You know your from Western Washington if….

stereosafari:

  1. You know what “sun breaks” are.
  2. You seldom use an umbrella when it’s raining.
  3. Although you never personally use an umbrella, you celebrate a festival called “Bumbershoot.”
  4. You find blue skies a pleasant surprise.
  5. You use the phrase “the Mountain’s out today.”
  6. Your first outdoor chores in the spring are killing the moss in your lawn and removing pine needles from your roof and gutters.
  7. You expect trees to be green in the winter.
  8. You know where “the Eastside” is located.
  9. You keep a supply of books on tape in your car for those long commutes.
  10. You look at the ground when you’re out for a walk so you won’t step on a slug.
  11. You keep a ferry schedule in your car.
  12. You either used to, currently do, or hope to someday, own a boat.
  13. You’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time.
  14. You measure distance in hours.
  15. You can identify ten different apples by taste and smell only.
  16. You know that Grey’s Anatomy takes place in an alternate universe where the Space Needle and Pike Place Market are both right next to a “hospital” which is REALLY the KOMO 4 News building!
  17. You get angry when Dr. Bailey asks for a “mocha latté” on Grey’s Anatomy, even though those are two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DRINKS!!

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