Date with me

I wander a lot. Often alone. I go to coffee shops, libraries, restaurants, museums, stores. Sometimes I take photos, sometimes read, sometimes write, often just observe. When darkness hits, I get tripped up. Darkness is programmed as time for companionship and socializing. But what if I don’t feel like it? Or what if (gasp) I have no options? After working from home during the week, often I need to get out. Weekdays, I muddle through it without problem. The library is open till 8; coffee shops have productive people tapping away at their laptops.

Then it’s a Saturday night. The Bay City Rollers told me to do it all and have a ball. Does wearing your raincoat and backpack to Elliot Bay Bookstore for a reading count? I think yes, I say it was ball-like, more on that tomorrow. First, my short list of Saturday eve solo activities:

• Elliot Bay Bookstore – independent book store with oodles of interesting talks.
• Summit Public House – neighborhood bar, with a wide bar and friendly tenders. Go on the early side.
  
• 24 Hour Fitness – everyone is working out. You blend with the machines.
• Quality Food Center (QFC) - groceries on a Saturday, lovely produce, no crowds. It's so not Safeway.
  

I plan to expand this as I find other options, including (solo or not) bar free Saturdays that don’t involve movies or spending a lot of money. Not that I mind bars, or movies, or spending money. I’m not abandoning Sun Liquor or the fabulous Mexican restaurant that I haven’t tried. Just activities for the assorted Lisa moods.

I would love an art space. A place with tables, supply lockers, a fridge and maybe low walls to give sense of creative privacy, but allow for human interaction. People could glue together. Happy Elmers.