NO WONDER SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT...

Grey's anatomy, Frasier, Starbucks and Grunge music.

Those are the things that come to my mind everytime that I hear the word SEATTLE.

Well, this Seattle of Cobain is a beautiful and vibrant city where I experienced the most splendid time and learned some other things that I want to share with you.



THE SHOW IS IN THE MARKET

After a couple days recovering from a swollen ankle, I started my city tour visiting the Pike Place Market where I found the famous fishmongers of the Fish Market.





They are really the stars of this place. You can find them any time of the day hurling customers' orders across the shopping area. A typical routine will involve a customer ordering a fish, with their fishmongers in orange rubber overalls and boots calling out the order, which is loudly shouted back by all the other staff, at which point the original fishmonger will throw the customer's fish behind the counter for wrapping. Is like COCKTAIL meets COYOTE UGLY's entertainment. VERY FUNNY!!

Is in this Market where you can also find Rachel, an oversized bronze piggy bank or a police officer on a four legs vehicle trying to share (or steal) the stardom of the fish guys. He was really a celebrity that afternoon.








A couple blocks later I found another different kind of crowd enjoying the folk music played by a band located right outside the congested and original Starbucks store.







WHEN YOU'VE GOT WORRIES, ALL THE NOISE AND THE HURRY SEEMS TO HELP...

So I went downtown and visited SAM (Seattle Art Museum).






Well, actually I just walked by...

While in the heart of the city, I heard somebody talking about the Bumbershoot which is a urban arts and music festival...

...this nightclub was having its very own festival.

I swear to god, I just only walked by this nightclub... SERIOUSLY!!

I won't lie, I really like their philosophy. After all:

While walking down Pine street, on my way to the Convention Center Area, I found this little newyorker that apparently was taking some days off during this labor day weekend.

Remember the E train station on the Chelsea Area (14th St.)? Yeah, that's him!!


I also made it to The Pioneer Square and Chinatown, (aka International District).

Sorry, no pictures!! Blame it on that pinche little guy whose picture was the last one that I took when my camera battery died minutes later...



EXPERIENCING JIMMY AND THE NEEDLE

While walking in the area where I stayed, the colourful and flamboyant Capitol Hill, I found the statue of rock god Jimmy Hendrix. Half hour later I found myself experiencing his music, getting lost in memorabilia-land and having a magical musical tour in the interactive Experience Music Project. It was heaven for me.

The space needle was impossible to miss and irresistible for a memorable picture

Couple pitchers of wheat beer, later that night, I paid my own tribute to Jimmy...

ENTER THE DRAGON

Recovered from a crazy night (at least that's what I thought) my friends invited me to see the Snoqualmie Falls. It took almost 45 minutes to get there and less than 10 minutes to leave due to the horrible vertigo sensation that I had while watching the waterfalls.

It was caught in camera right before my visit to the bathroom.

Ready...

Dizzy...

Gone!

A more peaceful and steady environment in Volunteer Park gave us a beautiful view of the city from the Observatory Tower.

This park is also a notorious gay pick up scene at night. Kind of like The Rambles of our Central Park.

Next to the park we found a cementery and a big crowd in front of a couple of graves. Following the big line to these graves we ended up in front of Kung Fu legends father and son Bruce and Brandon Lee.

..and showed the Lees some respect, Pat Morita style...





I know... These are karate moves...

Well, it doesn't matter anymore. After this, I will be killed by the chinese mob or going straight to Fu -manchu hell!!


IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES...


The good times that I spent in this joyful city exploring these ravishing places and most important, hanging out with friends that I haven't seen in years, meeting new friends, drinking margaritas and pitchers of Blue Moon and also finding out that I'm into bears... LOL!! (Gay joke)...

Thanks Emerald City!! I will come back...

Cheers amigos!!!