Well, this time the motor home was not part of the mix. A while back Sandy got tickets for the Stephanie Miller Show (The Sexy Liberal Show) for when it (she/they) came to Seattle. The comedy show was playing at the Paramount Theater and I got a room at the very nice Paramount Hotel. We drove up in the PT Cruiser and checked in. After a bit of getting comfortable we went down to the restaurant and had a really great dinner (it involved sushi for one of us!!) and a glass of Malbec.
The show was well done (most of it anyway) and the laughter worth every liberal moment! It left us with smiles and lots of thoughts about how the world is glued together.
The next day was clear and a touch cool. The same restaurant was serving coffee and breakfast but our sights were set on more exploration. Off to the monorail to head down to the Seattle Center. At the time of its building the monorail was very cool and yet another thing I wanted to do for a long time. Now THAT is a place with a history. The Space Needle is there and it has been on my bucket list since I was about twelve. The 1962 World's Fair was staged there and it is not as large a space as I had envisioned. Nonetheless, it houses some great stuff!
Up we went in the elevator to the top of the Needle. Whew!! Breath taking view. Okay, if you can get 520 feet above any place you will see more stuff but it is still impressive. Since my only experience with Seattle was a brief time a few weeks prior on my way through on the bus (long story). Anyway, that was only the beginning.
Below again we sauntered over to the EMP. That's where the Guitar Museum shows off some excellent displays of formerly local bands. Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana and others have more information about them there. Not to mention some really fantastic history on the guitar.
Then came the Chihuly glass works. Whoa!!! Now here's some amazing art. I was completely blown away (pun intended)!! More pictures later...
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