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10. Driving here means venturing through long tunnels and on hills, steep hills and steeper hills. Everything is elevated here and there are sweet views all around. I’m grateful one of us doesn’t have a manual transmission. Fellow drivers, be grateful. I’d be a disaster in a 5 speed.

9. Target is not worshipped here like in MN. There is one here, in West Seattle, and it’s about 10 years behind a basic Target store in the Twin Cities. Being there this week was like shopping in a ghost town. I bought a bottle of decent wine there and it felt dangerous. Turns out everyone was at Costco, so I think that membership of mine is a non-renewal this month. Whoa crowds, not my thing.

8. We had blazing sun for five days straight, followed by virtually no sun for five straight days. It was in the fifties the past two days. This is extremely awesome for mid-January. I spent 31.5 years in Minnesota. I do not miss shoveling, nor does my back. Seattle is as green as Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.

7. Coffee is like water here. I think everyone drinks it, vends it or does both. Starbucks in Seattle have cafes with soups and hot sandwiches. They are everywhere, most grocery stores have one, and at 5:30 tonight the drive-thru in W. Seattle had a ten car line up.

6. Ferries are a fun way to commute, but I would be at best two hours late to wherever I was supposed to arrive, if I relied on them. Arrive 20 minutes prior to departure, it’s at least a 20-30 minute ferry ride, then wait to drive off in a long, slow parade. And that’s if you make the ferry and don’t wait around for another hour for the next.

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