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Just pasted this from my notes app so if some of it is out if context my bad but heres some places ive been

🍣Perry’s, AdMo: good sushi, cute rooftop $$ 🐯Tiger Fork, Shaw Blagden Alley: good drinks, upscale Hong Kong street food $$ 🥩Bar Spero, Penn Quarter/east end area: one of the best meals I’ve ever had, but definitely expensive. Seafood & grill food. Also was rated one of the top 5 new restaurants in the US last year $$$$ 🌻Gypsy Kitchen, 14th St: really good small shareable plates, nice rooftop/outdoor seating esp. during sunset, good drinks  $$$ ✨Dlena, mt Vernon: amazing margs (10/10) and food. Good outdoor seating and inside is fun.  $$ 🌍Maydan, FL Ave: so good. Went with banana Dans $$$ 🌵Vera, Ivy City (Mexican/Mediterranean fusion): SO good. Def upscale, went for kittys bday. Food was bomb and was served the largest gin drink in the world. If you go late enough, it turns into a full service bar upstairs and a separate club/bar downstairs $$$$ 🥀El Secreto de Rosita, U Street: cute inside with nice booths/ambiance (good for a date), burratta flatbread was bomb, brunch on the weekends and a good happy hour, waitress told me their turning the extension next door into a fine dining section soon  $$ 👯‍♀️Jane Jane (14th street): great drinks and a cozy environment. Fills up fast, especially at night, and doesn’t take reservations but you can put your name on a waiting list. Right on 14th so you can hit Aslin or somewhere else while you wait.  🫒Green Zone (AdMo): one of my favorite bars in the city. Has awesome middle eastern music and small plates but fills up very fast. Indoor & outdoor seating, doesn’t take reservations so expect to stand somewhere upstairs unless you go early for a table.  💕Thip Khao (14th st): delicious Laotian food and really good portions. fair prices too

@lsav

Mar 31, 2024

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emerald city cause everywhere u look is a gem

food~ best thai food is jai thai no contest mirch masala(north indian, never been disappointed deffo rec the ras malai and baingan bhartha) roccos(cousin margaret #1) or big marios if ur budget (pizza) oriental mart @the market or 88 cues @SLU market(filipino) falafel king, the golden olive, albashas viet house best vietnamese food in the US👏👏👏 only good hispanic food comes from the food trucks scattered around, the restaurants suck cafe~ sadly my fav closed a year ago so i dont go out much now but these have been good as of recently for pastries- fuji bakery, three sisters, morfy’s cakes, mitten sweets & coffee for coffee- analog coffee, fremont coffee co., cafe allegro(the true OG cafe of seattle) the lazy cow (both and operate on a pay-if-you-can basis) biscuit bitch (🤤 not even funny how slutty those breakfast sandwiches are) stay away from the big franchises and the places that are a little too clean-they bully their baristas, anywhere that uses lighthouse roasters is probably gonna have okay coffee bars~ i dont go out much but jupiter (ive got 4th place on galaga rn) kangaroo & kiwi blue moon tavern (mostly for the music) belltown yacht club (just the music) unicorn (drag bingo tuesdays) cool hangouts especially in summer are gasworks and discovery park-if u dont bother hitting up the islands then late summer is when the orcas pass the bay and you can watch from discovery if ur going to the market best time is wednesday like 9:45-11:30 am if i think of anything else ill add this is just top of my head

@okwetuu_fish

May 15, 2025

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don’t go aha

Oh, the lure of San Francisco… I always dreamed I would end up living there as an adult because my parents lived there when they were young and hot in the 90s. I visited a lot growing up and was always enchanted. Ended up going to Berkeley for school and by then the vibe in SF… was already off. Expensive and full of tech bros wearing backpacks at bars and increasingly soulless. The housing crisis is devastating and visible on every street you walk down. I went last October for work and it felt so haunted. But if you must… 🖤 Scoma’s (fancy lunch in fisherman’s wharf, get the Crab Louie and a martini) 🖤 Tommy’s Joynt (no fuss meat sandwiches & cheap cocktails) 🖤 Vesuvio (perfect bar, iSpy vibes in terms of decor) 🖤 Tommasso’s (best italian. Get the chilled broccoli and some sort of pizza with arugula on it) 🖤 Swensen’s (my favorite ice cream in the world. I miss it and dream of it. Get sticky chewy chocolate or banana) 🖤 House of Nanking (go when you’re starving for Hot Food! you may have to wait a little but it won’t be that long. Get the green beans and if they have congee, by god get that. Also ask for chili oil) 🖤 The East Bay!! (Go to Berkeley and Oakland. They’re better lol)

@charloo0tte

Aug 20, 2024

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the short answer and the long answer

apparel-ish? I started an apparel brand called Blood is the new Black when I was 23 (in 2004, i’m 42 now) the brand acted as an arts collective, i’d select several artists every season to add to the brand and would curate their submitted works into collections. distro ranged from beams (jp) colette (fr) selfridges (uk) all the way to pac sun, urban outfitters, zumiez in the states. during the 9 years I had the brand I also published zines, produced artist directed films, curated gallery shows etc. it was part of the indie sleaze era and you’d see folks like tegan and sara, michael pitt, britney spears, allison mosshart wearing the brand. somehow I pivoted to country music along the way and started a brand called midnight rider in 2013. i made licensed repop and vintage feeling tees for musicians and folks like willie nelson, townes van zandt, nudies rodeo tailors, john wayne, the judds, waylon jennings, zz top and so many others. I sold that brand last year! now I do licensing and merchandise for waylon jennings (so if you see waylon merch or collabs i’m the one behind it). I also spend my free time taking photos and i’m currently working on a book about grand national owners. id love to mentor folks who have or are starting their own businesses because i’ve learned a lot in the process both good and bad.

@mitra

Feb 9, 2024

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community college

want to learn a new thing for $150? community college need access to a ceramics studio or darkroom? community college want to sound mysterious/intellectual and say things like “i’m back in school” as a grown adult? community college don’t want 200k worth of liberal arts college debt? community college want to be in a rag tag group of misfits of all ages and form an unlikely friendship and still have a group chat going after the semester ends? community college looking for a socioeconomically diverse group of cohorts? community college i’m about to start my third semester of photography classes and im so obsessed, its been the most wonderful experience

@mitra

Jan 29, 2024

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cocteau twins

Cocteau Twins in 1993 or 1994 (with Luna opening) - I was in the 8th grade and my sister who was 14 years older than me took me. We saw Mazzy Star/JaMC and Depeche Mode the next year.

@mitra

Feb 16, 2024