DOOL Discussion Group -- For Lisa P and other Seattle dwellers...

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Topic: For Lisa P and other Seattle dwellers...

Topic Posted by: hewlab
Date Posted: Thu Apr 24 13:54:13 2008
Additional Comments: I'm excited! I'll be visiting Seattle in late July and was wondering what attractions I should try to see, where are the best places to eat, and what the best hotel deals might be. It's looking like the downtown Days Inn may be my cheapest choice, but I want to stay someplace fairly nice. So... if you have any suggestions for my trip, please let me know. Thanks so much! I can't wait to check out your beautiful city as I've always wanted to visit. :)

Posted by: Nicki
Date posted: Thu Apr 24 15:38:24 2008
Message:

We visit Seattle alot (we live about an hour and a half over the border)..

some of our must sees..

Ride the Ducks tour (so much fun! we loved it last year....going to do it again this year.

Pike Place Market

Seattle Centre Amusement park

Space needle

pacific Science Centre

Woodland park Zoo

Chinatown

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Thanks, Nicki! It's good to have a list! Not sure how much I'll be able to do in 4 days, but I'll give it my all. - hew

Coming to Seattle and not seeing the Space Needle is like going to San Francisco and skipping the Golden Gate Bridge :-) Of all of these things if you had to skip one, I'd pick Chinatown. That's just me, but growing in SF, the Chinatown there makes ours look like the Ghetto. Lisa P

Posted by: Lisa P
Date posted: Thu Apr 24 14:38:08 2008
Message:
Jenny covered a lot of things. Let me think about hotels a bit more. The downtown Days Inn is not a good choice. There are a lot of drug busts there.
It might be wise to stay in Bellevue and then just go over to Seattle on the days you are there, unless you want the entire downtown experience. Downtown Bellevue is very nice and there are not any seedy places that I know of.

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We're beginning to call Bellevue the 'mini-manhattan!' It is nice, but expensive. Altho, the Silver Cloud Inns are nice, aren't they? I've heard they are more affordable. They seem to be in nice areas, too. eom/Jenny

Thanks, Lisa! I think we're staying here... http://www.alexishotel.com/ It looks nice!

Posted by: Jenny
Date posted: Thu Apr 24 14:07:26 2008
Message:

Well, well, well. Hotels are expensive around here. Don't know really the best rates as I live here and don't stay in hotels. But there is lots and lots of stuff to do in Seattle and surrounding areas.

How long do you have? Got time for cruising on the ferries? Will you have a car? I'm sure Lisa and I can come up with ways to help you entertain yourself.

The Pike Street Market is da bomb! I love going there. Tons of stuff to see, buy, smell, eat, etc. The music museum, "the Music Experience Project" might be worth your time, if you're into it. Pacific Science Center, the zoo, the Space Needle, the Underground Tour, the Ducks. They sell a package of 4-5 attractions for a good price and you have several days to do them all. Reasonable. The Ducks is a fleet of those amphibian buses that go on the water and the streets. That's a real treat. If I only had a short time, I'd do the Ducks, the Market and an Argosy Cruise. They cruise the harbor and you can get great shoreline pics.

If you had longer, a week, without committments, you could go to Snoqualmie Falls, visit some of the countryside, see Mt. Rainier, ride the ferries around Puget Sound, go to Vancouver or Victoria, CA.

There's a lot to do. I hope you have a great time. July will be the hottest time of the year. Not that it'll truly be hot. Maybe 90. But the humidity doesn't seem to factor in, which is really nice.

Let me know what your plans are........

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90 degree Jenny, boy you are optimistic :-) Lisa P

Yeah, and in July.... geez, what was I smokin? LOL, I miss my HOT Texas! Altho, I gotta admit, the weather is slowly getting better. Soon I will forget how bad the winter was. eom/Jenny

Thanks for all the info! I definitely want to be downtown so I can walk to things. Only there 4 days. Okay... I think we're staying here... http://www.alexishotel.com/

Oh, and my boyfriend is there prior to my arrival to climb Mt. Rainier with a group. - hew

Jenny, LOL!!! It's getting better, but still pretty cold. I am tired of wearing a coat every day. Lisa P

Well, you said I was an optimist! LOL eom/Jenny