| Page Views: 4,263 Last Visit to Seattle: March, 2005 | Seattle by davequ - last update: Dec 23, 2008 |
A True American Original | Gull flying west over Elliott Bay |
I've been visiting, working and vacationing here for over 15 years, and to me Seattle is a jewel - definitely in my top-ten.
I'm a frequent business / holiday tourist, so unfortunately I doubt there will be much if any unique "insider" info, just some of my favorite things to do when I'm in town.( I miss arasnosliw's pages - they had style)
I really like Seattle & the Pacific Northwest, so though I share mostly tourist info, it definitely comes from the heart with a positive perspective.
I think Seattle is one of the few original & great American cities.
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|  | Puget Afternoon Sun <----- Another jaw-dropping view of Elliott Bay & Puget Sound in the afternoon as the sun shoots rays down through the clouds.
Seattle, especially Elliott Bay when the light is just right, can sometimes be so beautiful it will stop you awestruck right in your tracks. .......................
Some days I sit & look out the window as I run conference calls from my hotel room, and it can get so beautiful in the late afternoon that one time in mid-sentence I just stopped talking and kind of drifted into a brief trance, watching the sun rays sparkle off the water.
After a long pregnant pause of heavy dead air, everyone on the call started laughing & teasing me as I faded back to reality and apologized for my little Cheech & Chong moment.
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| Tour d'Seattle-------------> Paris has Tour Eiffel; San Francisco has Transamerica & Coit; while Seattle skyline is always associated with and practically dominated by the Space Needle.
The team of dreamers, architects and engineers that came up with this for the fair in 1962 imho really nailed it.
605-foot tall Space Needle completed December 1961, officially opened on the first day of the World's Fair, April 21, 1962. |  | | Needle from Westin North Tower |
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| Pros: | "Night vista from inbound ferries; good food & music; Seattle's refreshing beauty & Northwest personality; coloured martinis @ Edgewater SixSeven" | | Cons: | "Sometimes it drizzles; mucho traffic; the PNW still being terraformed by seismic activity & volcanoes" | | In A Nutshell: | "One the most beautiful cities in North America" |
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Pawtuxet Tue Dec 2, 2008 00:43 UTC thanks for the quick tour. A Seattle woman is here for a few months..thought I'd check out her home town. | SteveOSF Thu Apr 17, 2008 19:47 UTC Great overview of Seattle. Nice tips and pictures. Your tips should prove useful when I visit next month. | sunswt57 Wed Aug 22, 2007 03:42 UTC Brilliant... I love it! Casual, but VERY romantic!! | arasnosliw Fri Jul 29, 2005 20:24 UTC I love your writing, very hilarious! And I just noticed your mention of my page. Thank you. I'm having some spam salmon for dinner tonight. Mmm mmm good. |
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