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newbiechick
07-16-2007, 07:05 AM
Okay, this is kind of a weird question for this forum, but ...
My husband and I will be on vacation in Seattle at the end of the month and we're hoping to find a sports bar or someplace where we can watch the Tour de France, especially on the last day (Sun 7/29). If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

Shelley
aka Newbiechick (altho' I'm not really anymore :))
teigyr
07-16-2007, 07:56 AM
Whereabouts in Seattle? Will you have a car?

I'll ask DH but there are sports bars where there are TV's in the booths. Seattle has a lot of sports bars. Even our local pubs/bars (the ones right near our house, that is) will put it on though there's no sound because they play music instead.

And it isn't a strange question at all. I was planning a vacation once during the Tour and my criteria for a hotel was that they had OLN :o
Eden
07-16-2007, 08:04 AM
Summit Public House! (there's a link in your other thread). It's not exactly a sports bar - it a cyclist bar (not biker bar....), so the TVs will only be tuned to the tour, the sound will be on - the owner has to be able to hear :D , and there will be a bunch of other cycling fans to hang out with.
newbiechick
07-16-2007, 08:05 AM
We're staying downtown at the Holiday Inn Express. We won't have a car ... planning to do everything we can on foot, and take cabs or public transit when we need to. If I'd thought about the schedule when we made hotel reservations months ago, I would have asked if they have Versus. Now that I think about it, it might still be worth looking into that.

If you come up with sports bar suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Thanks!

Shelley
aka newbiechick
teigyr
07-16-2007, 08:19 AM
Summit Public House! (there's a link in your other thread). It's not exactly a sports bar - it a cyclist bar (not biker bar....), so the TVs will only be tuned to the tour, the sound will be on - the owner has to be able to hear :D , and there will be a bunch of other cycling fans to hang out with.

The things you learn :D

Will have to visit them during the tour.
KnottedYet
07-16-2007, 10:15 PM
http://summitpublichouse.com/

Oh, look, they're near where I work. :D

I don't have cable. I think I found a hang-out!
Trek420
07-17-2007, 06:06 AM
http://summitpublichouse.com/

Oh, look, they're near where I work. :D

I don't have cable. I think I found a hang-out!

wanna go when I'm up?
KnottedYet
07-17-2007, 06:07 AM
yup.
Trek420
07-17-2007, 06:16 AM
yup.

good, see ya Saturday?:D
bikerHen
07-17-2007, 10:55 AM
Hey is that going to be the same weekend I'm there? July 28 and 29? How fun would that be to hang out at Cyclists Bar and watch the TdF! We have to drive back to Spokane that Sunday afternoon/evening. Maybe Saturday night? bikerHen
KnottedYet
07-17-2007, 07:54 PM
No, it's this weekend, July 20-22. <sorry!>

But I wouldn't be adverse to going again the following weekend if I like the place!
Trek420
07-17-2007, 07:55 PM
No, it's this weekend, July 20-22. <sorry!>

But I wouldn't be adverse to going again the following weekend if I like the place!

Slightly OT, what days on the Tour are the ones one should consider calling in sick for work for (not that I would ever do that) :p
ehirsch83
07-18-2007, 06:55 AM
Slightly OT, what days on the Tour are the ones one should consider calling in sick for work for (not that I would ever do that) :p

every day! hehe
teigyr
07-18-2007, 11:58 AM
Hey is that going to be the same weekend I'm there? July 28 and 29? How fun would that be to hang out at Cyclists Bar and watch the TdF! We have to drive back to Spokane that Sunday afternoon/evening. Maybe Saturday night? bikerHen


We could maybe go if it's after 8:30pm or so. I really want to go to this place while the Tour is going but I'm running out of time!!! I'm in California this weekend but maybe next weekend....
bikerHen
07-18-2007, 03:41 PM
We could maybe go if it's after 8:30pm or so. I really want to go to this place while the Tour is going but I'm running out of time!!! I'm in California this weekend but maybe next weekend....

That could work for me, if they're still replay the tour that late. I don't yet what the daughter has planned. All I know is that she keeps talking about going to some pub where she had beer flavored ice cream! :eek: bikerHen
East Hill
07-18-2007, 09:11 PM
newbiechick, were you looking to perhaps get in a ride or two whilst here? If you let us know, perhaps some of us can meet you. I've got plenty of tiny little bikes to loan out :D .

East hill
Trek420
07-18-2007, 09:21 PM
We could maybe go if it's after 8:30pm or so. I really want to go to this place while the Tour is going but I'm running out of time!!! I'm in California this weekend but maybe next weekend....

Ah, we're passing like two ships in the night, you're down here I'm up there...
MM_QFC!
07-18-2007, 10:04 PM
Is there a TE ride and/or TdF viewing at the Summit Public House soon? I've got "grand-dog" caretaking on Saturday, but I'd be up for a ride and a cold brewski with TE women on Sunday...?
Mary
KnottedYet
07-19-2007, 05:47 AM
Trek and I will be there Saturday 21st, for the free BBQ and TdF. Unless it's crazy crowded. Or unless we get distracted by something else.
newbiechick
07-19-2007, 09:19 AM
Hey, East Hill, thanks for the invitation, but I'm afraid it won't work this time around.

I'm going to a reunion that weekend (27-29), so will be pretty busy ... then on the 30th my husband and I start a 4-day bike tour (with Bicycle Adventures) on the San Juan Islands. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it! It's an "easy" tour ... but it's the one we could fit into our schedule ... and I'm still a fairly inexperienced rider so I figured this would be safe for my first time out on a tour.

Next time I make it out that way, I'd love to arrange to hook up with some locals for a ride. Thanks for the idea!

Shelley
aka newbiechick
East Hill
07-19-2007, 09:44 AM
Too bad! I think a reunion will keep you plenty busy--family or school?

East Hill
newbiechick
07-19-2007, 10:27 AM
Actually ... not family or school. When I was growing up, my parents worked with a non-profit organization trying to make the world a better place--kind of peace corps meets missionary meets commune. :) (an inaccurate but appropriately odd description). The reunion is with old friends whose parents did the same work. We all grew up together and are kind of like extended family in a quirky way.

I know, TMI. But you asked. :)

newbiechick
teigyr
07-19-2007, 12:13 PM
Ah, we're passing like two ships in the night, you're down here I'm up there...

Or airplanes :D

I definitely would love to do the Red Hook ride. Maybe next time you're up? I'm coming back on monday, is just a quick 24 hours with my parents.