This is the eighth of a
series of posts dealing my fifth trip to Seattle and second of two trips that
year. I’ve made minor corrections to these reports. Also, I’ve added additional
thoughts with the hindsight of three years later or to add further
clarification.
If those of you in
Victoria or relatively nearby are wondering if I'm, getting the same heat here,
definitely. Glad I had a slow day
planned because I was doing stuff slower than usual.
I did get out fairly
early so visited the Locks to see the Fish Ladder. Unfortunately very few fish. With effort I finally found some baby salmon
to take pics of. Also got a pop from a
vending machine.
I took a bus to the
University of Washington, where I visited Drumheller Fountain (baby ducks where
swimming around) and bought a pop at the University Bookstore inside the Husky
Union Building. I then visited
University Village, which has a charming sign welcoming people and telling them
that access is by permission and can be revoked at any time. I wandered around a bit and visited Barnes
& Noble, where I bought a Marvel theme sack that was on sale for about $4. I walked to the main commercial district,
where I bought another pop at another branch of the University Bookstore, then
and visited Bulldog Books. I visited the
Wall of Death display and then returned to the commercial area and visited Half
Price Books (bought a graphic novel about the making of the film American
Splendor), Subway (bought lunch; the guy kept alternating between me and two
people behind me inline), 2nd Time Around Books, Zanadu Comics, Neptune Music,
Twice Sold Tales (the cat was very stretched out sleeping at a window),
Scarecrow Video (fewer used DVDs than usual), Cinema Books, and Walgreen's
(bought more ice tea; again very hot) .
[NOW: I believe the
bus I took was the 44 King County Metro Transit. The Husky Union Building was closed for a while after due to renovations. University Village’s Barnes and Noble is
now closed; the Marvel bag got worn down to the point of being unusable after
about a year. 2nd Time Around
Books, Cinema Books, and the University District’s Half Price Books and Walgreen's are now closed. Subway either closed or moved from University Way to Roosevelt Way. The
University District’s Twice Sold Tales closed for a time before reopening in Ballard. The
University District’s Zanadu Comics became a Comic Stop before that closed as well.]
Took a bus to Sand
Point Way, where I visited a government Oceanic Center which had the Sound
Garden (an art display where the pipes making odd sounds; the name was used by a
Seattle grunge band), then visited Warren G. Magnuson Park next door. There I saw the dogs in the off leash area
before visited the make beach. This park
is at Lake Washington; there was a dock a little offshore so I swam to it a
couple times. Seattle waters are
supposed to be cold, but this was fine to swim at. I finally left in part because I tired of
hearing all the lifeguard's commands to various people, grabbed a drink from
7-11, then took a bus back to the University District.
[NOW: The buses were King County
Metro Transit.]
I passed by Twice Sold
Tales where the cat was between naps, apparently unaware that I was looking at
it while it was looking at a woman who was apparently unaware that she was
being observed by the cat.
I visited Al's Music, Cellophane
Square (gone),The Dreaming (bought a couple of old X-Men interview books from
the 1980s), and the former location of Soundsations (moved to far out of the
area). I took a bus downtown (when I
passed Twice Sold Tales, the cat was on its next nap). There I visited the metal penguin and Barnes
& Noble at Pacific Place (normally I visited there multiple times but not
staying downtown this was my first time there this time), then Borders. The I rode the South Lake Union trolley to
Denny Way, where I walked to Seattle Center.
[NOW: The Dreaming and Pacific Place's Barnes & Noble are now closed. The bus and the trolley are King County Metro Transit.
The trolley was in fact to be called the South Lake Union Trolley. It’s now
called a streetcar instead but the unfortunate acronym has stuck. Borders is now defunct. The metal penguin is gone.]
At Seattle Center's
Center House I grabbed a meal combo, then visited the International
Fountain. More bored/lethargic than
usual (probably due to the heat), I visited Silver Platters before returning to
the fountain. Just before I left a
marching band playing in the fountain for a bit.
[NOW: It was either
Orange Julius, now closed, or a burger place that I got the meal combo. Center House is now called Seattle Center Armory. That Silver Platters moved to 1st Ave S.]
I just missed a bus
back to the hostel so I did a quick visit at Easy Street Records. The 18 was the bus I wanted but was willing
to take the 15 bus, which goes a different direction (the two buses alternate
every 15 min), but the 15 was so late I decided to wait for the next 18; it
arrived before the 15 pulled out.
[NOW: That Easy Street Records is now closed. Both the 15 and
18 buses are King County Metro Transit.]
I went to the Ballard Locks
Deli and tried to buy a beer (a fridge was broken but the guy had colder beer
in the back). But then the guy changed
his mind for some reason and decided not to sell me a beer even though I had
ID. He offered no explanation for this;
ah well, I'm starting to get a thicker skin and if he doesn't want my business
so be it. I bought the same brand at a
nearby 7-11 (smaller size but still decent price) then walked to the hostel. I
should remind Canucks who don't leave the country much that most other
countries sell beer in grocery stores and the like.
[NOW: Ballard Locks Deli became Iman's Market before closing down.]
For those of you who
are hawk-eyed, no, I didn't buy any DVDs today.
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