Results tagged “tourist”

Every so often we get an email from someone visiting town for a few days who wants to see the sights, but not get trapped in a constant scrum of tourists the whole time. We've made a stab at some likely suspects, but feel free to add yours in the comments. This is a game the whole internet can play!

Seattlest needed a brief reprieve from the city, so we headed east on Highway 2 for three hours to the Bavarian-themed tourist mecca of Leavenworth: a perma-Christmas wonderland of knickknack shops featuring more dipping sauce stores than actual tax-paying residents.

We just spotted this clip on YouTube. Bill Shatner was heading to Microsoft to visit some "Star Trek geeks" and he decided to stop off at Pike Place Market downtown. Immediately the free sample people descend upon him. No wonder he's pushing portly. He also buys some nuts. UPDATE: They've set the video to private, even on The Shatner Project. Not sure what the deal is. Thank god I described it in detail for everyone. I know, it's like you were there.

Here come the hordes ascending from the sea. The first of 211 cruise ships that will visit Seattle this season will dock tomorrow at Pier 66. The Celebrity Mercury will be the first ship to usher in an estimated 800,000 visitors to Seattle this season.

Direct from Hollywood:

Even though we are way way past school age, we still get a little melancholy at the close of summer. Fortunately, our friends across the -ist network know that the shenanigans don't need to end just because the big yellow buses are back on the roads. So, grab your sunscreen and your favorite hangover cure, as we take a tour of end of summer fun from -ist cities all over the damn place.

That giant snapping sound you heard this week was the gay and lesbian community splitting in two over the proper way to celebrate Pride Weekend in Seattle. On the one hand the festivities, particularly the Running of the Gays, have gotten too large for Capitol Hill. We have a sense that the phrase "too many straight people" belongs in that last sentence somewhere. On the other hand, there’s a strong feeling that the proper place for Pride events is the Hill and only the Hill. What to do, what to do...

We Are Scientists (not to be confused with one of Seattlest's all-time fav GBV songs) are happening at the Croc tomorrow night with Tourist and if recent raves are to be believed they're quite the little up and comers. Check Jeff Baum on Gothamist:

In preparation for tomorrow's roundup of the weeklies, Seattlest would like to welcome Tablet magazine to our Seattle media links list. Their February edition is out and the cover of "The Smut Issue" is arguably not work safe (which is a good thing).