From Seattle
Our day in Seattle started with breakfast and a stroll through the famous Pike Street Market. After which, a taxi to the huge REI compound. I had not seen the new REI facility before. I think the queen stays there when she’s in town. It has a bike testing path, a hiking trail and rock climbing mountain.
One thing it doesn’t have is a taxi stand. We walked to the Seattle Center, where the Space Needle is located, it felt like two miles.
I’m not one for heights so I’ve never been up the Space Needle and I didn’t today. I’ve been checking the ‘Experience Music Project’ with Google Earth and, let me tell ya, it looks different up-close than it does from space. Not many straight lines here, other than the doors, It’s all curves, swoops and colors. It kind of reminds you of music. Or an acid trip.
It was more fun that I expected. Lots of music history with old instruments and what not. Also, some powerful videos showing why the greats are great. They also have an interactive recording-studio playground that is fun even for non musicians.
We visited an art exhibition ‘Doubletake: From monet to Lichtenstein’, that I later learned, opened Saturday. It’s a selection of paintings owned by Paul Allen of Microsoft fame. I don’t know anything about art, but I know what I like and I liked these. These excellent few, presented in an approachable way designed for us who know nothing about art.
They also have a science fiction museum that would have been more interesting if I wasn’t tired. It deserves a better review than this.