Seattle Visitors Guide

- Seattle’s divided into a series of provincial neighborhoods, each resembling its own little town. Each neighborhood has a main drag along which most commercial and cultural activity gravitates. Raggedly hip Ballard centers on 15th Ave NW, the college-centric University District focuses on University Way (The Ave), gay friendly Capitol Hill’s action centers along Broadway, family friendly Queen Anne’s action is along Queen Anne Avenue North, and so on. Each self-contained neighborhood has its own identity.

Take a stroll through the historic Pike’s Place Market, go whale watching off the San Juan Islands, catch a Seahawks game or take a tour of Boeing. Whether you like nature, arts and entertainment, business, history or night life, the Seattle area is definitely a booming area for it all.

The Underground Tour in the heart of Seattle gives a witty, historical perspective to Seattle tourists as you are literally taken beneath the city and enter a

From what I have seen, there are quite a number of bed and breakfasts in Seattle, Washington.

If you are interested in staying at a bed and breakfast while visiting Seattle, here are some of the following worth looking into:

The Admiral Arms Bed and Breakfast:

This bed and breakfast was created out of a recently restored Victorian lodging. This place is aimed towards bringing an authentic English break and breakfast guesthouse experience. Luckily, this is only less

On the afternoon of June 6, 1889, a pot of glue destroyed Seattle the rough-and-tumble logging town, making way for Seattle the metropolis.

That fateful day, John E. Back was heating glue on the stove in Victor Clairmont’s cabinet shop in the basement of the Pontius building at 922 Front Street. The unattended glue pot burst into flames. Attempts to put the fire out with water only spattered the glue around the workshop, and soon the whole building was engulfed.

John Back

As Alanis Morrisette puts it, “life has a funny way of sneaking up on you,” and apparently, such is the case for Meredith Grey of Grey’s Anatomy. In the last season of the highly-watched series, we saw Meredith go through a lot such as her near death experience of drowning, her encounter with her father’s family, her mother’s death and her sort-of break up with Derek. On her first few days in her second year in Seattle Grace, a new

Choosing the best farmer’s markets in Seattle is like choosing the best neighborhoods. They all have unique character and a lot to offer. At these seasonal, neighborhood markets you can find fresh, locally and organically grown and produced food from farmer’s and producers throughout the State of Washington. Farmer’s markets are a fun and interesting way to become more aware about what it takes to bring fresh, healthy food to our tables, and why it’s important

Seattle in Washington is the biggest city in the whole of Pacific Northwest. Located between Lake Washington and Puget Sound, Seattle is nicknamed as The Emerald City. The city is one of the greenest cities in the US, with a large quantity of trees, fantastic views of the Olympic Mountains to the west and the Cascade Mountains to the east. Seattle is famous for hosting Microsoft, Amazon.com, the Space Needle, Nordstrom, Costco, Nintendo of America, and Starbucks, in addition to

With a clock on almost every block in town, there is no good reason to be late for anything in Seattle, Washington. Street clocks abound and 27 of them are noteworthy or distinct enough to be included in Seattle’s Clock Tour.

These clocks are not the contemporary digital variety. They do not do song and dance routines to entertain pedestrians. These are clocks with hands and numbers, circular in design for the most part and

One of the most notable aspects of Seattle Schools is the diversity in methods among its individual districts, schools and teachers. Whether the topic is academics or communication, Seattle Schools are getting it done in a variety of ways.Another from the top initiative will be implemented in the fall when the Edmonds School District institutes a $2.2 million math initiative. The Edmonds district first got attention among Seattle Schools when it successfully targeted reading and raised student test scores to

For centuries, humans have built cities on top of cities. The United States is no different. The history of the “Seattle Underground is a testament to this common international practice. The Seattle Underground is a system of underground pathways and basements in the city that serve as a reminder that Seattle was once a lower elevation. Once Seattle was elevated, the underground city was born and now serves as a tourist attraction.

The history of the Seattle