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Seattle Fun?
I answered an email to someone about what there is to do in Seattle, so I figured I might as well post it here, too. Here were some of my ideas and favorite things:
Volunteer Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle
Ferry ride to Bainbridge Island and make sure to walk around in Winslow right off the ferry
Waterfront - lots of good seafood and shopping
Pike Place Market - shopping and of course the fish throwing
Pioneer Square - the underground tour is very cool
Queen Anne - go see some of the historic houses up there around 6th and Lee with good views of Puget Sound
Green Lake - park and walk around the lake - rain or shine - plus the Woodland Park Zoo is over there, too...
Zeek's Pizza - locations at Green Lake and Phinney Ridge as well as downtown by the Space Needle
Seattle Center - as a tourist, I think you have to go see the Space Needle, right?
University District - this is the funky part of town - lots of vintage second hand clothing and record stores.
West Seattle - Alki Beach wonderful Sound beach with great views back to downtown Salty's is a good seafood restaurant there.
South Seattle - The Museum of Flight - I love this place - great for rainy days with lots of cool planes, history and even one of the Air Force One planes there (Kennedy was on it).
Other fun stuff:
Half an hour out of Seattle - Snoqualmie Falls (they filmed parts of Twin Peaks there...) very cool waterfall with easy sidewalk walk to look out or longer hike if desired. Another twenty minutes down the road (I-90 East) Roslyn where they filmed Northern Exposure - very cool quirky little town...
Half an hour down I-5 from Seattle , North Tacoma neighborhood with huge mansions and the Stadium high school where they filmed 10 Things I hate about You...
The Pacific Ocean is 2.5 hours out of Seattle - Ocean Shores, WA is a cute little town or drive down to the Portland Coast through Astoria (The Goonies and Kindergarten Cop) down to Newport and stay the night.
And then of course if you fall in love with Seattle and need help with Seattle real estate, email this Seattle Realtor and I can show you even more of our great city! realestate@cooperjacobs.com
Melody- I say you most definatley have to go to the Needle! But Zeek's pizza is a close second.
Mel... I've stayed at the Salish Lodge at Snoqualmie Falls twice... it is one of my favorite places in the world, there is nothing like listening to the water as you hike down to the bottom of the falls. It's breathtaking!
Mel...great idea. I know I will contact some of my friends here and ask for idea's. Then catch up for lunch while I am at it.
Melody, I love this list, I am bookmarking it. I have never been to Seattle but always wanted to go (rain or not :) and it's high up on my next places to visit. This is a keeper for me, thank you.
Mel,
The "Duck" ride through downtown Seatlle and onto Union Lake plus the Argosy boat tour of Union Lake and Puget Sound are great fun also. :)
Steve
Ask and you shall receive mel! LOL Very cool!
I lived in Seattle for 4 years. Love it there...the underground tour is the coolest ever!!!
I am looking forward to doing all of it!
Awesome! Lots of eye candy please! Don't leave without your camera! I am sooo bookmarking this page. Very cool list. :-)
Mel~PLEASE, expain the "fish throwing." I'm up for most adventures, but thowing fish?? I'd need a few drinks in me to get excited about that one:)
I saw this post and thought ...WOW...what an incredible place to live. It is REALLY far away from NC...but I'm an adventurer!
BTW...you were RIGHT! Go claim your prize. So...how were you so sure that Dad #3 was my dad? Just curious. :-) GBU!
Morning my lovely, whatcha' doing? Sorry I missed your call last night, we were jacking around with Rich and I forgot to put my headset on. :-)
Mel - love the Seattle area, I would add Nicolino's in Gilman Village in Issaquah, if you take a car on the Bainbridge Island ferry a trip to Poulsbo would be worthwhile also. The Kirkland Roaster in Kirkland is also a great place.
And if you come to Seattle and fall in love - just 2 hours away is Vancouver........and I guarantee you'll become a two-timer! :-)
So - How was the trip???? You got sun!