tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post5737682046693628778..comments2024-03-26T18:28:53.305-04:00Comments on Sean's Ramblings: Visiting SeattleSeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811858639259602946noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-4628661844439796382008-03-25T07:11:00.000-04:002008-03-25T07:11:00.000-04:00Thanks everyone for the great suggestions!Thanks everyone for the great suggestions!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08811858639259602946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-41011702948178958472008-03-21T10:59:00.000-04:002008-03-21T10:59:00.000-04:00Harvey sent a note about your trip to Seattle.Goin...Harvey sent a note about your trip to Seattle.Going to Victoria- Options, Fly Kenmore Air off Lake Union in downtown Seattle into Victoria's Bay. Take an hour / costs about $ 225 Round trip. Flys 6-10 seaters. Great experience. Other option is the Clipper about 2.5 hours, cost around $100 RT. They have hotel packages . Ferry systems a slower option. <BR/>While in Victoria, go to bus station for trip to Buchard Gardens.Near Empress Hotel and the Parliment. Like history-go to the museum-all located in downtown area.<BR/>Yes stop in Pike's Street Market and check out the water front. Argosy tours has a number of water trips if you want to check out the area. <BR/>If Mariners not in see if tours are scheduled at the ball park. Check out the locker rooms, boxes, TV broadcast area, sit in the dugout. It's fun.<BR/>Go to Mount Rainier and St Helen's as a day and a half trip. Check with Park sites to see if roads are open however before making plans. Snow has been heavy this past winter so passes may be closed in April if that is your timeline. <BR/>If you would enjoy a dinner and a show while in Settle check out Zinzani. It's an obsolutely fun evening. Dinner by Tom Douglas.<BR/>There are great restaurants in Seattle. What type of food would you like to experience?<BR/> Boeing has very interesting tours. The Museum of flight may be of interest as well. A tour of Underground Seattle is an ok thing.<BR/>That's it for now. I'll check back laterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-63930460787449387992008-03-21T06:01:00.000-04:002008-03-21T06:01:00.000-04:00Stumbled across your blog. I am going to Seattle f...Stumbled across your blog. I am going to Seattle for 1 night during a visit to Vancouver from England to see my girlfriend. Hopefully we won't leave the hotel, but if we did then we would head down to Pioneer square and just chill out and wander around, maybe Pike Place, before a fun night out.<BR/><BR/>So thanks for the tips guys!!The Wheatsheaf FC (Bognor Regis)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01388980337671914397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-35769143542604617812008-03-20T22:26:00.000-04:002008-03-20T22:26:00.000-04:00I'd be interested in going to the interactive musi...I'd be interested in going to the interactive music museum - Experience Music Project. Not sure if it is up your alley, but the things I've read about it seem pretty cool...<BR/>--ChristineUshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498135684237097816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-43493822993504444922008-03-20T10:45:00.000-04:002008-03-20T10:45:00.000-04:00Hehe. I don't think I saw the original Starbucks....Hehe. I don't think I saw the original Starbucks. That might have been interesting.<BR/><BR/>And Chowder cannot be used as a selling point for the Pacific Northwest. Only New England. Sure, there is water, but it's still heresy. Salmon yes. Chowder no. So you should ban Messiah from your blog as well. ;)<BR/><BR/>Isn't Mario Battlei in our Rotisserie league?Archihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955447670170512263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-31145327838185517262008-03-20T10:03:00.000-04:002008-03-20T10:03:00.000-04:00I disagree with Dan -- Pike Place is a must do. G...I disagree with Dan -- Pike Place is a must do. Great produce, great baked goods, good chowder, interesting crafts, the original Starbucks, free samples, etc. Also, it's probably too cold to really enjoy the San Juans. So you should ban him from your blog. <BR/><BR/>For restaurants, you can't go wrong with any <A HREF="http://tomdouglas.com/" REL="nofollow">Tom Douglas</A> joint. My favorite store when I was there was <A HREF="http://www.nwfinewoodworking.com/" REL="nofollow">Northwest Fine Woodworking</A>, a furniture and craft store with beautiful (nay, fine!) wood pieces. That's in Pioneer Square, as is <A HREF="http://www.salumicuredmeats.com/" REL="nofollow">Salumi</A>, a teeny-tiny restaurant/take-out run by Mario Battlai's dad that makes it's own salami and cured meats and great sandwiches and pasta. You can stop at both on the way to the M's game.<BR/>I'll think of day trips for you, too.Messiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15752240196521813060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-50611336144140173352008-03-20T09:10:00.000-04:002008-03-20T09:10:00.000-04:00I took a day trip to the San Juan Islands, which w...I took a day trip to the San Juan Islands, which were pretty cool:<BR/><BR/>http://www.guidetosanjuans.com/<BR/><BR/>Pike Place is one of those things you do so you can say you did it. I don't remember it being particularly great. They throw fish and you can buy tea. Yadda.Archihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955447670170512263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-58734389439661297332008-03-19T16:59:00.000-04:002008-03-19T16:59:00.000-04:00I believe that the fish market is supposed to be i...I believe that the fish market is supposed to be interesting.Mystery Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971861424029392782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-81241780159790912282008-03-19T07:42:00.000-04:002008-03-19T07:42:00.000-04:00i just bumped into your blog!you're lucky you're g...i just bumped into your blog!<BR/>you're lucky you're going an a vacation! have fun!A Link Per Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725833745580899772noreply@blogger.com