Features Feb 12, 2020 at 4:00 am

Having no one to go to a show or gallery or movie with isn't a good excuse to not do it.

Self-portrait of the author in a mirror at Cafe Allegro. Jasmyne Keimig

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1

My goal is to eventually traverse the entirety of Seattle on foot aided by a lot of chronic and the occasional Jump/Lime bike.

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Single woman doing shit alone: perceived as wanting to be hit on
Single male doing shit alone: perceived as being a creepster

3

Preach it. I love traveling alone because no one can keep up with my endurance for visiting art galleries. I can stand and stare at arresting images as long as I like. Might be just a minute...might be 15. Don't have to worry when visiting alone.

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Awesome article Jasyme. You just got me motivated to get an art fix that typically doesn't occur unless I'm with friends visiting Seattle hitting the galleries.

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Bar seating is, for me, a prerequisite to solo dining. I wish Yelp or whatever allowed you to filter on that.

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Cat ladies are a social construction.

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Did everything thing she mentioned right up until I was forced out of Cap Hill Housing in 2013 when the rent on my studio doubled and then tripled. Miss the 8 mile hikes thru Magnolia to Ballard. Miss going to the Cinerama. Don't miss the brogrammers or the ice cold stares I'd get for being A) "old" over 40 and B) female.

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"Immerse your soul in love" ??

Like, uh, how?

And which of the 7 kinds of love are the best for immersing souls?
Is it like fondue where one type of love gets all liquidy & melty, and the other kinds just get rubbery or weird? Can you do this alone? Or do there have to be others? Is there a groupon available?

Can I do this at home? Is there a love-spigot for my bath I can acquire? Is 'bathing' in love an acceptable substitute for immersion? Or do I have to put my soul-head under the love-water too? Any spas around here that have love-immersion pools? Do they charge extra?

Hell, I'd be happy with a brief shower using a low-flow love-showerhead. Or even a damp love-washcloth that I could use to clean my soul-face once in awhile. I'm not asking for much.

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Wait! Do those "float-tanks" sensory-deprivation flotation pool things have a 'love' option? That could be cool, although you are ~floating~, not really immersing.

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Love this! Nothing wrong with doing things alone.If you're not comfortable being alone, you're probably a miserable person to be around in a group.

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When I was in high school a friend of mine told me that every once in a while he would just wander around the city by himself pretending to be a tourist, to experience everything through fresh eyes. This article feels like a connection to that, and between this and Nathalie Graham's article about riding public transit with Transit Daddy, I feel re-inspired to be a tourist around my hometown again.


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