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idk if all of these are hidden but i love them dearly. Bonus to Honeybee brunch spot but i feel like that one is a lil obvious lol.
š„ Peanuts Gallery - diy art space and studio, itās a lil hole in the wall, the work is audacious and it reminds of the joy of creating rather than being perfect.
šļø Western Front- one of the oldest ARCs in Vancouver i believe. Amazing gallery, beautiful building, and very interesting art works that you may not see everywhere. I saw a show where the artist brewed 4-5 different beers, one using selenite!!!
āš»Spartacus Books - anarchist book store, awesome book selection, and it feels like theyāve distilled the community feeling of a library into this tiny store.
šMacleod Books - i love this bookstore, books piled up on the ground, amazing rare books just on every corner, some amazing reference books if yr an artist. Prices are high ish for used books, but that feels like every used bookstore nowadays
š„ŖNew Town Bakery - fucking insanely delicious buns, fluffy as fuckkkk and it makes me so happy.
šāāļøMeeT on Main- met my cousins for the first time and had gay lil cocktails with them. amazing food, vibe is a lil too cool for u but thatās okay for some nice hedonism.
š„ Peanuts Gallery - diy art space and studio, itās a lil hole in the wall, the work is audacious and it reminds of the joy of creating rather than being perfect.
šļø Western Front- one of the oldest ARCs in Vancouver i believe. Amazing gallery, beautiful building, and very interesting art works that you may not see everywhere. I saw a show where the artist brewed 4-5 different beers, one using selenite!!!
āš»Spartacus Books - anarchist book store, awesome book selection, and it feels like theyāve distilled the community feeling of a library into this tiny store.
šMacleod Books - i love this bookstore, books piled up on the ground, amazing rare books just on every corner, some amazing reference books if yr an artist. Prices are high ish for used books, but that feels like every used bookstore nowadays
š„ŖNew Town Bakery - fucking insanely delicious buns, fluffy as fuckkkk and it makes me so happy.
šāāļøMeeT on Main- met my cousins for the first time and had gay lil cocktails with them. amazing food, vibe is a lil too cool for u but thatās okay for some nice hedonism.
Nov 14, 2024
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šu should stay in gastown because itās central but also kiiiiinda the coolest neighbourhood u can get without getting 20mins outside of the city ā also itās pretty close to the stadium
di beppe is a delightful Italian restaurant Nelson the seagull is the best coffee shop in Vancouver as far as Iām concerned Community thrift and vintage is deals deals deals Bar tartare is cute with natural wines u know the vibe Jade dynasty restaurant is simple and delicious Chinatown BBQ is cute, newish and kinda upscale (get the lettuce w home style fermented tofu) Old faithful shop is really good shopping Macleodās books is where u will find the most special book completely out of nowhere Fritz european fry house for when ur wasted on Granville at 3am Go get wasted on Granville at 3am, itās nasty but itās fun Miko sushi on Robson just feels the best, u know? Dinasty dumpling house is where all the billionaire mainlanders go Take a day trip to north van for breakfast at tomahawk then go up grouse mountain and see the wolves then on the way back spend the late afternoon at Stanley park brewpub š¤
I have so much more but idk how long ur staying
di beppe is a delightful Italian restaurant Nelson the seagull is the best coffee shop in Vancouver as far as Iām concerned Community thrift and vintage is deals deals deals Bar tartare is cute with natural wines u know the vibe Jade dynasty restaurant is simple and delicious Chinatown BBQ is cute, newish and kinda upscale (get the lettuce w home style fermented tofu) Old faithful shop is really good shopping Macleodās books is where u will find the most special book completely out of nowhere Fritz european fry house for when ur wasted on Granville at 3am Go get wasted on Granville at 3am, itās nasty but itās fun Miko sushi on Robson just feels the best, u know? Dinasty dumpling house is where all the billionaire mainlanders go Take a day trip to north van for breakfast at tomahawk then go up grouse mountain and see the wolves then on the way back spend the late afternoon at Stanley park brewpub š¤
I have so much more but idk how long ur staying
Jun 4, 2024
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š²memory den, hollywood vintage: warehouse-size thrift stores with incredible vibes. i have to spend at least 90 minutes in here every time. skip house of vintage, popular but insanely expensive and the selection kinda sucks
tokyo sando, snappy's: places for incredible sandwiches. just been very into sandwiches lately
daily feast: my favorite diner. try the biscuits and gravy. they also serve Spella coffee which is my favorite locally
powell's and mother foucault's: polar opposite bookstores, powells is very touristy and a bit expensive but really fun to explore and deserves most of the hype. foucault's is tiny, packed to the rafters and super cute
tokyo sando, snappy's: places for incredible sandwiches. just been very into sandwiches lately
daily feast: my favorite diner. try the biscuits and gravy. they also serve Spella coffee which is my favorite locally
powell's and mother foucault's: polar opposite bookstores, powells is very touristy and a bit expensive but really fun to explore and deserves most of the hype. foucault's is tiny, packed to the rafters and super cute
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šfood:
- un bien in ballard, make caribbean sandwiches (#1 sandwich in washington, #2 in the states) if you do nothing else eat here
- teriyaki, spots are a dime a dozen and are all pretty similar but it started here and is pretty delicious. j kenji lopez alt has been running around seattle eating at all of them recording shorts
- bangrak market, sit-down thai in belltown. good eats good ambience good music
(honorable mentions: pink door near pike place market if you like italian / seafood, dickās drive in if youāre sloshed and need something to soak up booze for cheap - dickās is a seattle institution)
parks: weatherās already nice as hell so going to a park with a joint is a go to if you donāt wanna spend any money but wanna kill some time. my top two: - gasworks. retired gas plant turned into public art display on lake union. best park in seattle imo
- cal anderson. itās on the hill so itās usually active, has a skate park if you wanna watch people do tricks, lot of people bring their dogs off leash, sometimes thereās volleyball or live music, just a real happening spot where a lot of people congregate in when itās warm
(honorable mentions: green lake park, kerry park, volunteer park, jefferson park)
clubs: seattle nightlife is a toss-up sometimes (i tend to prefer events to venues personally) but kremwerk is reliable. i donāt drink so i donāt have a lot for you by way of bars but iāve heard great things about comet tavern, still liquor largely depends on the night but can be cool, six arms is inoffensive, and sugar hill has a second floor bar where they spin a lot of music from the bay area
indie: by far seattleās bread and butter is just cool small businesses. a lot of āem close earlier but my personal favorites:
- bookstores: left bank books in pike place, elliot bay books on the hill - record stores: alās records and games, neptune records in the udistrict. jive time in fremont, empire records in columbia city
- vintage: late night market on the hill, fremont vintage mall in fremont (for volume; prices are gonna be out the ass bc both places are curators. still fun to pop in and look around)
- coffee: station on beacon hill, coffeeholic in columbia city, espresso vivace, overcast coffee on the hill, armistice in roosevelt
- barcades: jupiter bar in belltown, raygun lounge on the hill. a lot grungier / hometown feeling than say, a dave and busters or something comparable
(a lot of these recs are in / accessible from the city center so theyāre predominantly white neighborhoods - if youāve got time to venture farther out i feel like columbia city is def worth the trip - show some love to geraldineās, island soul, emmaās bbq.)
(also, do tourist-y stuff - skip the space needle and go to columbia center instead, itās cheaper and taller. pike place is dope and has a lot of really old businesses like holy cow records, golden age collectibles which was the first comic book store in the states, and the gum wall)
- teriyaki, spots are a dime a dozen and are all pretty similar but it started here and is pretty delicious. j kenji lopez alt has been running around seattle eating at all of them recording shorts
- bangrak market, sit-down thai in belltown. good eats good ambience good music
(honorable mentions: pink door near pike place market if you like italian / seafood, dickās drive in if youāre sloshed and need something to soak up booze for cheap - dickās is a seattle institution)
parks: weatherās already nice as hell so going to a park with a joint is a go to if you donāt wanna spend any money but wanna kill some time. my top two: - gasworks. retired gas plant turned into public art display on lake union. best park in seattle imo
- cal anderson. itās on the hill so itās usually active, has a skate park if you wanna watch people do tricks, lot of people bring their dogs off leash, sometimes thereās volleyball or live music, just a real happening spot where a lot of people congregate in when itās warm
(honorable mentions: green lake park, kerry park, volunteer park, jefferson park)
clubs: seattle nightlife is a toss-up sometimes (i tend to prefer events to venues personally) but kremwerk is reliable. i donāt drink so i donāt have a lot for you by way of bars but iāve heard great things about comet tavern, still liquor largely depends on the night but can be cool, six arms is inoffensive, and sugar hill has a second floor bar where they spin a lot of music from the bay area
indie: by far seattleās bread and butter is just cool small businesses. a lot of āem close earlier but my personal favorites:
- bookstores: left bank books in pike place, elliot bay books on the hill - record stores: alās records and games, neptune records in the udistrict. jive time in fremont, empire records in columbia city
- vintage: late night market on the hill, fremont vintage mall in fremont (for volume; prices are gonna be out the ass bc both places are curators. still fun to pop in and look around)
- coffee: station on beacon hill, coffeeholic in columbia city, espresso vivace, overcast coffee on the hill, armistice in roosevelt
- barcades: jupiter bar in belltown, raygun lounge on the hill. a lot grungier / hometown feeling than say, a dave and busters or something comparable
(a lot of these recs are in / accessible from the city center so theyāre predominantly white neighborhoods - if youāve got time to venture farther out i feel like columbia city is def worth the trip - show some love to geraldineās, island soul, emmaās bbq.)
(also, do tourist-y stuff - skip the space needle and go to columbia center instead, itās cheaper and taller. pike place is dope and has a lot of really old businesses like holy cow records, golden age collectibles which was the first comic book store in the states, and the gum wall)
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Dec 1, 2024
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@mothersuperior post on latex and the yearndemic reminded me of this essay that I read a few years ago about the commodification and fetishization of the body and how itās been paralleled with a lack of chemistry and sexuality that we used to see on screen. The title is your tldr: everyone is hot and no one is horny. The sterilization of sexuality and sex is everywhere, past even film. Itās a response to the acceleration of capitalism, war and colonial extraction of the earth. It has crept into the ways we view ourselves, our experience and our bodies.
One thing I took away from this essay is that to align yourself with traditional beauty standards will make you too tired to fuck. Similarly, the whole Ā«Ā working on yourselfĀ Ā» grind that I heard on first dates all the time is this strange, individualistic perspective that makes you too exhausted and distracted for the holistic chemistry we desire. We flatten our lives to marketable lines that make us appear attractive - Iām working on myself, Iāve been going to therapy, I have a nice job and apartment. And while people are obviously horny, they donāt know for what - forming our bodies to be Ā better, our minds fixed and correct, we canāt pinpoint what the purpose is cause weāre too fucking exhausted to investigate further than that. Love, desire, and chemistry feel more and more elusive.
For us to morph ourselves into the image of sexiness according to western beauty standards, there is sacrifice (nutrients, your current corporeal form, the ability to be perceived as more than an object, working long hours for your grind) that doesnāt align with sensuality (unless youāre into that). There is no room for the spectrum of sensations you body is capable of feeling. There is no room for desire when weāve given it all up the capitalist war machine. :p
Mar 10, 2025
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i read this book right after leaving an abusive relationship, trying to figure out what love was for me and how i could see it in my recently shook up world.
bell hooks writes in a simple, honest language. itās a beautiful, accessible book that humbled me and taught me how to love people and where find the love i desired.
bell hooks writes in a simple, honest language. itās a beautiful, accessible book that humbled me and taught me how to love people and where find the love i desired.
Feb 20, 2025