We had quite an adventure getting here. First off, because I’m moving, I’ve got five bags and they all weigh a ton. So getting around is quite difficult. Our plane was delayed and our bags didn’t make it. It took forever to get our rental car and the hotel we wanted to stay at, which I already gave the airline the address to deliver our bags, only has rooms available for one night.

Now the good news. We got our luggage fine the next morning and we found a hotel for the remaining nights. We’ve been to some really awesome places. We both got up really early and drove over to Pike Place farmer’s market. It’s right on Elliott Bay and it has a ton of seafood stands, fruit stands and other stands you would typically find at a farmer’s market.

We had breakfast at a really cool restaurant called Lowell’s that overlooked Elliott Bay. Sam got pancakes and I got a shrimp & mushroom omlet with a really good cinnamon spice tea. We went over to the first Starbucks.

We then headed over to the Space Needle and rode to the top. We went to the Science Fiction Museum and the Experience Music Project as well. The two were incredible. The EMP had exhibits on Hendrix, art in music and the first 10 years of Hip-Hop. They also had movies on Hendrix, Dylan and the Beatles. We saw the Hendrix and Beatles films. The Hendrix film was about 10 songs from the late sixties at various venues from Woodstock to Berkeley. The Beatles film was essentially one of their shows in Washington D.C. Here are two quotes from Jimi:

“I feel guilty when people say I’m the greatest guitarist on the scene. What’s good or bad doesn’t matter to me; what does matter is feeling and not feeling. If only people would take more of a true view and think in terms of feeling. Your name doesn’t mean a damn, it’s your talent and feeling that matters. You’ve got to know much more than just the technicalities of notes, you’ve got to know sounds and what goes between the notes.” - September 1969

“You don’t plan songwriting. You don’t get into a certain grove to write a song. You dig? You can get inspiration for a song any time, any place. It’s just what you feel.”

The Science Fiction Museum was awesome. They had so much stuff, I didn’t even get a chance to see it all. They had life size models of Yoda, R2D2, a Storm Trooper, Donatello, the alien from “Alien” (it was huge) and many more. They had an amazing exhibit on “War of the Worlds” where you could listen to the 1938 broadcast.

We saw a crazy bicycle group riding naked through the streets of Seattle. Later that evening we saw that they were on the news but I wasn’t paying attention so I didn’t hear what it was all about.

Seattle is an awesome city. They have some many coffee shops, it’s insane. On the corner or 6th and Pine you can literally see 3 Starbucks and a Barnes & Noble (which has a Starbucks inside). I sometimes feel like I’m walking in circles because we keep passing Starbucks. Next we’re on to Portland. I’ll let you know how that is.