Seattle in May

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Wife and I visited last May. Our favorite place we ate at was Din Tai Fung. We also enjoyed an Italian restaurant called Brunello Ristorante Italiano. Definitely go to Pike’s Place. I was iffy because people described it to me as being trashy, which it sort of is, but it is giant and there’s tons of unique stores to check out and tons of restaurants. I liked exploring everything, but I legit got lost in there .

Bring your raincoat

Make sure you don't step up on that ledge to get a better view. It's not allowed.

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My gf lives there. If you must do the tourist thing, just be safe if you are downtown. I wouldnt go around at night. Lots of people are completely lost to opioids.

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This. It's way different than 10 years ago. Buddy system and no night time walking, IMO.

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If you must do the tourist thing, just be safe if you are downtown. I wouldnt go around at night. Lots of people are completely lost to opioids.

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And watch out for big piles of human feces when walking around. Was there last October and was disgusted by the piles of shite just sitting there in the middle of the sidewalk.

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Any suggestions for things to see/do & places to eat? TIA

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If you've never been, then do the headline tourist stuff: Space Needle, Kerry Park, observation deck of Columbia Center. You can do a boat tour that takes you around Elliott Bay and into Lake Union and Lake Washington.

Palisade is a cool place to eat - it's French Polynesian with a northwest flair and is at a marina in Magnolia with a great view back at the city.

It’s been raining everyday since we been here

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It’s been raining everyday since we been here

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Sorry about that. You really did get crazy unlucky.

As you can see, it almost literally hasn't rained like this since December:

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One thing that really stands out this winter has been the lack of heavy rain over western Washington, particularly since the start of the new year. One hardly needed an umbrella for the past few months. To illustrate, below is a plot of the daily precipitation over the past six months at SeaTac. A handful of wet days (up to 1-1.5 inches) in December and then the spigot turned off in 2023, with the wettest days only hitting around 0.5 inches.

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I haven’t worn a raincoat in town in a few years.

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I own 5 different types of raincoats but I spend a lot of time in the Outdoors.

We are not all the same. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t wear a raincoat from time to time but we aren’t all as tough as you.

It rained over an inch in my area recently and Seattle had a lot of rain in their forecast. It isn’t always typical but you know that.

Last week I got my arse rained on while fishing. Certainly wasn’t typical. Thank goodness for my Helly Hansen raincoat and waterproof Simms bibs and waterproof boots.

I also have really nice hair and I don’t do umbrellas.

Regardless of how you dress MANY MANY MANY people in the NW own a raincoat or waterproof ski jacket that serves as a winter/spring raincoat.