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Weekend Update

News   October 25, 2009 at 1:23 pm Josh Feit

Sorry for the disappearing act this weekend. I was speaking at a journalism conference at the University of Oregon yesterday, and I didn’t have any time to tend to the site.

My train pulled back into King Street station last night just as the cannon blasts and cheers were rocking Qwest Field next door. The Sounders FC had just won 2-1 over Dallas, securing at least the third seed in the playoffs.

SoundersNerd was there. We’ll post his report as soon as we can.

In the mean time, our great Sounders photographer, Jack Hunter, was on hand:

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  • Transit Voter

    Your train pulled into the Jackson Street Amtrak station? Where, pray tell, is that facility?

    The only Amtrak station in Seattle that I’m familiar with is the King Street Station.

  • Transit Voter

    Your train pulled into the Jackson Street Amtrak station? Where, pray tell, is that facility?

    The only Amtrak station in Seattle that I’m familiar with is the King Street Station.

  • Transit Voter

    Your train pulled into the Jackson Street Amtrak station? Where, pray tell, is that facility?

    The only Amtrak station in Seattle that I’m familiar with is the King Street Station.

  • Good Grief

    Previously on Publicola, the LINK opening gala was magically transported from Union Station to King Street. At least they used the name of an actual place that time.

  • Good Grief

    Previously on Publicola, the LINK opening gala was magically transported from Union Station to King Street. At least they used the name of an actual place that time.

  • Good Grief

    Previously on Publicola, the LINK opening gala was magically transported from Union Station to King Street. At least they used the name of an actual place that time.

  • blogsno

    Damn, i wonder what ECB would’ve written if some McGinn volunteer had made a similar mistake. Voter issue for sure.

  • blogsno

    Damn, i wonder what ECB would’ve written if some McGinn volunteer had made a similar mistake. Voter issue for sure.

  • blogsno

    Damn, i wonder what ECB would’ve written if some McGinn volunteer had made a similar mistake. Voter issue for sure.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    Ha. Burn on me. I originally wrote King St. Station, but then I got confused, thinking, “Isn’t that the Sound Transit building?”

    I’ve always been confused about Union Station vs. King St. Station.

    So I Googled it, and the building showed up as Jackson St. station. Sounded weird, but who was I to question mighty Google?

    Anyway, yep. I meant King St. Station. I’ve changed it back.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    Ha. Burn on me. I originally wrote King St. Station, but then I got confused, thinking, “Isn’t that the Sound Transit building?”

    I’ve always been confused about Union Station vs. King St. Station.

    So I Googled it, and the building showed up as Jackson St. station. Sounded weird, but who was I to question mighty Google?

    Anyway, yep. I meant King St. Station. I’ve changed it back.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    Ha. Burn on me. I originally wrote King St. Station, but then I got confused, thinking, “Isn’t that the Sound Transit building?”

    I’ve always been confused about Union Station vs. King St. Station.

    So I Googled it, and the building showed up as Jackson St. station. Sounded weird, but who was I to question mighty Google?

    Anyway, yep. I meant King St. Station. I’ve changed it back.