Pike Place Market
what an awesome place and not like Granville Market here that will just raise the prices for the sake of gouging the tourist. I walked around and watched some fish get tossed, bought some amazingly juicy peaches and tasted some pretty good jerky.
The Space Needle
next i walked my behind (i say this because at this point i have downed a million beef jerky samples and the most amazing chocolate croissant). The space needle is like the CN tower, it's just there so might as well see it. It has a 1960's world fair vibe going on. It was cool and the view was nice but not worth the $17.
Queen Anne Hill
My random research brought me to this area. After leaving the space needle and mapping a general direction from the view deck i was on my way. The houses were gorgeous, full of flower beds and unique designs. I never realized how hilly Seattle is, it's a little like San Fran and Vancouver and Portland mashed together. It was nice to get lost in this neighborhood without the huge groups of tourists in bad outfits. Why is it that on trips people dress differently and more "hey come pick my pockets" kind of style?
Olympic Sculpture Park
a cute little green space with sculptures and seating facing the water, i planted my derriere here for a quite a while.
SAM - Seattle Art Museum
this was top on my list. There was a Kurt Cobain exhibit AND an Andy Warhol exhibit. I only took a few pics of those exhibits because turns out you are not suppose to. There was also a cute exhibit where you could take your picture in a photobooth and then add it to a huge wall of others. Of course I did it, i love those photobooths.
Mariner's Game
By the end of the day i was exhausted and cranky and still had 3 hours to kill. So i thought what the hay, I'll go watch the game to put up my feet. All they had left were $57 tickets and there was no way I was paying that much to watch a sport I care little about. So I gave up, bought a Hebrew National dog (thanks for the advice Sarah) and people watched. Lucky for me because it brought me together with the $10 scalper guy. So for 9$, everything left in my wallet, I got to see the game. The ball park is super nice and I even got to hear nerdy, pimply teenage boys talk about loosing their virginity. Young guy pictured below lost it to a girl named Jessica and "i don't remember her last name, I didn't give a fuck". Admit it buddy, it was ugly Jessica wasn't it or maybe fat Jessica. The place was pretty packed even if according to Ben the Mariners suck, America supports their sucky teams, we just abandon them and charge $2 for tickets.
