putting 2007 to bed, our highlights and lowlights of last year
Now the we’ve gotten over our hangovers and tried 2008 on for size, it’s time to let go of 2007. Being the sort of person obsessed with encapsulating the prior year with lists, I cajoled some of the Metroblogging Seattle crew to share their parting thoughts on the best and worst things about Seattle in 2007 as well as their goals for the city and themselves for 2008. Below is the table of our memories, hopes, and dreams.
| favorite thing(s) about 2007 | the worst | dreams for 2008 | |
| Ryan | Daft Punk at WaMu | Expensive, unnecessary, pointless, slow, and infuriating: the South Lake Union Streetcar | Self: Explore more urban parks Seattle: Affordable housing, affordable housing, affordable housing |
| Kristen | Remedy Teas | Viaduct debate
the death of the Croc |
more tea, less viaduct |
| Dylan | Tilth | the Viaduct debacle the Mariners’ August implosion |
Self: Find a decent chicken fried steak in this town. Seattle: Chick-Fil-A |
| Samantha | Party at the Belmont | Death of the Crocodile/Bus Stop/Pony/Cafe Unamerican | No ridiculous nightlife ordinances |
| Jeanna | sayonara trans fats! | Hasselbeck declaring Prez. Bush an honorary Seahawk. | Self: try one new restaurant a month Seattle: breakfast delivery |
| Carolyn | MyBus; the Cheese Nun at the Cheese Festival this year (made me want to get a PhD in CHEESE, too) | the stupid bru-ha-ha over the Alki Statue of Liberty | Self: Post more & make more cheese Seattle: how about some non-bus mass transit? |
| Shawn | Emerging trend to mourn unique buildings doomed to become just another condo (Belmont, Bridge Motel) | Lack of any real mass transit solution | Self: Take even more photos (yeah, you SHOULD be scared) Seattle: How about less hit-and-runs? |
| Josh | McLeod Residence; Capitol Hill’s center of gravity survived , recalibrating with a shift a few blocks south and east (including the delightful Cafe Presse); LCD Soundsystem at the Showbox. | the Crocodile closed. | Something great. |
Now it’s your turn: let us know what you loved and hated about 2007 and what you’d like to see in 2008.
Loved: Smith on 15th. Hated: Continued condofication of Capitol Hill. I’d like to see more locally owned businesses take over the spaces of the corporate companies.
Dylan–Your chicken fried steak can be found at Patty’s Eggnest (9749 Holman Road NW). Seriously.
When a riotgrrl talks, you should probably listen.
OK, I’ll check it out and post about it in the very near future.