Feedback Lounge and Beveridge Place

Feedback Lounge Bar

Yesterday, after much anticipation I tried the brand new Feedback Lounge in West Seattle. Carly tipped me off that it opened April 25. The Cobalt carpool (Matt, Vic, Owen and I) headed there straight from the hot 50 minute commute. We were lured 90% by the promise of a Sunn Deck, which we all envisioned to be rooftop. Sadly the Sunn deck turned out to be a very tiny porch off the back, that we told was 'closed'. When I told our waitress how sad I was by this turn of events she tried to get the owner, saying "I told him people would think it was bigger!" The website does say it's only 40 feet big, I guess I just wished it was a rooftop deck.

It really didn't matter. There was so much to take in. Original rock tour posters from Led Zeppelin to Montley Crue. The promised Rok Box with its belly full of rock memorabilia. And the appetizers were delicious.

Next we checked out the "new" Beveridge Place Pub, which left its location to the Feedback Lounge and moved about 10 feet over. New location made a huge difference. It is beautiful. Bright and spacious. Dog friendly. I love the Beveridge Place Pub, I wish I were a regular. It's one of the places where the bartenders know everyone by name and neighbors look forward to running into one another.

Photo of Beveridge Pub by Owen Robinson

Nectar: Home of the Seattle Coat Check

I went to Nectar to celebrate a friend's birthday. I've always been a fan of Nectar, especially in the summer when you can sit outside and enjoy the great happy hour. In the winter happy hour is made less fun by the blaring music videos that are projected on the back wall. Maybe I'm old but when I go to happy hour I just want to be able to catch up with my friends. Anyway, Saturday had some great live music. It was nice to get out of the cold and drink beers in a big crowd of body heat. But once you heat up you don't want to lug your down coat around. If I had one suggestion for Nectar: coat check. When I asked for one, the bouncer pointed to a big pile of coats on a chair. Oh, Seattle, so innocent. I don't think anyone in Boston or New York would leave their coat in a pile by the door. But since it was Seattle I dumped mine on top and didn't think twice. Which is what I love and will never understand about this city.

New Park in Fremont - Great View and Greek Mythology

This weekend Owen and I went on a quest to find Fremont Peak Park, the new park in Fremont. It opened on November 10, 2007. We thought it would be big and easy to find, but after driving around in circles we hadn't stumbled upon the park. Finally, we started calling anyone who might be near a computer and could point us to the park. We found it! And it was little and poetic. There is only one entrance to the park, and it begins by telling the Greek myth in which Ariadne gave Theseus a spool of silver thread to help him trace his way through a labyrinth to slay the minotaur. The story is engraved on silver "thread" along the ground. Then you follow the silver "thread" to a clearing with an amazing view of Puget Sound, from the Space Needle to Ballard.
The park might be small but it is deep. By that I mean it is filled with symbolism from Greek Mythology to Cosmology. The more I read about the park the more complex I understand the artist's and architects vision to be. So if you'd like to feed your head and enjoy a beautiful view - visit Fremont Peak Park.

Price: Free! The best kind of fun!
Location: Palatine Ave N. and N. 45th Street, Seattle WA (the north hillside of Fremont)
Hours: 4am - 11:30pm
More Information:
Friends of Fremont Peak Park
Meet the Artists: Haddad & Drugan