Why I Will Never Drive in Upper Queen Anne Again

Upper Queen Anne is like its own universe.  Driving through it was a nightmare. Most of the streets are one-lane, but two-way. Cars are parked along both sides, which only leaves room for one lane of traffic. This is pretty scary when you are driving and are half-way down the block and another car approaches. It is briefly something of a standoff. One car will have to back up to the previous street or park if there is a spot. I had two of these situations and luckily for me, the approaching car backed up. To make matters more complicated, not only do cars park on both sides of the street, they sometimes park on the opposite side of the street. That makes it tricky to tell if there are one-way streets. Now throw in some steep hills and a ton of leaves littering the streets. Madness! Utter madness! 

Four words: Alternate side street parking.