"Disappointing"

RantMom rode the SLUT! She took Irrepressible Grandson with her on a SLUT excursion. RantMom of course referred to it as The Streetcar.


RantMom has not really lived in Seattle long enough to remember that other Streetcar, the Waterfront Streetcar lately displaced by the Sculpture Park and transmogrified into those green buses that run along the downtown waterfront. RantMom is also probably too polite to call anything "the SLUT," not even if she listens to enough RantWoman tirades.


Why does RantMom pronounce the SLUT "disappointing?" The odds of waterfront contact look promising as the SLUT heads down Westlake but then it just veers into the rest of the Mercer Mess. The SLUT goes halfway to anything interesting and then just stops and turns around. The SLUT goes nowhere near any actual waterfront. All of its stops are out in the middle of concrete, separated from actual waterfront by acres of parking lot.


RantMom noted one destination she might be interested in, the Center for Wooden Boats. Alas, although the voice calling the stops is clear and crisply articulated, it omits the kind of tourist orientation and mention of interesting destinations that many bus drivers provide. RantMom had no idea where to get off for the Center for Wooden Boats so she and The Boy just rode to the end and turned around.

Talk about disappointing. South Lake Union includes several dining establishments. Well, RantWoman just does not picture RantMom introducing the grandson to Hooters. There is a yacht brokerage which RantWoman cannot imagine needing. There is a nice path along the lake and a tiny patch of something that could charitably seem like a park.

RantWoman long ago used to work out at a gym that no longer exists at the south end of Lake Union. RantWoman many times walked along the lake to her great delight. Well at times there have been those "protected (non)migratory waterfowl (geese) about in great number and bestowing their droppings all over the path. This was some time ago though and RantWoman wonders whether the forces of progress have had any impact on the geese. RantWoman supposes she could ask Irrepressible Nephew... Maybe she will just help RantMom choose other cheap destinations.