[W126 Coupe] OFF-TOPIC Travel Help, weekend in Seattle with girlfriend, what are MUST dos?

[Paul Samarin]

Forget about Buca di Beppo.  Overpriced; overrated; it's now a chain,  
so you can skip them in cities all over America.  Almost every place  
in Seattle is better; great city for food and tons of tourist stuff.   
All the other recs below are fine.

My old Seattle girlfriend took me on a semi-romantic train ride which  
I am trying to find for you now.  Starts at the southeastern tip of  
Lake Washington and goes north to a winery.  Not much time to spend  
at the winery, actually; no real tour, but you get out and look  
around and taste a little wine; she bought me a tie.  (It was my  
birthday.)

Dinner on the way in the train; old-fashioned dinner cars.  Pretty  
darn cool IMO.

One day in Seattle is not enough.  Lotsa breweries, but the best is  
right across the tracks from the winery I just mentioned, in  
Woodinville...Redhook Brewery.  Cool pub.  Great outdoor patio.   
they'll probably have a band and great food and beer this time of  
year.  It is outside of Seattle, so it's a destination.  Worth the  
drive IMO.  Especially if you really like beer.  I think the brewery  
tour is a buck.

You can see this place from where the train goes at its northern stop  
and turn-around, but you can't get to it on the train ride.  Lake  
Washington, btw, is where Bill Gates' mansion is.  From the train you  
are seeing, essentially, Bill's view and more.

I don't know your age.  The hot area for 20-30-somethings is "Bell  
Town," and it's closer in. Cab ride from anywhere downtown.  Trendy  
nightlife, if you're into that.

Very hard to get a bad meal in Seattle.  If you've only got one day  
and you start at Redhook in Woodinville then dinner on the train or  
dinner and dancing in Bell Town, you'll have a great Seattle day.

The Underground Tour is something I never got around to but wanted  
to.  It is under Pioneer Square (or thereabouts).  Pioneer Square is  
also happening at night.  More blues and beer than Bell Town's  
martinis and glitz.

Gee, I miss Seattle!

Paul

On May 15, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Josh Allen wrote:


> Well, I'm not sure about specific attractions, but if you might  

> like catching an Imax show at the Seattle Science Center, or going  

> up the Space Needle.  http://www.pacsci.org/  http:// 

> www.spaceneedle.com/

>

> If you like Italian food, there is an amazing restaurant  near the  

> Needle, named Buca di Beppo.  Definitely a place to go with a  

> friend, or more than one.  Generous servings, and excellent food.  

> http://www.bucadibeppo.com/

>

> If you like walking markets, Pike Place Market is one attraction.   

> http://www.pikeplacemarket.org/frameset.asp?flash=false

>

> I don't know all the ins and outs of it, but there is also the  

> Seattle Underground which can be toured at times.  http:// 

> www.undergroundtour.com/

>

>

> As for romantic restaurants, I couldn't say, but I'm sure there are  

> a few. Maybe the restaurant at the top of the Space Needle?  It's a  

> formal one that takes reservations, but that's about all I know of  

> it.  I've heard that most of it's attraction is the view, not  

> necessarily for amazing quality.  That being said, it does have a  

> nice view!  http://www.spaceneedle.com/restaurant/

>

>

> I hope this helps some,

> -Josh

>

>

> Edward Chin wrote:

>> Hey guys,

>>

>>

>> Off-topic request,

>>

>>

>> I’m going to have the chance to spend all day Saturday with my GF  

>> in Seattle.  I’ve never been there, she’s only stopped there for 3  

>> hours before…please tell me what are MUST Dos in Seattle, and an  

>> alternative (in case she’s already done it).

>>

>>

>> I’ve heard they have great breweries and wineries?  We go wine  

>> tasting often in So Cal, is it different enough to want to try it  

>> up there, or don’t bother and save the time for more unique  

>> things?  We like museums, but not ‘fine art’  we both enjoy modern  

>> art more.

>>

>>

>> Any romantic restaurant tips?

>>

>>

>> Thanks!

>>

>>

>> Trip is for this Saturday, in case you guys know of anything that  

>> is date related.

>>

>>

>> Regards,

>>

>>

>> Edward

>>

>

>

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