I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in Seattle. What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of Flight, because I like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would do the morning nicely; what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is there some other must-see?
Alec Cawley wrote: > I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in Seattle. > What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of Flight, because I > like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would do the morning > nicely; what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is there some other > must-see?
Pike Street market. Especially the fish shop where they throw fish.
Alec Cawley <a...@spamspam.co.uk> wrote: > I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in Seattle. > What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of Flight, because I > like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would do the morning > nicely; what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is there some other > must-see?
1: Experience Music Project (an interactive museum of sound, sort of). See http://www.empsfm.org/ for details. 2: Ballard Locks. Wonderful park to relax in, and unless things have changed lately, there's still one restaurant within walking distance which serves lutefisk, which /is/ an experience. 3: The Space Needle. Too touristy, though, but you'll be a tourist, so I guess that makes it OK.
> Alec Cawley wrote: >> I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in Seattle. >> What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of Flight, because >> I like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would do the morning >> nicely; what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is there some other >> must-see?
> Pike Street market. Especially the fish shop where they throw fish.
I have to ask...
At who?
Do they throw Pike, and are they alive when thrown?
Is this a variation of the Monty Python 'Fish Slapping Dance'?
>> Alec Cawley wrote: >>> I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in Seattle. >>> What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of Flight, because >>> I like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would do the morning >>> nicely; what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is there some >>> other must-see?
>> Pike Street market. Especially the fish shop where they throw fish.
> I have to ask...
> At who?
Not really "at." They throw them to each other.
> Do they throw Pike, and are they alive when thrown?
Dead, I'm pretty sure, but fresh.
> Is this a variation of the Monty Python 'Fish Slapping Dance'?
>> Alec Cawley wrote: >>> I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in Seattle. >>> What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of Flight, because >>> I like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would do the morning >>> nicely; what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is there some >>> other must-see?
>> Pike Street market. Especially the fish shop where they throw fish.
> I have to ask...
> At who?
Not really "at." They throw them to each other.
> Do they throw Pike, and are they alive when thrown?
Dead, I'm pretty sure, but fresh.
> Is this a variation of the Monty Python 'Fish Slapping Dance'?
>>> Alec Cawley wrote: >>>> I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in >>>> Seattle. What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of >>>> Flight, because I like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would >>>> do the morning nicely; what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or >>>> is there some other must-see?
>>> Pike Street market. Especially the fish shop where they throw fish.
Here' a very short YouTube video of it. There may be others.
> I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise > - in Seattle. What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of > Flight, because I like aeroplanes. But > even so, I think that would do the morning nicely; what > should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is there some other must-see?
I haven't been to Seattle since 1976 (driving through the *insane* highway network does not count), but go to the water. No matter what they've built there by now, the ocean will still be lovely, especially with the sun setting in it.
Better yet: come to Vancouver and go to Spanish Banks.[1]
April.
[1] - kidding - less than you'd think - but still kidding.
Alec Cawley wrote: > I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in Seattle. > What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of Flight, because I > like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would do the morning nicely; > what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is there some other must-see?
When we had one day in Seattle last year, we went to Pike Place Market and up the Space Needle, out of a vague sense that we were supposed to, and because it was easy. And that was a fun day.
But my happier memories from going to university in the area include sailing on Puget Sound, hiking around Mount Ranier, the zoo and gardens and wooded paths around Point Defiance (in Tacoma, which also has a museum of glass I've been wanting to see), the Asian Art museum in Seattle, taking the ferries to other islands (and once, up to Victoria, Vancouver Island), picking blackberries that grew *everywhere*, an outdoor Celtic music concert at a winery, camping on the Olympic Peninsula, driving across the Narrows Bridge, shopping for strange Asian foods at Uwajimaya (google it) and the mother of all music festivals, Bumbershoot--alas, not until September.
Actually we combined the Bumbershoot trips with trips to the fun-but-overpriced Experience Music Project and to the Pacific Science Center, which are both right next to the Space Needle, so they might be easy to squeeze in. My favorite part of the Pacific Science Center was the mathematics exhibit that showed 3D models of the Riemann-zeta function and a portion of a hypersphere, along with some non-Euclidean geometries... But I realize that's not to everyone's taste.
If you can possibly squeeze any of the rest of that in, I recommend it all.
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Mary-MKS <mks.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alec Cawley wrote: > > I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in Seattle. > > What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of Flight, because I > > like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would do the morning nicely; > > what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is there some other must-see?
> When we had one day in Seattle last year, we went to Pike Place Market > and up the Space Needle, out of a vague sense that we were supposed to, > and because it was easy. And that was a fun day.
> But my happier memories from going to university in the area include > sailing on Puget Sound, hiking around Mount Ranier, the zoo and gardens > and wooded paths around Point Defiance (in Tacoma, which also has a > museum of glass I've been wanting to see), the Asian Art museum in > Seattle, taking the ferries to other islands (and once, up to Victoria, > Vancouver Island), picking blackberries that grew *everywhere*, an > outdoor Celtic music concert at a winery, camping on the Olympic > Peninsula, driving across the Narrows Bridge, shopping for strange Asian > foods at Uwajimaya (google it) and the mother of all music festivals, > Bumbershoot--alas, not until September.
> Actually we combined the Bumbershoot trips with trips to the > fun-but-overpriced Experience Music Project and to the Pacific Science > Center, which are both right next to the Space Needle, so they might be > easy to squeeze in. My favorite part of the Pacific Science Center was > the mathematics exhibit that showed 3D models of the Riemann-zeta > function and a portion of a hypersphere, along with some non-Euclidean > geometries... But I realize that's not to everyone's taste.
> If you can possibly squeeze any of the rest of that in, I recommend it all.
The Museum of Flight has one major drawcard - you can sit in a Blackbird cockpit, which I wanted to do from the age of ten.
Also, check out the troll bridge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Troll -- John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Philosophy University of Queensland - Blog: scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts "He used... sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and... satire. He was vicious."
>>> Alec Cawley wrote: >>>> I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in >>>> Seattle. What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of >>>> Flight, because I like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would >>>> do the morning nicely; what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is >>>> there some other must-see?
>>> Pike Street market. Especially the fish shop where they throw fish.
>> I have to ask...
>> At who?
> Not really "at." They throw them to each other.
Although my main source of information on Seattle says that on at least one occasion they did throw a sizable fish *at* someone (Dr Niles Crane), but it was an accident.
-- Dave So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death. And the name of the horse was Binky.
Esmeraldus wrote: > Esmeraldus wrote: >> GaryN wrote: >>> "Esmeraldus" <mucluc59...@mypacks.net> wrote in >>> news:g0copt$jro$1@mud.stack.nl:
>>>> Alec Cawley wrote: >>>>> I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in >>>>> Seattle. What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of >>>>> Flight, because I like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would >>>>> do the morning nicely; what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or >>>>> is there some other must-see?
>>>> Pike Street market. Especially the fish shop where they throw fish.
> Here' a very short YouTube video of it. There may be others.
