[filk] Re: Directions and info on Dec. 29th filk! -- repeat, for those who might recant!

Hope some of you can make it after all tomorrow! So, I'm re-sending the invite to the Filk World At Large!

The only change to the directions is that our American Flag is temporarily down -- that big windstorm a week ago BENT our flagpole!

Hope I see many of you tomorrow, Kitt

> *******At last, STEVE DIXON is hosting a FILK!!!!!!
> (with a little help from the Bradleys)*******
>
> When: Saturday, December 29th -- From 2:00 pm until....well, probably no
> later than 1 am or so (whenever Steve falls over, anyway)
> Where: Kitt Bradley's house
> 16519 162nd Street SE
> Monroe, WA 98272
> (360) 863 - 8232
> (Monroe is NE of Seattle, directions below)
>
> One furry feline in residence, one two-year-old human in residence; food,
> warmth, hot shower, coffee, and TLC provided. Rules of the household: No
> guns, no drugs, smoking outside ONLY, and language should be appropriate
in
> front of the Tiny Tape-recorder.
>
> Looking forward to seeing you all! And save these directions, we'll be
> filking again in late January or early February...
> ================================
>
> DIRECTIONS:
>
> From I-405 Northbound...
> =================
> Take Highway 522 East, towards Wenatchee.
>
> You will pass the exits for Woodinville, Highway 9/Snohomish, and go
> through 2 stoplights. (It's a major highway, as you can tell.) Then you
> will cross the Snohomish river on a long, high freeway bridge; about 1/1/2
> miles further, you will see the new Monroe High School on the right, on a
> hill crest. The exit just past the High School is "164th Street", take
this
> exit. (This is, believe it or not, the FIRST exit after the 2nd
> stoplight, but you cover several miles between them.)
>
> At the bottom of the off-ramp, go 5/6 of the way around the roundabout
until
> you can go West on 164th. You will pass under the highway, and ahead you
> will see a Union 76 station. Turn Right at the Union 76 onto Fryelands
Blvd
> (you can't turn left, Fryelands "Ts" into 164th). Fryelands is a major
> thoroughfare, four lanes wide.
>
> Take the Second Right, 161st Street. (The first right, Currie Road, is
easy
> to mistake for a driveway.) You will still be within sight of the gas
> station as you make this turn . If you pass the little manmade lake,
you've
> gone too far, turn around and go back to the 76 station, try it again.
>
> Once you're on 161st Street, take the first Right, 164th Place. (Yeah, I
> know, it's weird, but the north/south and east/west streets in my
> neighborhood are all 160-somethings.) This will go 1/2 block and bend
left
> to become 162nd Street SE, the street I live on. We're about the sixth
> house on the lefthand side, gray with white trim, a wood fence with spaces
> in it fencing off the back yard, and a lower fence marking the far end of
> the front yard (which borders on a public walkway). There's an American
> flag by the front porch. We're across the street from a cul-de-sac,
"Riley
> Ct".
>
> My address is 16519 162nd Street SE, Monroe; the phone number, should you
> get lost, is (360) 863 - 8232. And if you get into Monroe early, the 76
> station makes pretty good lattes, and they have a drive-up window!
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>
> From Carnation/Duvall:
> =======================
> Take Highway 203 north, towards Highway 2 and Monroe. After you cross
the
> big green river bridge, you will pass a park and some lovely old churches,
> then come to a stoplight. This is Main Street.
>
> Turn Left onto Main, and follow it through scenic and historic Downtown
> Monroe. (Lots of cool old houses and pretty shrubbery.) Main Street will
> wind its way past a couple of schools, and you will have to go through a
> 3-way stop, with a blinking light, at the Junior High. Just keep going
> straight on, and somewhere in the next few blocks Main becomes 164th. You
> will then have to follow one edge of the roundabout to keep going forward;
> you'll pass under Highway 522, and from here your directions are the same
> as above:
>
> Turn Right at the Union 76 onto Fryelands Blvd (you can't turn left,
> Fryelands "Ts" into 164th). Fryelands is a major thoroughfare, four lanes
> wide.
>
> Take the Second Right, 161st Street. (The first right, Currie Road, is
easy
> to mistake for a driveway.) You will still be within sight of the gas
> station as you make this turn . If you pass the little manmade lake,
you've
> gone too far, turn around and go back to the 76 station, try it again.
>
> Once you're on 161st Street, take the first Right, 164th Place. (Yeah, I
> know, it's weird, but the north/south and east/west streets in my
> neighborhood are all 160-somethings.) This will go 1/2 block and bend
left
> to become 162nd Street SE, the street I live on. We're about the sixth
> house on the lefthand side, gray with white trim, a wood fence with spaces
> in it fencing off the back yard, and a lower fence marking the far end of
> the front yard (which borders on a public walkway). There's an American
> flag by the front porch. We're across the street from a cul-de-sac,
"Riley
> Ct".
>
> My address is 16519 162nd Street SE, Monroe; the phone number, should you
> get lost, is (360) 863 - 8232. And if you get into Monroe early, the 76
> station makes pretty good lattes, and they have a drive-up window!
>
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>
> From I-5 North or South -bound:
>
> Take Highway 2 East. You will wind through the country past exits for
> Granite Falls and Snohomish. At the first stoplight (!), Turn Right onto
> Fryelands Blvd. You will cross some railroad tracks immediately, that's
> okay. Go about 1-1/2 miles, you will see a large pond ("Lords Lake") on
> your left. The first street after Lords Lake is 161st, on your Left only.
> (If you get to the 76 station, you've gone too far!)
>
> Once you're on 161st Street, take the first Right, 164th Place. (Yeah, I
> know, it's weird, but the north/south and east/west streets in my
> neighborhood are all 160-somethings.) This will go 1/2 block and bend
left
> to become 162nd Street SE, the street I live on. We're about the sixth
> house on the lefthand side, gray with white trim, a wood fence with spaces
> in it fencing off the back yard, and a lower fence marking the far end of
> the front yard (which borders on a public walkway). There's an American
> flag by the front porch. We're across the street from a cul-de-sac,
"Riley
> Ct".
>
> My address is 16519 162nd Street SE, Monroe; the phone number, should you
> get lost, is (360) 863 - 8232. And if you get into Monroe early, the 76
> station makes pretty good lattes, and they have a drive-up window!
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>
>
Received on 12/28/01