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Neither December nor a weary Friday will stay Seattle’s couriers from their appointed rounds…

…except when they stop for a tailgate picnic lunch.

Judy Lightfoot

Judy Lightfoot • Apr 26, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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            <p>…except when they stop for a tailgate picnic lunch.</p><p><strong>There'll be tailgate picnics </strong>aplenty this weekend, with menus more exhilarating than the sandwiches and pop that a group of United States Postal Service employees devoured in Seattle’s Roosevelt neighborhood on Friday (Dec. 3). Ten letter carriers lounged beside a line of ten postal-service vehicles parked next to Cowen Park, enjoying  their Friday lunch break and a few laughs in the December sunshine.</p><p>A congenial half-hour in the middle of what must often feel like a lonesome daily slog! For privacy reasons their happy faces are not shown in this CrosscutChannel video:</p>
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…except when they stop for a tailgate picnic lunch.

There'll be tailgate picnics aplenty this weekend, with menus more exhilarating than the sandwiches and pop that a group of United States Postal Service employees devoured in Seattle’s Roosevelt neighborhood on Friday (Dec. 3). Ten letter carriers lounged beside a line of ten postal-service vehicles parked next to Cowen Park, enjoying their Friday lunch break and a few laughs in the December sunshine.

A congenial half-hour in the middle of what must often feel like a lonesome daily slog! For privacy reasons their happy faces are not shown in this CrosscutChannel video:

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By Judy Lightfoot

Judy Lightfoot writes about how the region's people confront a variety of challenges. She often draws on her weekly one-on-one coffees with individuals sharing our public spaces who are socially isola