Seattle Part 1

Seattle is my favorite city in the US, that I've been to so far at least, but the competition is tough! I'll be taking my boyfriend up to Seattle this coming April (it will be his first time!). We're staying at the new Hyatt Olive at 8, a AAA four diamond property, right in downtown.

Hyatt Olive at 8th

Our  first day in Seattle we are going to the Music Experience Project at the Seattle Center. The EMP has "the world's most extensive exhibition of memorabilia celebrating the music and history of Seattle grunge luminaries, Nirvana." The exhibit is only up until April 22nd, 2012. EMP also has an exhibit 

celebrating the life and music of Jimi Hendrix, with a guitar wall that is not to be missed! You can get more details on the Experience Music Project here.

After a day exploring the museum we'll head over to the Space Needle (right next door). Dinner in the 360 degree revolving restaurant, Sky City includes the normal fee of $18 per person for the observation deck, making the $50 plates more worth it.

The Space Needle was originally built for the World's Fair in 1962,
 at the time it was the tallest building.

After dinner we'll head across the street to The Funhouse, a "dive" for lack of a better term but great for cheap drinks and local music.

Our second day in Seattle I hope to head over to Pike's Place Market before today's "main event." Pike's Place has the first Starbucks, the Flying Fish Market, fresh produce, cute shops and sidewalk vendors for souvenirs, and my favorite place for seafood, Jack's Fish Spot. It is a very small, partially outdoor restaurant where you can get fresh fish to go or stay and eat on their metal bar.

The main event today will be a visit to SafeCo field to see the Athletics play the Mariners! We are huge baseball fans, plus our team is the Athletics. We actually planned this trip around when the A's were going to be there.

Find out about my last two days in Seattle in tomorrow's post :)