New dates for the Seattle Boat Show
The largest boat show on the west coast (when the indoor and outdoor
venues are combined) has been officially bumped by the best football
team in the NFC. The Seattle Seahawks are in the playoffs, (who'd a
thunk it?) and will be using Qwest Field for post season play in
mid-January.Originally scheduled for January 13-22, the Seattle Boat Show dates are
now January 6-14.
The show will absolutely begin on January 6, but may be forced to
conclude at the close of business on Friday, January 13 if the NFL
schedules a playoff game for Saturday, January 14. The floating portion of the event, the Lake Union Boats Afloat Show,
will continue through the entire weekend of January 14-15 without
possible amendment for football playoff activity. (Go Seahawks! My son and I will be at the Seahawks/Colts game on
Saturday. Whoever would have imagined, when we bought the tickets last
summer, that this *might* be a preview of the Superbowl? Still a lot of
football to play, but could this finally be the year of the Seahawk?) |
chuckgould.chu...
Dec 20
2005
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| Yes indeed. The Dog House, in the Denney regrade area north of the main business
district and south of the Seattle Center was one of those cheap-eats
places where folks would congregate after the bars closed.
It was also a popular lunch spot for surrounding businesses. The food
was plentiful, affordable, and good enough to keep a lot of dedicated
patrons coming back year after year. If you looked carefully, you could
sometimes catch a glimpse of well known musicians or actors eating
there. Unfortunately, it is now Kaput- but I understand they have preserved
the old neon dog-house sign at the Seattle Museum of History and
Industry. |
chuckgould.chu...
Dec 20
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| The weather we're having this week isn't too bad, and typical of winters
here: rainy and 50-55 degrees. Still shorts weather, IMO. |
Garth
Dec 20
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| Well, I hate to brag on my mom, but once she left the place went downhill pretty
fast. There was nothing 'gourmet' about the place, that's for sure,
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John H **** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!***** |
JohnH
Dec 21
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| Did you leave off "with"? :-) Seriously, if you're coming out for the boat show (or the playoffs) I
don't have a spare room to offer you but I would insist that you let me
buy you dinner in one of the lesser known, but extremely memorable
Seattle restaurants. Standing offer for just about anybody that makes
it out to the soggy Pac NW. |
chuckgould.chu...
Dec 20
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| Speaking of Seattle restaurants, my mother was the 'head chef' at one of the more famous downtown
landmarks for about 20 years. She retired about 1990 (I think, may have been sooner). Whenever I
visited she would sneak a couple Reuben sandwiches home in her purse. The restaurant - The Dog House. Ever been there?
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John H **** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!***** |
JohnH
Dec 20
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| Two things - one, the Seahawks are an NFC team and thus suspect, but
they may, note the may, make it all the way. Two, the Dolts aren't going to make the Super Bowl - they will have to
get past several good AFC teams including the Patriots and we all know
what happens to Peyton when he's under pressure - he folds up into the
fetal position and cries. I'll give you the Seahawks for the NFC, but it's the Patriots from the
AFC and if so, the Seahawks might as well not even show up. :>) |
Shortwave
Dec 20
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| NW boaters are candy asses and pansies. :>) ~~ I'm trying to break the "goodwill" post bank ~~ |
Shortwave
Dec 20
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| If you want to be a drooler, you have to spend at least a few months
working as a crash test dummy. There are several here; ask them about
their experiences. I'd be glad to help, but I've bozo-binned them. |
Harry
Dec 20
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| You guys are way ahead of me on this. I wasn't aware that Seattle had a
pro football team. |
Harry
Dec 20
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| Prior to this year, a good response might have been "define 'pro' ". :-) |
chuckgould.chu...
Dec 20
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| ROTFL!!!! |
Shortwave
Dec 20
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| How many of us can you put up?
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John H **** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!***** |
JohnH
Dec 20
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| You NW boaters are tough. I'd go to an indoor boat show in January, but
an outdoor show in your latitudes? Brrrrrrrrr. I prefer the Miami show
in February-March. Indoors and outdoors, and plenty'o'babes in bikinis. |
Harry
Dec 20
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