Return from the Emerald City
The hubby and I took an anniversary trip to Seattle. We spent a whole week there and I must say it is a very nifty city. We did the Space Needle because you've got to right? We also went to the Chihuly Glass Garden and Museum which is far more amazing than pictures can even show because of the sheer scale of the pieces. We took a cruise around the sound. We saw Pikes Place Market and Pioneer Square. But most important of all we went to MJ Paradise - the EMP.
The Experience Music Project Museum is a shrine to pop culture. They have one wing dedicated to music. The primary display was punk rock from the beginnings in the underground up to Nirvana and the grunge scene. There were listening stations galore and it was interesting to see home much of the essential punk we already owned. There was a lot more to the music half but it paled in comparison to the SciFi and Fantasy half.
There were costumes from all our favorite movies and TV shows. Props too. Interviews with authors showing on screens that were the eyes of dragonflies. The eyes even blinked sometimes! It was so amazing I could have spent every day there. Even the outside of the building was wicked cool. We have some bitchin' pictures I can assure you!
About the town itself, it's much like England. Wet, and obsessed with cheese and bacon. [For the record your first bite of candied bacon is like seeing the face of God] And there is a coffee culture like you wouldn't believe. I drank a LOT of coffee trying for different places every day. For the record, don't like a Marley Coffee machine make you a coffee even if it does place you a tune when it does it. Ewwww. The best coffee by far was in a little one off joint called Cafee Migliore. It was the only place I visited twice, and I would have gone there more if I'd found it sooner.
Because it was a big milestone we stayed in a very swanky hotel with art deco design throughout, and a free wine hour every day. Two of the days there was also live music, and one day there was a magician. It was a real experience.
Books: Zeus is Dead: a Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure - I highly recommend it
Movies: You gotta love planes these days - Tomorrowland/Ant Man/Jenny's Wedding/The Fantastic 4 [recommend the first 3, skip the last]
Music: Her Morning Elegance
The Experience Music Project Museum is a shrine to pop culture. They have one wing dedicated to music. The primary display was punk rock from the beginnings in the underground up to Nirvana and the grunge scene. There were listening stations galore and it was interesting to see home much of the essential punk we already owned. There was a lot more to the music half but it paled in comparison to the SciFi and Fantasy half.
There were costumes from all our favorite movies and TV shows. Props too. Interviews with authors showing on screens that were the eyes of dragonflies. The eyes even blinked sometimes! It was so amazing I could have spent every day there. Even the outside of the building was wicked cool. We have some bitchin' pictures I can assure you!
About the town itself, it's much like England. Wet, and obsessed with cheese and bacon. [For the record your first bite of candied bacon is like seeing the face of God] And there is a coffee culture like you wouldn't believe. I drank a LOT of coffee trying for different places every day. For the record, don't like a Marley Coffee machine make you a coffee even if it does place you a tune when it does it. Ewwww. The best coffee by far was in a little one off joint called Cafee Migliore. It was the only place I visited twice, and I would have gone there more if I'd found it sooner.
Because it was a big milestone we stayed in a very swanky hotel with art deco design throughout, and a free wine hour every day. Two of the days there was also live music, and one day there was a magician. It was a real experience.
Books: Zeus is Dead: a Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure - I highly recommend it
Movies: You gotta love planes these days - Tomorrowland/Ant Man/Jenny's Wedding/The Fantastic 4 [recommend the first 3, skip the last]
Music: Her Morning Elegance