I completely forgot about Sakura Con, but I'm still stuck in Idaho at the moment. (If you think it was cold in Washington, try being here!) It sounds like things went really well up until the last day. o_O Did you all book with Southwest?
How was the underground tour? Can you believe it's something I've always wanted to do, but still haven't been able to?
I can believe it's a lot colder there. But I wasn't expecting the cold in Washington since it was so warm last time. I packed a long sleeve shirt, a sweater and a jacket, but no coat, so I had to do a lot of layering.
The tour was pretty neat. Our tourguide told a lot of bad jokes, and was kinda hard to hear at times, but it was certainly interesting seeing the walls where the streets used to be. I didn't know that after the fire the businesses didn't want to pay to build their land higher, so they simply rebuilt at the tidal flat level. The city came along and built their property (the roads) up higher which made the city look like a waffle. Each block was a square hole with the roads 7-35 feet up, and the city put in ladders at each corner. It wasn't until 17 people and several horses fell off the road and died that the businesses finally built sidewalks at road level, covering their old store fronts and making their second floors into first floors.
Yeah, I heard they got snow the other day, which is practically unheard of this time of year! It's just been especially cold in this region, period. (Sad thing is, I've been stuck in the cold so much, that if it's near 20˚F outside, I won't wear a coat because I get too warm.)
Ah, Seattle. That might explain why so many buildings in the downtown area have any space built below ground level. The city is still sinking anyway, so one of these decades it'll probably be a moot point. (I do want to see the underground one of these days.)
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How was the underground tour? Can you believe it's something I've always wanted to do, but still haven't been able to?
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The tour was pretty neat. Our tourguide told a lot of bad jokes, and was kinda hard to hear at times, but it was certainly interesting seeing the walls where the streets used to be. I didn't know that after the fire the businesses didn't want to pay to build their land higher, so they simply rebuilt at the tidal flat level. The city came along and built their property (the roads) up higher which made the city look like a waffle. Each block was a square hole with the roads 7-35 feet up, and the city put in ladders at each corner. It wasn't until 17 people and several horses fell off the road and died that the businesses finally built sidewalks at road level, covering their old store fronts and making their second floors into first floors.
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Ah, Seattle. That might explain why so many buildings in the downtown area have any space built below ground level. The city is still sinking anyway, so one of these decades it'll probably be a moot point. (I do want to see the underground one of these days.)
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