Seattle
Seattle is my home, I want to die here, though not soon. If you’re visiting, here’s a list of fun things you can try. But here’s the deal, give me feedback of stuff to add/remove from this list
Igor’s list:
- Coolest Coffee: Starbucks Reserve Roastery
- Coolest Library: Hogwarts
- Second Coolest Library: Seattle Public
- Fremont: Troll/Lenin
By Neighborhood:
- Fremont
- Favorite Coffee shop: Milstead
- Retro Arcade: Add-a-Ball
- Capitol Hill
- Favorite Coffee shop: Victrola on 15th
- Crazy bar: The Unicorn
- Ballard
- I don’t get there often enough to make a recommendation
- Bellevue
- I tend not to be on the east side, but if you’re downtown Bellevue
- Favorite Coffee shop: Cafe Cesura
Hikes:
- Discovery Park - Larger park in Seattle. Big enough to be a hike
- Twin Falls - Easy day hike
- Tiger Mountain - Top end of easy hike
- Little Si - Easier day hike
- Mount Si - Serious Hike
If you have a free day, a car, and a desire to do something amazing outside
- In Mt. Rainier National Park - Paradise to Sunrise is one of the most amazing scenic drives ever
- Ape Caves - Pretty amazing, pitch-black lava tubes. Very amazing experience.
- Railroad Tunnel - Pitch-black railroad tunnel fun for a bike ride.
Restaurants
- Palace Kitchen (Amazing Burgers)
- Tai Tung (Good Chinese)
- Beth’s (Giant Breakfast)
- Cafe Flora (Vegetarian)
- Tanoor (Middle Eastern) - Best Meat
- Berliner (Hole in the wall in SLU)
Beaches:
- Golden Gardens - Very nice sand beach
- Alki Beach - Very nice sand beach in West Seattle
- Madison Park - Nice for swimming
- Matthew’s Beach - Nice for swimming/Polar Bear Plunge
Parks:
- Kerry Park (It’s where all the Space Needle postcard photos are from)
- Olympic Sculpture Park and vivarium
- Arboretum (+Japanese Garden)
- Interlaken
- Discovery Park
If you have a friend that works at Amazon:
- Get them to give you a tour of the Spheres
By Classic Tourist Attraction:
- Space Needle/Seattle Center
- Pike Place Market
Stuff to skip:
- First Starbucks - just a crappy coffee shop
If you have an Amazon friend
- Tour of the spheres