The Mix She Won't Like

Back in February, while making a "music discovery" mix for my wife (a mix made up entirely of newish songs she didn't know, ideally by bands unfamiliar to her), I made a similar mix for myself. It was a place to put the songs I discovered that I thought she wouldn't like, because they were too downtempo, too brooding. It's called "The Mix She Won't Like". I've listened to it many times since then, and it's really stood up. The melancholy, dreamy mood totally works for me, and should be especially appropriate as fall weather comes again. Just thought I'd share. (You can listen to it for free on Lala, which has become my favorite website. If you're interested, you can also listen to the one I made for my wife, Sampler Plate 3, a much brighter, more energetic mix.)

Finding Entrances to Seattle's Transit Tunnel

I've lived in Seattle for over a year-and-a-half now, and I've taken the 194 bus from downtown to the airport several times, but each time I feel like finding where to pick up the 194 is going to be a craps-shoot. Sometimes it's above ground, and I can pick it up on 2nd. But sometimes it's in the transit tunnel, and I haven't used the tunnel enough to know where the entrances are. The last time I took the 194, I did enough advance research to find that I should catch it in the tunnel... only to discover that the tunnel was closed because of a fire. So I ran around with my suitcase trying to find an above-ground stop nearby (since Metro Transit folks didn't post any guidance). Aarrgh! Makes me miss Chicago.

Anyhow, I just found this nice map of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, and thought I'd post a link to it in case other people out there are trying to figure out where the tunnel stops are and how to get into them.

http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/tunnel/tunnel-map.html