I began attending Spodies in the summer of eigth grade, but in the years that followed Spodies became a lot more tame. The first time I ever ventured to a Spodie was at Disco (Discovery Park), which became a retired Spodie spot by the end of 2015. People were doing cocaine and whip-its at this thing. Completely abnormal for say a 2016 Spodie. In October of 2015, I attended a Spodie with some girlfriends and we all got drugged, with what we believed to be Xanax. Why anyone would waste enough Xanax to drug an entire cooler full of liquor is beyond me, but they did. Girls were vomiting in the Uber, wandering onto neighboring soccer fields, and falling into thorn bushes. It was a traumatizing evening, but we went right back the next weekend!

Nicknames like Foster, Rock/Rockspot, and Ravenna are simply just - parks. Foster Island, Magnuson Park, Ravenna Park. You take a few words out and suddenly it’s a hotspot. Once you walk up that hill, or down that walking trail, you pay $5 for a red solo cup and can go back for as many unsanitary seconds as you’d like. Competition inspired deals like “bring a Freshmen, get a free cup” or Spodie mixed with 7-Eleven Slurpee, rather than juice.

In retrospect I think the weirdest thing about these events is that there was rarely ever music, just children, standing in a field, drinking, and yelling.

Organized amateur boxing is an inevitable consequence of drunk High Schoolers left to govern themselves on Seattle Parks and Recreation property. Where there is two people intoxicated enough to participate in the combat sport, there is one man with boxing gloves in the trunk of his car.

So what is the standard Spodie attire? For the boys, an obvious khaki cargo short or basketball short, plain white or black tee shirt, maybe a flannel, or casual collared shirt. You can never go wrong with jeans or the Nike tech fleece shorts. If you’re really in touch with your PNW, a Patagonia quarter zip.

For the girls, if you’re going casual - skinny jeans or denim shorts are a must. Are you a stan smith girl? An adidas superstar girl? Choose your white sneaker. It’s very simple to complete any Spodie look with Topshop or Brandy Melville for the upper half. If you want to dress up, and stand out, a little dress, something flowy, or denim. Wearing lululemons is a cop out. You won’t be bringing a handbag, you will carry your phone in your hand and your keys on a lanyard, which also let’s every drunk boy know that you drove there, and you can and will drive them home.