Day One: Seattle
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Despite waking up 15 minutes earlier than we needed to (645 vs. 700 PST), we ended up running late. We missed our shuttle bus back to the Airport by literally 60 seconds, and the hotel was nice enough to pay for a cab back there. The driver, though friendly, criticized the idea of our trip and called it stupid. What does he know?
We pick up our rental car, and upgrade to a mid-size from the recommendation from the great salesperson behind the Alamo counter. She did make a good point that with the hills, and potential bad weather, it would be beneficial to have a V6. Makes sense.
The music theory, however, started out with a bust. The Damn Griffin iTrip doesn’t work.. it can’t pick up a station to save it’s life. While I own a Tape Adapter, the luxury automobile that we have isn’t fitted with one of this ancient technology. We’re forced to try to get it working with the Radio Adapter, but to no avail. WE’ve gotten nowhere on our list, and are very frustrated. Hopefully after we leave this major metropolitan area, we can get some better stations to tune into.
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We first ate in this great area called Pike’s Market, which is similar to Boston’s Haymarket or Fanueuil Hall, but it’s 10,000 times better. All local vendors, selling great items.. Freshest fruit you’ve ever seen. Much better and organic than anything the Bean has to offer. This area is home to Etta’s (our Brunch Destination) as well as the very first Starbucks. Rumor has it they serve Eggnog Latte’s all year round — we didn’t stop in to see if this was true, however.
We check into the hotel, and head over to the Space Needle, which is just about 2-3 blocks from our temporary abode. Take a trip up the needle, which was built for the World’s Fair in 1960-something. Pretty extraordinary views. I highly recommend checking out the photos in the gallery section of my site. Good stuff!
After the needle, we head over to the EMP (Experience Music Project) which is pretty awesome. It’s basically a museum dedicated to all the Seattle artists (Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana and the Grunge Scene, etc.) and had a special feature on Bob Dylan. It also has a great hands-on aspect, similar to that of the Science Museum, except with instruments. Miss Possible and I came to the conclusion that neither of us have any musical talent what-so-ever.
Tonight we’re headed to a one of the best vegetarian restaurants in the city, which is largely vegetarian. Though we’re tired, this city is definitely a great place. Very organic, friendly, and seems like a really fun place to live. Tomorrow’s agenda has waterfalls, portland and potentially Mt. St. Helens.
I hear there’s rumor of storms in Cali. Hopefully we’ll miss that crap.
~LTJ
