Seattle Travel Guide

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What's the Deal with the Mummy Airplane at Seattle's Museum of Flight

January 15, 2013 at 4:16 PM | by | Comments (0)

This is the ghost of airplanes past. For real, though, this is a B-29 Bomber from World War II that's been literally kept under wraps for over a year, sitting between the parking lot of Seattle's Museum of Flight and the runways at Boeing Field.

Anyone who lives near a seasonal body of water (the Great Lakes, for example) has surely seen shrink-wrapped boats being transported or stored away for the winter. The same industrial wrap comes in handy for aircraft; just Google Image search "shrink-wrap airplane" to see shots like this, of bound-up Blackhawk helicopters on a barge.

But back to the Bomber.

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Yes, GeekGirlCon 2013 is Totally a Thing

December 27, 2012 at 1:00 PM | by | Comments (0)

GeekGirlCon recently gave female comic fans another reason to geek out when they announced the details of their 2013 conference.

The con, which will take place at The Conference Center at WSCC in Seattle, is dedicated to celebrating the contributions of women in all aspects of geek culture. Panels, workshops, gaming, and special guests are also geared to geeky girls and their unique interests.

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Oops! Parking Meter Malfunction Awards $400,000 in Free Airport Parking

December 18, 2012 at 6:54 AM | by | Comments (0)

It’s time to check those credit card statements, as there might just be a little bit of a bank error in your favor. You’re not going to get to quit your job anytime soon, but if your car has spent a lot of time in the airport parking garage over in Seattle you might have scored a pretty decent discount—as in free.

Over at Sea-Tac Airport there was a little bit of a parking glitch during the year, and the bottom line is that the airport is now short a cool $400,000 in fees and charges. As much as we want to just assume that this was a goodwill gesture—it wasn’t—and now the Port of Seattle is trying to figure out what happened.

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Four Seattle Restaurants for Scoring a Killer Brunch

September 28, 2012 at 12:56 PM | by | Comments (0)


At Sitka & Spruce

Heading to the US' Emerald City need not mean packing all flannel and topping up your Starbucks card. Seattle's got plenty other stuff going on and, all this week, Lilit Marcus will be proving this right.

BRUNCH. It's Friday, so let's talk about it. Specifically, let's narrow down what's a huge variety of Seattle eateries for this all-important meal to just the ones we most love and recommend:

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A Few of the Best Free Spots to Hit in Seattle

September 27, 2012 at 4:44 PM | by | Comment (1)


The Library

Heading to the US' Emerald City need not mean packing all flannel and topping up your Starbucks card. Seattle's got plenty other stuff going on and, all this week, Lilit Marcus will be proving this right.

Until this month, public transit rides within the center of Seattle were free. The free rides may be gone, but there are still plenty of free attractions worth checking out in the city. These are a few of our favorites:

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The Best Spots to Hit on Foursquare’s 'Seattleite' Badge List

September 26, 2012 at 5:31 PM | by | Comment (1)

Heading to the US' Emerald City need not mean packing all flannel and topping up your Starbucks card. Seattle's got plenty other stuff going on and, all this week, Lilit Marcus will be proving this right.

In order to score the “Seattleite” badge on Foursquare, you need to check into at least five of 58 places on the list. But with a ton of stores, restaurants, and monuments on the list of possibilities, which ones are worth it?

Here are our picks:

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Five Local Beers to Swig in Seattle

September 25, 2012 at 4:38 PM | by | Comments (0)

Heading to the US' Emerald City need not mean packing all flannel and topping up your Starbucks card. Seattle's got plenty other stuff going on and, all this week, Lilit Marcus will be proving this right.

The hottest beverage in Seattle may be coffee, but the coolest is definitely beer. The city has emerged as one of the craft beer capitals of the country, and you can find these choice brews on tap at bars throughout the city:

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Four Seattle Spots for Non-Coffee Drinkers

September 24, 2012 at 3:21 PM | by | Comments (0)


Inside Bauhaus

Heading to the US' Emerald City need not mean packing all flannel and topping up your Starbucks card. Seattle's got plenty other stuff going on and, all this week, Lilit Marcus will be proving this right...starting with the coffee scene.

Forget Starbucks and Seattle's Best (also owned by Starbucks, natch); hanging out in Seattle doesn't have to revolve around the almighty coffee bean. Here's four spots we love for their attention to other beverages:

· Bauhaus Books and Coffee
Yes, this legendary Capitol Hill hipster hangout has “coffee” in its name. But this coffee shop also serves a mean cup of steamed milk, which is best with a shot of flavor like mint, strawberry, or almond. While you’re working on your drink, enjoy the scenery, which includes wall-to-wall books that patrons are free to borrow and the most colorful characters in the neighborhood. Bauhaus is also dog-friendly and keeps healthy treats at the counter.

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Alaska Airlines Brings Do-It-Yourself Bag Tags to Sea-Tac

July 24, 2012 at 9:08 AM | by | Comments (0)

You might have already done so overseas, but here at home slapping your JFK or LAX bag tag onto your suitcase yourself is certainly the exception and not the norm. That might change soon enough if Alaska Airlines gets their way, as they’re the airline that’s leading the charge.

Recently over at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Alaska Airlines finished installation some of their first baggage tag printers. That means passengers are now free to go crazy and slap on their own stickers and bags tags—assuming they can be trusted. It sounds like they’re already hungry for more, as future airports are scheduled to receive similar options later this summer. However, for now it looks like you’ll have to be departing from SEA to play with the stickers.

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More Ways to Get Vertigo Coming to the Seattle Space Needle

June 21, 2012 at 8:57 AM | by | Comments (0)

When you think of Seattle, you're probably likely reminded of the rainy weather, Starbucks, and probably the Space Needle. Well the city isn’t doing anything about the weather and Starbucks is here to stay; however, they are looking to upgrade the city’s most famous architectural icon in hopes of scoring a few more tourist dollars.

Nothing is set in stone as of yet, but officials are prepping a plan to add some kind of unique observation deck to the city’s tower. In celebration of the needle’s 50th birthday, The Space Needle would like to add three glass cubes to the structure high in the sky.

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Seattle Cuts the Ribbon on One Slick and Sexy Car Rental Facility

May 15, 2012 at 4:01 PM | by | Comments (0)

Go ahead and call us picky, but one of our travel pet peeves is landing at a beautiful airport and then suffering through a horrible shuttle ride over to an outdated and poorly lit rental car lot. We’re big fans of oversized rental car facilities where we can walk, bus, or train it over to our rental, so that’s why we’re pumped to hear about the plan over at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle.

Costing around $400 million buckaroos, the new place takes up like 23 acres or so of space, and there’s plenty of room for rental everything, from big SUVs down to Chevy Aveos. It’s even freeing up around 3,000 parking spaces from other spots in and around the airport, so that’s a positive for those who arrive at the airport the old fashioned way—by taking their car. The new rental car palace has room for over 5,000 cars, and the plan is that it can process as many as 14,000 cars during a single day. We just wonder how it’s going to hold up during its first Memorial Day weekend.

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Taking the Bus Between Portland and Seattle? That'll be $1.

May 3, 2012 at 11:39 AM | by | Comments (0)

Yo yo yo. So you know BoltBus, the Greyhound-owned leather seats-and-wifi bus line that drives you to places like Baltimore, New York, Washington DC and Boston? Well, they've gone bicoastal, launching routes between Portland and Seattle starting May 17.

As is usual BoltBus style, the earlier you book your ticket the cheaper the fare. $1 plus a $1 reservation fee is the absolute cheapest, but the average ticket isn't much more at around $10 each way.

Now let's do some comparison shopping. We checked BoltBus.com for a Portland-to-Seattle one-way on May 31 and found four total departure times, the cheapest costing $6. Over on Amtrak.com, the same route by train is commanding $32 for the same date. The length of trip is about the same at three hours-ish. Only the chance of having WiFi on Amtrak is 50% and the chance of having it on BoltBus is 100% (assuming both are working properly). We'll leave the final decision up to you.

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