[I] One day in Seattle
Alec Cawley
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?
Esmeraldus
Pike Street market. Especially the fish shop where they throw fish.
Arthur Hagen
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.
Regards,
--
*Art
GaryN
news:g0copt$jro$1...@mud.stack.nl:
I have to ask...
At who?
Do they throw Pike, and are they alive when thrown?
Is this a variation of the Monty Python 'Fish Slapping Dance'?
gary
Esmeraldus
> "Esmeraldus" <muclu...@mypacks.net> wrote in
> news:g0copt$jro$1...@mud.stack.nl:
>
>> Alec Cawley wrote:
>>> I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in Seattle.
>>> What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of Flight, because
>>> I like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would do the morning
>>> nicely; what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is there some
>>> other must-see?
>>
>> Pike Street market. Especially the fish shop where they throw fish.
>
> I have to ask...
>
> At who?
Not really "at." They throw them to each other.
> Do they throw Pike, and are they alive when thrown?
Dead, I'm pretty sure, but fresh.
> Is this a variation of the Monty Python 'Fish Slapping Dance'?
A cousin, at least.
Esmeraldus
> "Esmeraldus" <muclu...@mypacks.net> wrote in
> news:g0copt$jro$1...@mud.stack.nl:
>
>> Alec Cawley wrote:
>>> I have one day of leisure - next Sunday, to be precise - in Seattle.
>>> What should I do/see? was thinking of the Museum of Flight, because
>>> I like aeroplanes. But even so, I think that would do the morning
>>> nicely; what should I do in afternoon/evening? Or is there some
>>> other must-see?
>>
>> Pike Street market. Especially the fish shop where they throw fish.
>
> I have to ask...
>
> At who?
Not really "at." They throw them to each other.
> Do they throw Pike, and are they alive when thrown?
Dead, I'm pretty sure, but fresh.
> Is this a variation of the Monty Python 'Fish Slapping Dance'?
A cousin, at least.
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/washington/pike-place-market.php
Esmeraldus
> GaryN wrote:
>> "Esmeraldus" <muclu...@mypacks.net> wrote in
>> news:g0copt$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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dt1JYXdB9I
April Goodwin-Smith
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.
Mary-MKS
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.
Oh, and one other thing we planned to do on our "one day" and didn't get
around to: a drive in movie (http://www.sterlingrealty.com/drivein.asp)
-Mary
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John Wilkins
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
--
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University of Queensland - Blog: scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts
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Daibhid Ceanaideach
> GaryN wrote:
>> "Esmeraldus" <muclu...@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.
>>
>> 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.
Geoff Field
I saw a documentary of this shop as a training video. It was all about
teamwork and making the workplace fun.
If I'm ever in the US and in that part of it, I'll look in on it.
Geoff
--
Geoff Field
Professional Geek,
Amateur Stage-Levelling Gauge
Dom
>> 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'?
Don't tell him Pike!
--
Dom
Alec Cawley
Looks good - and it is not far from the Museum of Flight. I'll probably
go there. Thanks.
Hendrik Schober
The Space Noodle?
Schobi
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Chris Zakes
The Science Fiction Museum, perhaps?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame
-Chris Zakes
Texas
Have you ever noticed how much "political correctness" resembles a complete
lack of a sense of humor?
Chris Zakes
caused "Hendrik Schober" <Spam...@gmx.de> to write:
>Alec Cawley <al...@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?
>
> The Space Noodle?
Is that related to the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/denaldo/2482251373/
Hendrik Schober
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 22:46:34 +0200, an orbital mind-control laser
> caused "Hendrik Schober" <Spam...@gmx.de> to write:
>
>> Alec Cawley <al...@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?
>>
>> The Space Noodle?
>
> Is that related to the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/denaldo/2482251373/
I wouldn't know of its ancestry/family.
> -Chris Zakes
Mary-MKS
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 22:46:34 +0200, an orbital mind-control laser
> caused "Hendrik Schober" <Spam...@gmx.de> to write:
>
>> Alec Cawley <al...@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?
>> The Space Noodle?
> Is that related to the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/denaldo/2482251373/
Really neat pictures of it from very unusual angles here:
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/18982744.html
I take it a pressure-washer company has volunteered to clean it for
free, for the publicity. Hence the photos.
Brian Howlett
> Chris Zakes wrote:
[snip]
>> Is that related to the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/denaldo/2482251373/
> Really neat pictures of it from very unusual angles here:
> http://www.komotv.com/news/local/18982744.html
> I take it a pressure-washer company has volunteered to clean it for
> free, for the publicity. Hence the photos.
Am I the only one who went to that site expecting to see pictures of
the Flying Spaghetti Monster being steam cleaned?
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<news-s...@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:
>On 17 May, Mary-MKS wrote:
>
>> Chris Zakes wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>> Is that related to the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/denaldo/2482251373/
>
>> Really neat pictures of it from very unusual angles here:
>
>> http://www.komotv.com/news/local/18982744.html
>
>> I take it a pressure-washer company has volunteered to clean it for
>> free, for the publicity. Hence the photos.
>
>Am I the only one who went to that site expecting to see pictures of
>the Flying Spaghetti Monster being steam cleaned?
No, no you are not.
And then the pictures of the Space Needle made me want to go watch
THAT being cleaned.
Drat it all.
atsar...@hotmail.com
I'd say go to Volunteer Park, where you have a museum, pleasant
people, views to the distant mountains, an ancient water tower to
climb, and innumerable pleasant restaurants in the area.
Or used bookstores in the U District.
Or there used to be a boat-and-bus tour that took you all around the
waterfront, through the canal to Lake Union, through the other canal
to Lake Washington, and down to the bottom of that.
But I used to live there, so a free day to me just means walking
around or biking around and breathing deeply and looking at mountains
and clouds. Or trying to get to the mountains or the sea. (The sea is
a bit far for one day. But there are islands.)
Jean Coeur de Lapin