Seattle is neurotic. Or at least it is on pins and needles. Trying to pinpoint what Seattle is like is like eating a bite of icing on a cake and trying to figure out what the whole cake taste like. Seattle is like Charlotte by the sea. Seems they have recruited a lot of drivers from Raleigh cause if you set at a just changed green light to long, there is a horn behind you reminding you they have places to go.
The first day in Seattle we made sure we did the tourist things for a new city we had never been. Pikes Market, Experience Music Project (EMP), the monorail, the space needle. Did I leave anything out?
We walked about five blocks from our hotel to Pikes Market. It was not what I expected. It was more of a farmers market and flea market. I am not sure what I was expecting, but we stopped at Pikes Place Chowder for ....well Chowder. Chowder for lunch was a good idea and this is really a lunch spot. It almost felt like a variation on the Southern barbeque restaurant Seattle style.
From Pikes market we walked to the monorail and took the monorail to the Space Needle. The Needle had a line, so we did EMP. After about two hours in EMP we were hungry and searching for a bar. We found the Lower Queen Anne area and Pesos Kitchen, a Mexican place with ditsy service but quite good Mexican food. We ate here because we were tired and hungry, not because it was recommended. The margaritas were good and the beer was cold even thou the waitress could not tell me the type of beer a Manley's was. Later I looked at the menu and found the name of the beer is Manley's Pale Ale. Humm...wonder if she had ever looked at the menu? If you are interested in the food (and it was much better than what was described by the wait staff) then here is the menu:
After refreshments it was back to the Space Needle to watch the sun go down over Seattle. Then at 10:30 we had an almost private ride on the monorail back to the middle of town where we walked the five blocks back to the hotel. Our monorail driver said that downtown Seattle closes down except for the Pioneer Square area after dark. It was Friday and the streets were almost desolate.
So we ended our first day having done all the touristy things. Maybe tomorrow we will find out what Seattle is really like.
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