My Life in Lists: Seattle

1. Revisit Seattle

I'm not entirely sure how this idea got planted in his head. Maybe it was my 101 in 1001 list, which he read before we started dating, or the number of times I may have mentioned in conversation about wanting to go to city XYZ (I have a long list of places I want to go. Seattle was near the top of this list). Either way, it was back in late September when he told me to find my next free weekend, take the Friday before off and plan to leave the area. He wouldn't really tell me much after that, except that he was planning a surprise trip and that I was going to love it.

So fast-forward to the weekend of November 13-15. I had my suspicions along the way, and my suspicions were later confirmed (this is a whole other story), but sure enough, on the eve of November 13th, we were on a plane to Seattle, Washington.

Of course, with both of us being coffee junkies, we had to visit the first Starbucks store, where I ordered a peppermint mocha. Mmmmmm.

Next, we hit up the Public Market Center and drooled over all the fresh produce and fresh seafood goodness.













Then we made the mandatory stop at Seattle's tourist staple, the Space Needle, admired it from below.





After about 5 seconds, we lost interest and headed towards what became one of my favorite museums of all time, the Experience Music Project | Science Fiction Museum, also known as my personal heaven.









Not only did this museum have pretty great exhibits, it really allowed visitors to interact with the different exhibits. My favorite aspect was definitely the Sound Lab, where we got to learn how to play different instruments (see examples 1 and 2).

Example 1: Rocking out on the Guitar


Example 2: Struggling with the Drums


We also hit up the Fremont district, attended a Seattle Symphony performance, went on the Underground Tour and took a ferry to Bainbridge Island to see his old neighborhood (he moved to Virginia from Washington, so really, I was the tourist) and meet some of his good friends. Unfortunately, I stopped taking photos around Friday night, so I don't have many more to post, but I'll leave you all with these...











Thank you, Steve, for this amazing trip.