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Denny Blaine Park
2 reviews for Denny Blaine Park
I have a feeling this is the place where you'll find our pack of friends on many a late afternoon this summer. Sprawling lawn, small beach, refreshing lake, gorgeous Seattle setting.
On the beach near Madison is a great place to lay in some sand, get the rays on and cool off in Lake Washington. After a few rocky steps in the water the bottom drops off and you can float, splash and dive around - keeping an eye on the boats getting a bit too close to the buoy.
Cozy spot to keep cool this summer!!
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Once upon a time, this was the place to get to second base with a large portion of the Lesbian population in Seattle. Sadly, that information became widely disseminated. Boats full of skeeves were coming in as close to the shore as they could get sporting binoculars, and the creepiest of men were lining the wall above the beach popping tents in their dirty sweats pants. Yes.
Very sad.
However, the stigma of Dykiki Beach lives on. The result being a very low key crowd; lots of tattoos, very few children - zero asshole, overindulgent, hyper-sensitive parents - and, now that there are no free boobies, lower than the average number of skeevy freaks.
No, there's not a bathroom - you just have to resign yourself to the fact that people are peeing all around you. But, let's be honest - that's always the case, isn't it? Since there are no lifeguards, no one's going to stop you from swimming way the hell out to do it - so you can have some decorum. I'm hoping people DO possess SOME decorum. I have to believe it because there is just nothing like Lake Washington in the middle of July; nothing like Mt. Rainier sitting there all gorgeous on one side and Mt. Baker peaking at you from the other. This, my friends, is why we put up with winters that start in October and end in June.
Denny Blaine is a lovely place to just go and let it all hang out; you could probably still do the topless thing (I'm not going there, but have at it), and you can certainly leave body-conscious insecurities you have behind. For instance, today I decide to wear a bottom that covered a lot less of my ass-side than normal. Great until I realize that skin that hasn't seen the sun in YEARS had a nice 4 1/2 hour dose.
I STAND here writing this with a final message to you about sunscreen: It should go EVERYWHERE.
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