because my beloved will be out of town...

Re: ...on a jet plane

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

I would love to go out to the ocean with you. Maybe we could island-hop a bit on the ferry. I have to leave my current place by the end of June, so there's still plenty o' time.

Re: ...on a jet plane

[tvnewseditor.livejournal.com]

Okay,. well, we can either do it Fri-Sat, Mar 3-4 or some other time before you go. Let me know.