woah, BIG lightning flashed across the sky outside our windows, around 1km away based on the thunder? maybe a bit more? definitely over northshore.

Closing alert -- Grecian Diner in Peabody has closed. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/04/grecian-diner-in-peabody-has-closed.html

Update -- Jade's Restaurant in Peabody remains open after announcement of its closure. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/03/jades-restaurant-in-peabody-is-closing.html

enjoy a short video of a lovely wet side cascadian spring day

listen to the rain and the birds

i love this, for reals

also this time i actually managed to run into @avhn and @attoparsec - albeit in front of the costco after leaving, but that's still basically there. xD

that cargo bike of fishy's is quite the identifier, it's how I spotted him

eta: see replies for the bike I was talking about xD

sorry I didn't toot more from shoreline - the bothell protest's overloading the cell towers really did a number on my phone's battery and I was down under 10%

one interesting note from shoreline: people in cars on aurora (in both my experience and those of others including my friend Sarah) were almost 100% onboard. people on the other highway crossing aurora (NE 205/State Highway 104) were still overwhelmingly in support but antis were MUCH more present.

(and which I say "much more" I still mean like "under 5% of people making noise" but that's still much more than "almost no one.")

I heard a very incomplete count of 825 from a reliable source who heard an official counting through the crowd near her. it was at least 1000.

starting to thin out as the official time passes - it ended 15 minutes ago - but still loud

now _that_ is a big flag.

seen a few cascadian flags around too. some ukraine and canada and double us-canada flags as well.

on the bridge

p. far

the bridge behind me is filling up too

woah it goes all the way down to the bridge

cell towers are not dealing with this well my data is intermittent

three panoramas

this is bigger than the first term

bothell is pretty dang big, good start

Hey #Northshore #BikeTooter crowd, here's the 80th Ave NE plans in Kenmore, they're pretty good:

https://speakupkenmore.com/80th_avenue_ne

unfortunately I forgot to post this before comments closed oops

Opening alert -- the Tipsy Cowboy Country Dive opens in Salem. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/04/tipsy-cowboy-country-dive-opens-in-salem.html

uh

mclendon's?

where do you think I am?

rainbow

it decided not to slack off and ramped up again