I'd say that it's a good time to visit the EMP/SFM if you're a scifi geek...the Battlestar Galactica exhibit is still going on (which is a rather nice exhibit IMHO) and they just reopened up the SFM portion after renovations with the Avatar exhibit.
I work in downtown and one of my absolute favorite things to do (especially when the weather's good) is hitting Piroshky Piroshky in Pike Place Market to grab a couple Piroshkies and walking down to Victor Steinbrueck Park to watch the boats on Elliott Bay and eat lunch. I was just down there just last week and while the line for Piroshky Piroshky was pretty long because it's tourist season, it still went rather quickly.
Some of my other favorite places in the city to visit include the Fremont Troll, the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and Fisherman's Terminal (nice place to pick up some fish 'n chips) and Gas Works Park (so steampunky!). The Museum of Flight is rather fun if you like air and space museums. The Space Needle is worth doing at least once (if the weather is good and the visibility is decent), though it's a bit pricy. If you have the time and plan on going to a fair amount of popular museums and tourist attractions, it may be worth looking into getting a Seattle City Pass. If you plan on visiting most of the places included in the pass, you'll save a ton of money on admission by getting the pass.
Outside of Seattle, I'm rather fond of Snoqualmie Falls, getting dinner/drinks at AFK Tavern in Everett and taking the ferry to Bainbridge Island.
If you want a real burger that's actually delicious, go to Red Mill on Phinney Ridge. Not a lot of non-Seattleites go there, though, because it's so far removed from anything else you'd want to visit except for the Woodland Park Zoo (which is also amazing).
Worth noting that it's faster to get between downtown and the Interbay location (quick ride on the 15 or 18 bus), though it's also much easier to miss the stop you want at Dravus St. if you aren't familiar with the area.
One other place I forgot to mention, if you like hot, meaty sandwiches, the best place for lunch (or late night on the weekends, open until 3a) is Calozzi's on 4th and Occidental. It's a walk from the convention center, but you'll see a lot of Seattle you wouldn't otherwise see, and the sandwiches (the cheesesteak is hands down the best in Seattle) are incredible for the price (about $6/person).
That is what they call the playstation building!?!!? (The building looks like a sideways playstation
I work in the Playstation building, it's the Russell Investments Center at 2nd and Union. It really only looks like a PS2 on it's side from Safeco/Qwest Field
I see your building right now! Hahaha, it does look like a PS2. Though I've got a different view..
And yes, I literally just took this photo from my office.
Ha ha, look at it from Safeco Field sometime, I swear to God they owe Sony residuals on the design.
Outside of Seattle, I'm rather fond of Snoqualmie Falls, getting dinner/drinks at AFK Tavern in Everett and taking the ferry to Bainbridge Island.
If you're walking onto the ferry, the Bremerton ferry is better - the trip is an hour long instead of a half hour, but when you arrive you have a nice boardwalk with restaurants and fancy fountains and a park and stuff, the Puget Sound Navy Museum, and a warship to explore (the Turner Joy naval destroyer). Bainbridge Island really has nothing around its ferry terminal, it's not designed to be walked to/from; go there if all you care about is the ferry ride itself.
BTW, the good thing about the Bremerton and Bainbridge ferries is, for walk-on passengers it's free to return to Seattle.
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I work in downtown and one of my absolute favorite things to do (especially when the weather's good) is hitting Piroshky Piroshky in Pike Place Market to grab a couple Piroshkies and walking down to Victor Steinbrueck Park to watch the boats on Elliott Bay and eat lunch. I was just down there just last week and while the line for Piroshky Piroshky was pretty long because it's tourist season, it still went rather quickly.
Some of my other favorite places in the city to visit include the Fremont Troll, the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and Fisherman's Terminal (nice place to pick up some fish 'n chips) and Gas Works Park (so steampunky!). The Museum of Flight is rather fun if you like air and space museums. The Space Needle is worth doing at least once (if the weather is good and the visibility is decent), though it's a bit pricy. If you have the time and plan on going to a fair amount of popular museums and tourist attractions, it may be worth looking into getting a Seattle City Pass. If you plan on visiting most of the places included in the pass, you'll save a ton of money on admission by getting the pass.
Outside of Seattle, I'm rather fond of Snoqualmie Falls, getting dinner/drinks at AFK Tavern in Everett and taking the ferry to Bainbridge Island.
Worth noting that it's faster to get between downtown and the Interbay location (quick ride on the 15 or 18 bus), though it's also much easier to miss the stop you want at Dravus St. if you aren't familiar with the area.
Yelp it if you want to check it out, it's relatively young, and still making a name for itself. Great place to go.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/calozzis-seattle
Ha ha, look at it from Safeco Field sometime, I swear to God they owe Sony residuals on the design.
BTW, the good thing about the Bremerton and Bainbridge ferries is, for walk-on passengers it's free to return to Seattle.