Incidental shopping photos [stuff]

[rebeccmeister]

1. When I was in REI, browsing through various cycling products, I was surprised to discover that yes, you can buy specifically-made cycling jorts, of all things:



News you can use?

2. The Westlake Center Bus Tunnel will forever be the Westlake Center Bus Tunnel, no matter how many light rail lines run through it. I hadn't realized that construction for the 2 Line is well underway.



3. Enroute to Pacific Fabrics, I walked past this door store. They had a huge sign painted that read, "Come on in, we'll gladly show you the doors!"



4. The front of the building where Pacific Fabrics is located is given over to Pacific Iron and Steel, where you can sell back scrap metal. The fabric store is around the corner, on the upper floor of the warehouse:



Here's a great example of some of the fun fabrics for sale:

Comments

[threemeninaboat]

Those jorts look uncomfortable.

[rebeccmeister]

That's the craziest part about them! As far as I can tell there is nothing about them that makes them cycling-specific.

[bluepapercup]

I think it's the leg seams, which leave a gusset at the crotch, so you can sit on the bike seat in jeans and not have your parts stabbed by the usual bisecting jeans seam.

[rebeccmeister]

Oh, good catch, yeah! You are totally right! I must take back some of my astonishment at the jorts. :^D