Life Things you can't miss in Seattle - Page 4

My wife and I are taking a quick weekend trip to Seattle at the end of the month. Only on the ground for 2.5 days, so we'll just be scraping the surface of the city, but any recommendations on things we can't miss while we're there?
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Spent a day there after a cruise. Did the market, Space Needle, and underground tour. Stayed downtown at the Mayflower Park, nice hotel with a great central location (walk to market, monorail to Space Needle, train system as well).
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Originally Posted by TimBone:
Rain.

Yes?
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Make sure you check out Starbucks, Costco, Microsoft, and Amazon.com.
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one of the greatest record stores.
https://easystreetonline.com/
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I thought Tower Records was the greatest
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I rode that big ass ferris wheel and then fed this really fat rat a Monster Energy Drink. I have a picture of it somewhere. He just was guzzling that caffeine right by me, no qualm whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by rocknrolla:
one of the greatest record stores.
https://easystreetonline.com/

Originally Posted by threebag02:
I thought Tower Records was the greatest

Neither are Vintage Vinyl.

https://www.vintagevinyl.com/

Bit of trivia, behind spoilers since it isn't germaine to the thread

Spoiler!

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Neither are Vintage Vinyl.

https://www.vintagevinyl.com/

Bit of trivia, behind spoilers since it isn't germaine to the thread

Spoiler!

Before it was a world class record store, Vintage Vinyl's building was a cinema that showed underground and arthouse movies way back in the day.

Here's a vintage clip of some kids going to see Rocky Horror there, and the guy being interviewed is who you think he is.

That was my favorite store when I lived in U City in the 80s. It was in a smaller space at the other end of the loop then.
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Get the City Pass. It has a variety of attractions to see and you get a discount. Fun place to visit, we've been many times.
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Originally Posted by Frosty:
Those aren't actually related to the one in Spokane that the OP linked to. The Spokane one is funnier because of the "buy them by the bagful" on the Dick's sign.

But, yes - if DaFace wants Dick's, he can get them in Seattle.

Is the one in Seattle similar enough to the one in Spokanimal Farm to the point where the burgers are really inexpensive, and yet decent quality?
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I don't know if you get Smithsonian Channel or not, but they're airing a show on Seattle tonight. That might give you some ideas.
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Originally Posted by Frazod:
I don't know if you get Smithsonian Channel or not, but they're airing a show on Seattle tonight. That might give you some ideas.

:-)
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Originally Posted by rtmike:
If you tire of Seattle, drive 150 miles south to the Vancouver/Portland area.

Multnomah Falls (Big fire in the gorge last summer). Everything’s prolly greened up by now.
If you go to mf, keep heading east to the Bonneville Damn. You can watch the fish running upstream behind a window. Also you can seee the “fish counter” in their little room.

Mt. St. Helens is a must. The sheer destruction of Mother Nature is life changing. It’s unreal up there if you’re into nature,etc.

80 miles to coast. In wa. we can drive on the beach.

All of this. My brother lived in Vancouver WA for 5 years and we made 3 trips to that area.

We went to Seattle on a trip up there years ago and plan to never go back. The Space Needle is cool and the rest of it is bleh.

The Columbia River Gorge is another story. Absolutely fantastic area.
Multnomah Falls is fantastic.
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