Seattle

Ah...I miss Seattle!  Believe it or not, it's blue skies and emerald trees in December.  Recently occurred to me I should document the awesomeness of Seattle.

I like this person's top Seattle foods:
1. Salmon (love! love! love!  Especially covered with mayo and cooked at 200 degrees for 1hr)
2. Dungeness Crab (And to think we used to go crabbing and get cooler-fulls...)
3. Oysters and Mussels (screwdriver + hammer on the beach does the job)
4. Pike Place Market
5. Local Artisinal producers (bread, cheese, salumi)
6. Microbreweries
7. Coffee - artisinal, not S-bucks (Alas, I'm no coffee drinker)
8. Washington Wine
9. Local Chefs (Tom Douglas, etc.)
10. Berries, Mushrooms in season
Also Top Pot Doughnuts was featured on the food network! - blanchard&5
Personally, I'd also replace coffee or breweries with Ivar's clam chowder.  


Top places to visit in the city:

• Pike place market
• Seattle center, Experience Music Project, Space Needle
• Sculpture Park (free) + Art Museum (free 1st Thur/mo)
• Underground Tour
• Safeco Field
• Further out in the area: Museum of Flight, Boeing tour
• ...

Top Nature Lovers places:

• Mt Rainier: it's on all the license places!
• Olympic Mountains
• Cascades
• Mt. Saint Helens: one of these days I'll climb it...
• Mt. Baker
• ...

Cultural

• Tillicum Village (salmon slow cooked over open fire...mmmm)
• Leavenworth (German town, Enchantment peaks hiking)
• ...

Holiday Season (most free): 

• Seattle:
• Seattle center: Ice skating $7, control model train, caroling 
• Shereton gingerbread village - union &6
• Fairmount teddy bear suite - university&4
• Macy/nordstrom santaland - pine&3
• Pacific pl -pine&6
• Holiday carousel westlake - pine&4
• Lighted waterfront park, pier57-59, end of pike
• Seattle Civic Christmas Ship Celebration - select dates & locations (Meydenbauer beach park)
• Everet flying heritage collection $12
• Bellevue:
• Garden D'Lights
• Bravern Holiday Lighting: Santa rides in, caroling, beverages, pony rides, santa mailbox, cookie decoration - Nov-?, $?
• Live entertainment Dec till 23rd
• Gingerbread display @Hilton 300 112 ave SE, Dec until 21?
• Hilltop Craft show - late Nov till early Dec
• Jingle Bell-vue Blvd at  Bellevue Arts Museum - select dec dates
• Heritage Center Winter Open House - Dec?
• Square mall ice skating -$10
• www.magicseason.com
• Woodinville Molbaks displays