WSMom June 24, 2008 (2:54 pm) See, sometimes our Mayor comes up with an excellent idea, IMHO. I felt very safe walking through Paris day and night because every street seemed alive and teeming with people enjoying the sidewalk cafes. Paris’s weather is very much like Seattle’s and sidewalk cafes abounded!! Sidewalk cafes are great as long as they don’t block pedestrians. On Alki too many of the restaurants add a sandwich board on the sidewalk which restricts pedestrians or have umbrellas that are so low as to force pedestrians to bend over when walking by the outdoor cafe. jai on 58th