Monorail Mementos for Sale

Seattlest shelled out the $255 and got our new license-plate tag in the mail the other day. (Remind us to tell you the story sometime about the time our brother's mother-in-law, horrified at the state of affairs at her daughter's apartment, took the initiative to vacuum...and inadvertently vacuumed up their new license-plate tag.)

Imagine our surprise when we popped open the envelope to retrieve the world's most expensive sticker and saw what's pictured on this year's version. We felt a pang when we saw that futuristic relic of the past, the monorail, rendered in stark, iconic black and white. Black like the color of mourning? Or is that monorail pointing towards the future...and passing Seattle by? We'll just think of it as a subtle, year-long reminder that $150 of our $255 went towards paying for a monorail that won't be built.

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By susan in News on December 16, 2005 9:05 AM

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Shannon

Dan - check out monorailmovie.com - we feel your pain and are trying to find a way to express it.

Phil

Dan - try Monorail Espresso - I have a tshirt and coffee cups with a cool art-deco-ish logo (but not the one above) that I got about 6 or 7 years ago.

Dan

Yeah, true blown opportunity. I'd love to pick up a tee shirt along these lines to celebrate the crushing defeat - A screen of this sticker would be perfect although that probably doesn't exist. Does anyone know anyone who's still selling Seattle Monorail merch?

Phil

"Pang" is exactly what I felt when I saw the sticker, before I read your entry. We've missed a chance to have something that's simultaneously utilitarian, iconic and indelible. Makes me wish my cars would come up for renewal sooner!