And We Were On Top Of A Hill

About 5 o'clock tonight we were walking through the monsoon, and decided to duck into Coastal Kitchen for a drink to weather the storm. But we were turned back out onto the street because Coastal Kitchen's basement was flooding. On the street, water had overflowed the gutters and was taking over the sidewalk. We continued down to Hopvine (is that a new website?), which was also closed due to flooding. Finally, we arrived at Liberty, which was open and dry. Robb poured us a 15-year-old rum, and we all allowed as to how we'd never seen rain like this in Seattle. Crazy winds. Trees falling across arterials. Here's KIRO TV on the Queen Anne mudslide.

Photo thanks to flickr user Mark Griffith.