If you’ve only got a handful of hours on either side of a movie to play tourist, you’ve got to move quickly to see as much as you can.  Seattle complicates things by having really confusing streets, although if you’re using sheer volume of things seen as a metric then Seattle helps you out by having far more stuff than is rational or necessary.

For example, they have far more used gum than anyone else.

gum wall

And while they may not have ALL OF THE CHEESES, those cheeses which are represented are available by the box full.

cheese curds

Like guitars?  They have PLENTY of guitars in Seattle.

strings

Hand written manuscripts?  Piles of them.

manuscript

Are underground vice dens more your speed?  Because Seattle has those.

south end steam baths

And beautiful cloud free days that let you see all the way to the horizon?  Well, actually, those can be rare, so seize the day when they come around.

seattle skyline

And despite the presence of the occasional unshaven curly-haired vagrant on the beach, Seattle seems like an amazingly cool city, and I can’t believe I’ve only been there twice in my many years of living in the PacNW.  I hear the summers up there are pretty sweet, so I imagine I’ll have to go back and hunt around some more.

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