BigPhil
Holy frijole! This Forum moves quick.. 38 responses and a whole boatload of good suggestions…
I’m going to try and hit the highlights ;)
— I took the suggestions to join some Meetup groups – hiking, non-religious groups (and wow, there are a lot.. Refreshingly differently from the crazies in Colorado Springs), “experience Seattle” and s few others. I don’t have any particular hobbies those aside except watching crap TV and playing video games. I would like to add water activities to my list since I have never been around so much – kayaking or something!
— I will check out the Underdog Sports mentioned above, but despite my height (6’6″, hence BigPhil) I’m not terribly coordinated – I might get slaughtered out there :)
— I’m not sure “Seattle Freeze” is apt, if this forum is any indication. And I’m surprised there are so many non-natives
— Making friends at work is difficult (and what I’m used to) because I work for people in Colorado from here so no one in Bellevue works directly with me.
— Very cool of you all to volunteer to hang out with me… Maybe I can arrange a west Seattle blog people meet up sometime soon as a good (albeit scary) first step .. And sorry I missed the social media group you mentioned.
Thanks for all the tips!!