Downtown Seattle
Explore Pike Place Market
- Put some gum on the Gum Wall
- See an improv show at Unexpected Productions
- Eat a delicious pastry at Piroshky Piroshky
- Look for our Cohnobi Pack market charm
- Get a venti at the oldest (not original) Starbucks
Ask us for a Columbia Tower Tour (highest view in town!)
Smith Tower Observation Deck
Seattle Underground Tour
Seattle Central Library (simply an architectural wonder) and Chocolati (great coffee and hot chocolate, inside the library!)
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Aquarium
Kerry Park (great view of the Seattle skyline)
Seattle Center
- Space Needle
- Museum of Pop Culture (science fiction and music)
- Pacific Science Center
Great restaurants (and happy hours!)
- Umisake house
- List
- Shiro’s sushi
- Serious Pie
- Artisan Cafe (for a quick morning bite in Belltown)
- Local 360
Bars and speakeasies
- Bathtub Gin
- Ohana belltown (tiki bar)
- Deep Dive (speakeasy under Amazon Sphere’s - it’s definitely overpriced but it’s worth the experience. Reservations highly recommended)
Ballard
Ballard Locks and Gardens
Great restaurants and bars
- Bitterroot
- Hazlewood (speakeasy)
- Cafe Mox (board-game cafe)
- The Walrus and the Carpenter
- Senor Moose
- Percy's & Co. Seattle
- Noble Fir
Coffee and Tea
- Ballard Coffee Works
- Miro Tea
Nordic Museum
Salt and Straw ice-cream
Ballard Farmer’s Market
Fremont
Fremont Troll
Explore downtown Fremont: great cafe’s, coffee shops, art stores
Theo’s Chocolate Factory Tours
Great restaurants and bars
- Cafe Turko
- El Camino
- Brouwers
- Add-a-ball (pin-ball bar, great late night hangout)
- Fremont Brewery
Fremont Coffee Company
Wallingford/University District
Greenlake Park
Woodland Park Zoo
Burke Museum (Lauryl used to work in the archaeology department!)
Gas Works Park
Archie McPhee’s (ridiculous toy/gimmick store)
Great restaurants and bars
- Portage Bay
- Octopus bar
- Rancho Bravo
- Dick’s Drive-in (classic Seattle drive thru burger joint)
- Burgundian
- Bongo’s (jamaican food)
- Taste of India
Molly Moon’s ice-cream
Cafe Allegro (oldest coffee shop in Seattle)
The Japanese Cherry Blossoms at University of Washington. They’re part of the same group that was donated to Washington DC!
If you’re planning on an extended stay...
Take a ferry from Downtown Seattle to Bremerton
- Take a tour of the USS Turner Joy, a Naval Destroyer-turned-museum
- Breathe some fresh ocean air and maybe see some whales on your one hour ferry ride
Go on a hike!
- Rattlesnake Ridge
- Discovery Park
- Schmitz Preserve Park (an old growth forest inside Seattle city limits!)
- Arboretum
- Snoqualmie Falls
Leavenworth (Bavarian/German town)