Seattle Blue
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| Mt Rainier and A Couple of Sports Arenas |
It’s the third day of my great Alaskan adventure
with my niece Kristen. The adventure was a present to Kristen
before she heads off to college. Her
honorary aunt Donna outfitted her with all sorts of things -- including knee high bamboo socks, which I
can hardly wait to see. We just spent
two days in Seattle – acclimating to West Coast time and taking in some of the city
sights.
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| Space Needle from Below |
I’ve been chronicling our journey on Instagram at
#thetravelingkristen and #thebluebear (when the blue bear is in a photo a that
is). So far, we have discerned that
Kristen manages her iPhone power better than I do OR that the 4S just eats more
power than the 4. I guess that’s why I’m
carrying heavy battery packs around. We
hunkered down at the Sorrento Hotel for our Seattle sojourn. Great little hotel – out of the fray of both
the tourist hot spots (water front, public market) and business district
(convention center).
Our first stop in Seattle was to take in the Chihuly Museum
and the Space Needle. The Chihuly was
nothing short of amazing with every room a glowing gem unto itself. I included some photos from our visit in my
last post РVacation Mode. The caf̩ was closed because they were
filming a commercial – looked like it was a wedding and quite a production for
a commercial if you ask me. Lots of
trucks, lots of key grips, lots of wedding extras. All on a hot, humid evening in Seattle.
After the museum, we headed up to Sky City for an early
dinner. If you figure that your ticket
to go up in the elevator costs you $19/person, dinner at Sky City is quite a
bargain. The best parts of the
meal? The space needle pasta and the ice
cream cooled by liquid nitrogen. And,
yes, all you Chopped and would be Iron Chef’s, liquid nitrogen does add a lot
of drama to a dish. The meal paled in
comparison to the views from the restaurant.
The restaurant does a full rotation once very 47 minutes and we took it
all in from our birds eye view over the city of Seattle.
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| Seattle is a Port |
The next day brought a trip out to the Boeing Factory for a tour. All I can say is wow. Sadly, I have
nary a picture of the factory floor to post given that they don’t permit cell
phones OR cameras. And, I had forgotten to
purchase spy glasses (dang!). They need
to protect their trade secrets – or (more importantly), the people on the
factory floor from getting hit by dropped objects. It is quite amazing to
The Seattle Underground tour followed hard on the heels of
Boeing. This tour took us down under
Pioneer Square for a walk through, well, hmm, what are currently the equivalent
of old cellars and and storage areas.
The tour is the brain child of Bill Speidel who started it in order to save the old Victorian
buildings that comprise the historic district.
The current day tour is a well-oiled commercial enterprise. The guides do a great job with their
well-rehearsed spiel and we easily whiled away 75 minutes taking pictures and
listening to the stories of how Seattle burned and was rebuilt. Who knew that one could do a controlled
mudslide.
Slightly exhausted, we walked over to the Public Market in
time to catch some fish throwing and before the vegetable and fruit stands
closed up.
A half hour later we were armed with “berry” tomatoes (the sweetest tomatoes ever grown), fresh cherries, awesome cheese, and fudge for dessert. The best meal of the trip in Kristen’s opinion! I couldn’t agree more.
A half hour later we were armed with “berry” tomatoes (the sweetest tomatoes ever grown), fresh cherries, awesome cheese, and fudge for dessert. The best meal of the trip in Kristen’s opinion! I couldn’t agree more.
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| Buster Simpson - Laundry as Art |
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| Fish at the Public Market |
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