Seattle adventures!
So I picked the 2 main touristy things to do today. Go to Pike Place Market and also the Experience Music Project / Sci Fi Museum. The weather is, again, gorgeous and Spring-like. I really feel bad for the NYCers suffering in the heat today. I wish you could be here with me! I started out to Pike Place via bus. The transit system is pretty easy to deal with here but it seems the bus run mainly on the half-hour. Not often enough! Anyhow I got down there and it was an impressive collection of shops and markets. I picked up some tea at MarketSpice and had a hot cinnamon brioche from Belle’s Buns. After more walking around and scoping out the fishmongers I also had some sushi. It just made sense. I also got some Mt. Rainier cherries from the farmer’s market people. All yummy!
Then I caught another bus up to Seattle Center where it seems they’ve conveniently put all tourist attractions in one place. That include the Space Needle, The EMP, The SciFi Museum, and a bunch of other stuff including carnival rides.
The EMP and the Sci-Fi Museum were cool, though quite pricey considering their size. (They were in the same big and crazy Frank Gehry designed building). Also no photos allowed, Oh well. The SciFi Museum is a good place to indulge one’s geekiness and some of the cool things they had included props from Bladerunner (the clear raincoat one of the replicants wore when she was “retired”, Sean Young’s costume, etc.), also stuff from Dune, Star Wars, Star Trek, lots of info on books and history which I thought was cool. Pretty fun! The EMP was pretty cool too with stage costumes on display including Michael Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Billy Zoom, and Elvis. There was a whole Jimmy Hendrix section and also a section specifically on the Northwest history of rock which of course included grunge and also Heart. An extra cool section was all about silkscreen rock posters and that was very interesting. They had a hip-hop section, a guitar section (my guitarist would love that part!), and a section all about recording and the technical aspects of it. There were interactive displays there and the kids were loving it! It’s nice seeing the youngsters get into music. Anyway, better get ready for my reading tonight!