LAY OF THE LAND: Capitol Hill
Home to: Gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendereds; artsy straights who don't mind being sexual minorities (or at least equals)
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Street Eats
- Sexual Real Estate: Houses, Apartments, and Businesses that Provoke Fond Sex Memories and Mortifying Regrets
- LAY OF THE LAND: Fremont: Home to: Artsy free spirits, crafty kooks, non-homeless hippies
- LAY OF THE LAND: Ballard: Home to: Aging hipsters with alt-country sympathies, homesick Norwegians
- LAY OF THE LAND: Queen Anne: Home to: Young professionals turned off by the hype and noise of Belltown, professional artsy types drawn into the arts vortex (Intiman, Seattle Rep, opera, ballet, On the Boards, EMP)
- LAY OF THE LAND: Capitol Hill: Home to: Gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendereds; artsy straights who don't mind being sexual minorities (or at least equals)
- LAY OF THE LAND: Downtown: Home To: Out-of-towners, noisy street revelers, colorful hobos
- LAY OF THE LAND: Belltown: Home To: Sexy upper-income city folk, and the sexy hipster workforce staffing their cafes and boutiques
- LAY OF THE LAND: U-District: Home To: The young and horny; the aged and predatory
- STDs, Babies, and Rape: Where to Turn When Things Go Wrong
The Wild Rose Tavern (1021 E Pike St): For women-loving women, the only consistent game in town (besides Storm home games).
Near the east end of the Pike/Pine corridor sits a triumvirate of happening adult-ish nightspots--1200 (swanky!), the Elysian (grungy!), and Barça (swanky grunge! And gorgeous!). Spending an evening strolling from one venue to the next should get most folks chatted up, if not fully bedded.
Stranger Personals
Capitol Hill Arts Center (1621 12th Ave): A half-block o' happenings, with a soft spot for the unpopular arts--poetry slams, theatre--offset by the availability of booze and a dreamy adjacent eatery (Crave).
While high-stakes goths mope at the semi-exclusive
Mercury (1009 E Union St), the
Vogue (1516 11th Ave) continues to attract the fashionably dark, and the Suicide Girls-loving
investment bankers who'd love to love 'em.
Neighbours (1509 Broadway Ave)--Nobody likes going, but everyone--straight, gay, in-between--gets laid. Why question one of life's few certainties?
Natural Habitats
Victrola Coffee (413 15th Ave E): The natural epicenter of the little city of 15th Ave, with a hang-out-all-you-want vibe that invites easy interaction, if not stalking.
Bailey/Coy Books (414 Broadway Ave E): Fact 1: Bookstores are sexy. Fact 2: Half-Price Books is the exception to Fact 1. Which leaves Capitol Hill bookworms with Broadway's Bailey/Coy for their browsing-and-scamming needs.
Volunteer Park (Galer St at 15th Ave E): The name will forever say it all.
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