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Seattle enthusiasm
It took my bus a long long time to get across town to the office this morning (after, of course, driving past the Space Needle, which has a "12" flag on top of it in blue and silver). The streets were full of Seahawks fans wearing gear, waving flags, etc, for the rally at Westlake Center. And oh, was it full. I got off the bus to walk to work, wearing all navy blue with a Mariners shirt (ha! I can wear it to the office today because it's officially "support your Seattle teams" day!) and just, well, everyone walking past me was wearing Seahawks stuff.
Cars were honking in the streets at each other and waving Seahawks flags as they were stuck in traffic trying to get to the rally. It was just like being in Pittsburgh again.
I could hear the rally starting for real as I got to my office building, 7-8 blocks away.
It's really pretty amazing. The only time I remember seeing Seattle sports fans this pumped up about something was in the atmosphere at Safeco Field when Ichiro broke the single-season hits record, and even so, that was limited to the stadium, not to the whole goddamn city.
I'd also like to mention that it's convenient how both Pittsburgh and Seattle use the same colour schemes for their football and baseball teams, unlike certain other places I've lived (ahem, Philly).
Cars were honking in the streets at each other and waving Seahawks flags as they were stuck in traffic trying to get to the rally. It was just like being in Pittsburgh again.
I could hear the rally starting for real as I got to my office building, 7-8 blocks away.
It's really pretty amazing. The only time I remember seeing Seattle sports fans this pumped up about something was in the atmosphere at Safeco Field when Ichiro broke the single-season hits record, and even so, that was limited to the stadium, not to the whole goddamn city.
I'd also like to mention that it's convenient how both Pittsburgh and Seattle use the same colour schemes for their football and baseball teams, unlike certain other places I've lived (ahem, Philly).