I just got back from an amazing trip to Seattle to visit my aunt. It was my first time there, and my first time in almost 9-10 years on the west coast. I LOVED it. I thought I'd share my reasons why I loved Seattle so much!
1. Nature - Seattle is a big city with all of the amenities that a metropolis has to offer. But Seattle will raise you one - it has the most breathtaking natural sights! Lots of water, surrounded by beautiful mountains - what's not to fall in love with?
View of mountains from the Space Needle.
2. Breakfast Happy Hour - Toulouse Petit have most of their breakfast entrees for only $8 dollars every weekday from 8am-11am. Enjoy with a mint julep or a spicy Bloody Mary.
Mint julep.
3. Cool history - It seems like there's a cool story behind everything in Seattle. Luna Park Cafe used to be set near the Luna Park Amusement Park. More recently, the John T. Williams Memorial Totem Pole was erected so the city could remember the life of a man who was wrongly killed by law enforcement. Everything in Seattle is there for a reason.
John T. Williams Memorial Totem
4. THE MUSIC - Need we say more? Nirvana, EMP, Jimi Hendrix, Sub-Pop.
(L) Kurt Cobain memorial bench in Viretta Park. (R) Guitar tower at the Experience Music Project.
5. Cool architecture - Check out this photo I found on Google of their public library (I wish I had snapped one for myself).
From this website.
6. Pike Place Market - Watch some people throw fish, grab pork bun, or buy some cheesy souvenirs or local art. Truly one of the greatest city markets I've ever had the chance to go to (it's ok, Reading Terminal - I still love you).
Pike Place Market
7. The shopping is unreal - There's a place called the Fremont Vintage Mall. And it has stacks upon stacks of the most amazing vintage stuff you're gonna find anywhere. I don't just mean clothes. I mean knick knacks, furniture, records, kitchenware, posters, telephones, jewelry, sunglasses, music instruments and on and on and on. They also have John & Yoko painted on the entrance to the store.
Painting of John & Yoko (and others) at Fremont Vintage Mall.
8. Public art - Seattle kicks Philadelphia's butt in the public art arena. From the fins and the Sound Garden to the Fremont troll, Seattle has us beat, for sure.
(L) Fremont troll. (R) Fins in Magnuson Park.
9. Less people are murdered - In the entire year of 2011, there were 21 murders in Seattle. Philadelphia had 324. THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR MURDERS. Let's figure out what Seattle is doing and then do that.
10. Environmentally friendly - Seattle composts. I don't just mean it's a fad that people do on their own. The city actually collects it and turns it into usable products for gardening. And they're banning plastic bags effective this summer.
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