Seattlest Pix 09Nov24
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We were rushing between shows on Capitol Hill and Fremont last night when we pulled up to the Fremont Bridge and saw the big detour and BRIDGE CLOSED signs and our heart sank. The detour route meant driving across the Ballard Bridge, and if we'd known that, we'd have taken Eastlake to the University Bridge, instead of Westlake. Had we but known! Anyway, here's the schedule for the closings, so that you know:
Tuesday, November 13 at 9 p.m. to Wednesday, November 14 at 6 a.m.For those of you on foot or otherwise transportable, here's the non-specific but relevant info in that case:
Wednesday, November 14 at 9 p.m. to Thursday, November 15 at 6 a.m.
Thursday, November 15 at 9 p.m. to Friday, November 16 at 6a.m.
SDOT’s contractor will provide a shuttle service for pedestrians and bicyclists from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. between the north and south ends of the bridge (from roughly North 34th Street and Fremont Avenue North to roughly Nickerson and Fourth Avenue North) making the loop approximately every 20 to 30 minutes. Signs will be placed noting the pick up and drop off locations. Buses will be rerouted during these closures. As the date approaches, see Metro Online at http://transit.metrokc.gov or call Rider Information, 553-3000.Of course, since Fremont is largely filled these days with scruffy-faced UW students trying to get bartenders to think they're cool and exfoliated, salt-and-pepper-haired Adobe guys trying to make conversation with the hot lesbian couple, you might just as well skip it.
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There is nothing wrong with exfoliation!
No, of course not. I also take back my reflexive UW-student snark.
It's just that I was sitting at the bar and this kid comes up to order and puts his hand up in the air. The cash register program had crashed so the bartenders weren't paying him any attention, so he actually supported his raised arm at the elbow with his other one and waved a little if he caught a bartenders' eye in the mirror behind the bar. Finally one turns around and goes, "We've got a little issue with the cash register, we're not ignoring you." And he goes, " Oh -- yeah -- I mean, no, I didn't mean -- I'm just like, you know, it's like grade school, got my hand in the air."
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.