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01/22/2014 10:25:02 AM · #26 |
| Better than the gum wall is the Alibi Room across the alley. Cool spot tucked away under the market; good drinks, great food, and a wall full of manuscripts and screenplays with which you can pass the time. |
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06/06/2014 06:41:06 PM · #27 |
Briefly checking in to confirm that  Jutilda and I are arriving in Seattle on Thursday, July 10, and plan to spend that afternoon sightseeing. Possibly at Snoqualmie Falls, but we're open to other ideas. We're renting a car at the airport so we have one when we need it and can meet up with people. Going to a friend of mine's place in Snohomish (not in the mud slide area) Thursday evening through Sunday afternoon, then back to Seattle till we fly home the following Thursday morning. Haven't figured out what we'll do when during that last bit of the trip, but we're considering: the ferry to Bainbridge Island, the tour of the Underground, a day trip to Mt. Rainier, Pike's Market, wine, coffee, more wine and ... other stuff as we discover it ;-) We've vetoed skydiving. Our hotel has a shuttle to a lot of the Seattle tourist hotspots so the car is more for getting back and forth to the airport and the trip to Mt. Rainier.
So we could get together with one or more DPC'ers on the 10th, or for dinner on the 13th, or pretty much any time on the 14th-16th. I realize this is mostly during the week and people have jobs and all, but they say daylight lasts till 10 so we should be able to manage something!
What would work for the natives? |
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06/06/2014 07:47:54 PM · #28 |
Woot woot! I'm psyched that you gals are visiting. I'll talk to my wife about arranging an underground tour with you guys - she went with my brother a couple weeks ago and was really into it. I can be available on any of those days - I am partial to doing stuff during the week because most of the poor saps people are working and things are much less crowded. Weekends in the summer are packed with tourists at most of the places you mentioned. I'll ping a few people to chime in on if they want to GTG... |
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06/06/2014 08:15:08 PM · #29 |
I put out the word. Chuck is in...
Originally posted by Dr.Confuser:
Don't care where we go, what we do … I'm in.
For architecture nuts, there's a bunch of great photogenic buildings here, many quite near Pioneer Square (where the Underground tour is). You've seen some of my photos of the interior of the new bus tunnel (SyFi like).
Waterfront's interesting. Seattle Center's interesting. Argosy runs boat tours of Elliot Bay and Lake Washington (Homes of the super rich and famous, anyone?). Gas Works is a hoot, and also has a nice uncharacteristic view of Seattle.
Plenty of scenic vistas of the city (car required).
Tour the Boeing factory - see jet liners being built - sorry no photos (Car required)
Day trips to Rainier … or St. Helens could be fantastic. (Car required)
There's a new indoor skydiving place south of town. Never been there but it ought to be an adrenalin booster.
I'm willing to drive - have room for me plus 3. |
More will pop in, I'm sure. |
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06/07/2014 12:47:13 AM · #30 |
It has been a while, but...
The Pencil Building (Rainier Tower Fifth and University Seattle) - Its base is smaller than the tower. You have to walk under the building overhang to get to the entrance doors. Looks like a small NYC World Trade Center tower balanced on an upside-down pyramid.
U of W Arboretum (Washington Park), or the entire "U" district (interesting buildings, shops, college-age energy)
There's a new super wheel downtown (think the London Eye, and you're in the right ballpark) - expensive to ride, may need reservations
If you've never seen an operating ship locks, the Ballard locks (just N of Queen Anne Hill) are interesting. Going further North along the shoreline has yacht harbors, beaches, etc.
Ferry ride is an absolute must - great view of downtown on the ride back in.
If you've never driver over a floating bridge, Seattle has several (it is a bridge, over water, may be places to stop and shoot at either end of bridge, but on the bridge the traffic will either keep you very busy or waste a lot of your time). No central divider, and which of the 6+ lanes are for which direction of travel is controlled by overhead lights (avoid the red X lanes).
Ivar's Salmon House is on Lake Union (near Gasworks Park) - Pricey, but you can arrive by car or boat, great views of Space Needle & lake (boats), Aurora Bridge, etc. Specialty is alder-smoked salmon. Staffed by Native Americans. Lots of Native American artifacts, wood construction, etc. Food other than specialty is hit or miss - some very good, other is fast food quality. There are Ivar's fish & chip fast food shops around town, but think a quite expensive Long John Silvers, with a slightly different taste. Ivar was a pillar of the community for many years, but he's gone and not everything that's been done in his name is the quality he was known for.
Aurora Bridge - goes from hilltop to hilltop 167' above the water.
Ballard (I mentioned the locks) is an artsy-type community just N of the west end of the Lake Union ship canal.
Queen Anne hill & Capital hill have lots of interesting old houses - not all are well kept. The wealthy (typically newer construction) live on the East slopes of the hill overlooking Lake Washington, Redmond (East side of the Lake), Anywhere with a view of Mt. Rainier, Anywhere along the hillside overlooking the Sound (Puget Sound).
City has a very interesting history with some real characters (Henry Yesler, whose contract was for installing water mains and fire hydrants, but said nothing about connecting the two). Lots of info on him on the Underground Tours.
Get a city map, and look for parks on the hills surrounding downtown - many of the wonderful pictures of Seattle are taken from those parks. (e.g. Kerry Park on the S side of Queen Anne hill)
If you want to wander further afield, the North Cascades Highway is worth driving over and back - big, tall, rocky mountains, with the road snaking along the sides. If you are a flat lander, you may want to skip this one.
Leavenworth is the site of the state penitentiary, but they've decorated the town as a Bavarian villiage with lots of tourist shops.
Olympic National Forest is home of one of the world's temperate climate rain forests. Lots of nature.
A note on weather - one winter while I attended college at Seattle Pacific University, we had three months where the sun didn't shine once. Be prepared for rain. Doesn't mean it will rain, but it might - even in July. Standard business dress for men includes (or at least it used to) a black umbrella. Seldom is the rain heavy (by mid-West standards), but it can be lengthy - days or weeks without letup. Protect your equipment, but it provides rain drops on flowers, and nice muted lighting that makes colors pop.
And I didn't mention the monorail (built in 1962) between Seattle Center (Space Needle) and downtown, Woodland Park Zoo ($19 gen'l adm) or lots of other things that are worth seeing or doing.
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06/07/2014 01:43:52 AM · #31 |
| He he, just came home to all this chatter in my inbox. Haven't been involved with DPC in quite some time- just too busy. But I would be very interested in meeting with any DPCers visiting Seattle, please keep me in the loop :) |
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06/07/2014 02:09:07 AM · #32 |
Oh my.... I am getting homesick! We lived in Seattle for 8 years, and nearly 5 years later, I still miss it a lot.
Mary, you'll have so much fun!
I was lucky (?) enough to actually see this live:
I love all the other suggestions, but I really want to second the underground tour, it is pretty unique.
In case you make it to Mt St Helens, make sure to bring a flash light and allow at least a few minutes for Ape Cave - that is also very different.
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06/07/2014 02:11:54 AM · #33 |
This was taken in Snohomish during their freezing fog period in Jan 2013.
Snohomish also has some interesting old houses & churches. |
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06/07/2014 10:37:54 AM · #34 |
| Has anyone mentioned Alki Beach in West Seattle? Great place to go, lots of restaurants, bike riding, plenty of things to do. You can catch a water taxi from downtown Seattle to Alki. Enjoy your visit to beautiful Seattle. |
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06/07/2014 12:21:59 PM · #35 |
Thanks for the PM, Ken!
Funny, it's been so long... I had to use the "reset password" tool to read it. :(
Definitely in, if I'm in town. Would be cool to catch up with everyone!
I'll likely bring  brchambe with me, so room for 2 more in the car.
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06/07/2014 01:46:20 PM · #36 |
I saw that you mentioned visiting a mountain for a day. You certainly could do that, but I always found going to the mountains a little disappointing as they don't look so grand once you are on them (others, please feel free to disagree with me). Hurricane ridge was spectacular (over on the Olympic peninsula) but that is quite a trek for a short visit. I saw one or two folks mention Snoqualmie Falls which I would agree with and then you can also go into Snoqualmie and see Mt. Si (famous from the Twin Peaks show) and some of the beautiful rivers and scenery around there. Here are a couple of IR pictures I took in Snoqualmie:
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and there is also the Northwest Railway Museum there too:
you could also drive through Issaquah and if you go up to the Highlands, you will get a beautiful view of the eastside, Seattle and the Olympics. So many beautiful places - you are sure to have a grand time. Ferry rides are also great too (not that expensive as a walk-on) and then you can get some great shots of Seattle (especially during a sunset) as you come back into to dock.
Message edited by author 2014-06-07 13:50:21. |
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06/08/2014 07:54:38 AM · #37 |
I don't know if we're as interested in being *on* the mountain as seeing the mountain reflected in the lakes, and the fields of wildflowers that should be blooming about then. And birds. And perhaps some larger wildife.
Olympic National Forest looks amazing, but I don't think we'll have time to do 2 full wildlife/nature days. We may just have to come back :-)
So, Seattle proper. I'm thinking Monday will be our big downtown day, including the Underground Tour and Pike's Market and whatnot. Then maybe do the ferry to Bainbridge Island and have dinner there and come back at sunset or something? Is that enough of a plan for people to know if they could join us for some/all of the day? |
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06/08/2014 03:09:01 PM · #38 |
| A Monday (14th) downtown GTG sounds great to me, but several folks are probably more able to attend on the weekend, so maybe we could also set something simple up for Sunday afternoon/evening - maybe sunset at Alki beach or something? I'll get folks to chime in here... |
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06/08/2014 10:13:49 PM · #39 |
If anyone wants to go up to the mountains on the weekend, Artist point on the north side of Mount Baker would be my vote, they also have picture lake and many short scenic hiking trails.
If Mount Rainier, just go to Crystal Mountain and take the gondola to the top, best view of Rainier, and you can eat lunch at the ski restaurant
I would be up for either one
Frank |
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06/09/2014 08:15:06 AM · #40 |
| Sunday evening could work. Not sure exactly what time we'll be arriving Sunday afternoon so we can't promise a meetup too early. |
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06/09/2014 09:33:45 PM · #41 |
| Sunset in mid July is about 9 pm, if that's any help. |
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06/18/2014 09:18:17 AM · #42 |
I'm just going to assume we'll manage to schedule something for Sunday. Let's say 6:00. It may need to involve food at some point (nothing fancy), but otherwise I'll leave the details up to someone who lives in the area and is in contact with the locals ( Art ROFLMAO). Tell us where to appear and we'll be there. Within reason ;-) |
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06/18/2014 11:35:38 AM · #43 |
| Also, if you do plan on heading to Mt. Baker or such, I recommend checking with NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) for the current conditions up there. I went 3 weeks ago and because the weather has been fairly mild, the pass to get to those areas, especially Picture Lake, was not accessible because of high avalanche risks. Just a friendly reminder from your Washingtonian photographer. :) |
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06/19/2014 03:43:49 AM · #44 |
Sunday, July 13th at 6PM will work for at least some of us and you ladies can schedule other GTGs for later in the week with whoever else can make it. Here was Brent's suggestion, which I am +1'ing...
Originally posted by Brent_S:
Pioneer Square would be nice for people to see and a pretty easy walk south of the market along the waterfront. And the Olympic Sculpture Garden and Myrtle Edwards Park along the water north of it is also a pretty easy walk.
If basically the waterfront tour above sounds good, I'm not sure whether meeting at one end of the stretch (maybe 2.5 miles in length) would make sense or just meeting in the middle at the Market? I'm thinking meeting in the middle at Pike Place Market would work fine. And I would suggest meeting at the ZigZag Cafe. It's on the "Hill Climb" stairs just below the market and central to market parking or the waterfront which is just steps below it. You do need to be 21 to enter though, hope that would be okay? |
So that's the tentative plan. Post here if you can make it so we can get an idea how many to expect. |
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06/19/2014 11:52:06 AM · #45 |
Well after suggesting it, I'll make sure I am there at the Sunday July 13th 6PM meet at Pike Place Market if that works for all ;)
I could possibly do other meets before or after that time depending on what shakes out in my schedule as I'm living downtown these days. |
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06/19/2014 12:12:52 PM · #46 |
Count me in for Sunday, i wont be walking too far, but will be there anyway.
Frank |
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06/19/2014 07:23:40 PM · #47 |
gregoryb and I will be coming to Seattle in Sept/Oct. Thanks everyone for giving me the heads up on places to visit whilst we're there then.
Sounds like a great time will be had by all next month tho. :-)
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06/19/2014 09:49:21 PM · #48 |
| I'm planning to be there. Where exactly in the market? Suggest Starbucks original store, mid-market. |
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06/20/2014 12:04:27 AM · #49 |
| I'm planning on being there as well. |
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06/21/2014 10:56:12 AM · #50 |
| I suggested meeting at the ZigZag Cafe which is on the hill climb stairs below the market and above the waterfront. It's a cool place with easy parking above and below that feels like a not so touristy secret spot, and if anyone wants to sit out on the patio and have a drink or a bite while they wait for others to show up they could. But we could figure out another place to meet, especially if nobody is interested in eating or drinking :) |
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