I'm visiting Seattle

[Kinetic]

On April 3-9. Pacific Northwesterners, what should I see or do?

[Dandy]

I went to Seattle back in 2003. My aunt lives in Olympia, and I went out for Wrestlemania XIX. I didn't have a lot of time there, but Pike Place Market was pretty cool. They did the throwing and catching fish in newspapers, had some cool shops, and some of the eateries overlooked Puget Sound. I went up on the needle and got some good pictures of the city. Wonderful view from there. Right next to that was a Music Museum that had tributes to the Seattle grunge scene and Jimi Hendrix. It was a work of art from the outside, but alas, I never got to go in there. I would definitely check that out, as my aunt said it is great. WM was in Safeco Field, and it was a terrific ballpark. If the Mariners are in town that week, I'd try to catch a game. We drove down the coast one day to Ilwaco, WA, which was a few miles from the Oregon border. We were at Cape Disappointment overlooking the Pacific Ocean. There was a lighthouse and a gunnery station in the side of the cliff. Fort Canby is there, and they still have the cannons, cells, etc. up. Awesome place. Mount Rainier is also in the Seattle area, but I didn't have time to go there either. You can also catch a ferry to British Columbia. Lots to do in Seattle.

 

 

Cape Disappointment

[Kinetic]

I don't know. I hear Cape Disappointment's not that great.

[Dandy]

If you're looking for a very cool view and are into checking out a historical place, it's great. I had never seen the Pacific Ocean, there was a lighthouse (another first) overlooking said ocean, and I got down in the turret in the cliff to check it out. Fort Canby still had the cannons up that were used in the Spanish American War and other things, and the Fort itself was cool to check out and get pictures of. We also got on the Lewis and Clark Trail for a bit even though we found out halfway through the hike that it was off limits at the moment. I liked it, but it's not like going to an amusement park or something.

 

Edit---Aaaaaaand I just got the joke. Fuck.

[King Kamala]

I don't know if you're into basketball, Kinetic but The Sonics are playing that week against The Rockets and The Nuggets. It's probably their last year in Seattle.

 

I also saw a segment on the Travel Channel about a 24 hour cafe there that serves a 12 egg omelette.

 

Ah found the menu online

http://www.bethscafe.com/menu_p1.htm

[Cheech Tremendous]

Oh, that's Beth's that serves the 12 egg omelette. My friends took me there one night after the bars and I attempted the 12 egger. It was not pretty.

 

As far as things to see, Pike Place Market is a must. It's down on the waterfront. The first Starbuck's is across the street, but it's just a Starbucks. EMP (Experience Music Project) is the weird looking rock museum that Dandy referenced. It's adjacent to the Space Needle and well worth a visit.

 

As far as modern ballparks are concerned, Safeco is among the best. Try to catch a game there, or at least watch it from Sluggers across the street.

 

Too bad you're out of there the 9th. I'll be up the very next day.

[Kinetic]

I'm intrigued by the Hall of Boredom and the Coast of Shattered Expectations. Any thoughts?

[Kinetic]

For a small fee, Pacific Northwesterners can have their pictures taken with Kinetic on April 3-9. Supply the mullet and have your picture taken with Metal Ed. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.

[Guest Smues]

Too bad the Mariners aren't in town while you are, Safeco kicks ass. The EMP was quite awesome everytime I went, but I've been told they got rid of a lot of the cool stuff and it isn't worth it any more. The Space Needle is worth visiting once in your life just to say you went. I've never been to Beths, but there's another (or at least there was as of 2003) another bar/restaurant somewhere near the space needle that has a 12 egg omelette. Their 4 egg omelette and bottomless hashbrowns kicked my ass, I can't imagine the 12 egger. I can't remember the name of the place, or even where the fuck it is as I found it before WM19, but couldn't find it 3 months later when I went back to see the Braves. It's somewhere around there though. Oh and the Seattle Thunderbirds or whatever they're called these days could very well be playing playoff hockey while you're in Seattle as well.

 

 

Oh and if you feel the need to argue violently about nothing stop by the UW campus. It's beautiful, if nothing else.

[MrRant]

Beth's is good but if you go, go around like 10PM/11. Hilarity.

[Jorge Gorgeous]

Drive two hours south.

[Cheech Tremendous]

Drive two hours south.

 

Given Seattle's wretched highways, that would probably put him in Tacoma.

[Kinetic]

Here's what I know about Seattle:

 

*Jimi Hendrix

*Heart

*Grunge

*It rains a lot

*"Frasier"

*Space needle

*How is it that the Seahawks have such loud fans but the Sonics are being run out of town?

*Horrible turf at Kingdome.

*Starbucks

 

That's pretty much it, right?

 

 

[MrRant]

Well, the Kingdome is gone.

 

But visit Pike Place, Seattle Underground is fun too. I'm sure you'd like the EMP though there is also a sci-fi museum in there too.

[Kinetic]

I'm visting my parents, so I guess they have a lot of activities planned. A lot of outdoorsy stuff. If it turns out that Pacific Northwesterners have been lying about how nice the area is, I'll be repeatedly registering my disgust on the internet.

[MrRant]

It's nice up here. Though the rain can dampen things. It's great when the sun is out.

 

Be prepared for hippies, yuppies and liberals.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Yeah it actually takes 3 hours driving to get to Portland, Oregonians. Unless you're driving way too fast.

 

I only went through Seattle briefly on a few shoots I had up in Everett and Bellingham last spring and summer though, but my impression of it was that it was a pretty huge city, like an overgrown, badly planned out version of Portland that's a bit colder and rainier.

 

Outdoorsy stuff is good though. I never cared much for the outdoors as a kid, but since moving here, it's actually fun to go out hiking and all that. Lots to see and do. If you venture outside of Seattle, there's a rain forest over at Olympic National Park, and skiing/snowboarding at Mt. Rainier. There's also a decent (although nowhere near on the level of ours) bike culture up there, so if you want to ride around town on a bike and find bikey things to do, it's available. Hell, if this old lady could get around Seattle car-free, no reason anyone else can't.

[Slayer]

*Grunge

Seattle also gave us Sanctuary/Nevermore, Metal Church and Queensryche

[MrRant]

And Tacoma gave us all Bing Crosby.

[Guest Smues]

And Tacoma gave us all Bing Crosby.

 

He was born there but Spokane claims him.

[Jorge Gorgeous]

Yeah it actually takes 3 hours driving to get to Portland, Oregonians. Unless you're driving way too fast.

 

I only went through Seattle briefly on a few shoots I had up in Everett and Bellingham last spring and summer though, but my impression of it was that it was a pretty huge city, like an overgrown, badly planned out version of Portland that's a bit colder and rainier.

 

Outdoorsy stuff is good though. I never cared much for the outdoors as a kid, but since moving here, it's actually fun to go out hiking and all that. Lots to see and do. If you venture outside of Seattle, there's a rain forest over at Olympic National Park, and skiing/snowboarding at Mt. Rainier. There's also a decent (although nowhere near on the level of ours) bike culture up there, so if you want to ride around town on a bike and find bikey things to do, it's available. Hell, if this old lady could get around Seattle car-free, no reason anyone else can't.

 

I usually do the trip in around two hours, maybe two and a quarter, and I've done it dozens of times.

[Guest Vitamin X]

It's 175 miles. If you're doing about 70 mph, it's 2 1/2 hours. And that's with no traffic. You're probably going more like 80-85, which is like I said, way over the speed limit.

[Jorge Gorgeous]

It's 175 miles. If you're doing about 70 mph, it's 2 1/2 hours. And that's with no traffic. You're probably going more like 80-85, which is like I said, way over the speed limit.

 

But just about meets the Fuckin' Rad limit.

[NoCalMike]

I was going to drive up to Seattle from here(Sacramento) when the Redskins made the playoffs, but I would have had to drive through two snow storms to get there and I have little experience in those driving conditions.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Not to mention the drive from Sacramento to roughly around Eugene is positively awful.

[MrRant]

Not to mention the drive from Sacramento to roughly around Eugene is positively awful.

 

BTW. These Vikings are better than those Vikings beeyatch.

 

[Guest Vitamin X]

Haha, Western Washington is the Vikings, too? Jesus.

 

I was a Viking in elementary school, high school, and now college as well. That must be one of the most overused mascots, ever, or maybe I just have that kind of luck where I'm stuck cheering for Vikings when I've been trained all my life to hate them as a Packers fan. Cognitive dissonance!

[MrRant]

Hmm... I've been a Warrior, a Red Raider, and then Storm? Can you be a Storm? And a Triton. I have yet to decide if I will be a Husky, Cougar, Viking or a Wild Cat.

[Jorge Gorgeous]

Hmm... I've been a Warrior, a Red Raider, and then Storm? Can you be a Storm? And a Triton. I have yet to decide if I will be a Husky, Cougar, Viking or a Wild Cat.

 

Red Raider? As in Southern Oregon University?

 

 

I've been a Bobcat, a Trojan, a Wildcat, a Red Raider, a Viking and now... a Groundling.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

 

My high school mascot was also a viking.