Re: Fave Places to take Out-of-Town Visitors

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WorldCitizen
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Day 1:

Up to Fremont around Lunchtime for a sandwich at Paseo (the best food in Seattle) eat it at Gas works park looking south over Lake Union. Take your time and drive out to Ray’s Boathouse for an early afternoon happy hour cocktail on the deck overlooking the Sound. Make your way back down to West Seattle and have another Happy hour Drink at Salty’s (purely for the view). Send them over to Maximilien in the Market for Sunset. I know it’s in the Market, but the view is amazing around sundown and the Mussels Maximilien are truly fantastic. Then, a cab back home and sleep.

Day 2:

The next morning, Kayak tours of Elliot Bay and Alki, followed by an afternoon nap. After the nap, off to Capitol Hill for dinner reservations at Olivar (806 East Roy Street). Spanish style cuisine, relaxing, upscale, affordable, unobtrusive, tasty and at a slow pace. Then, if the energy is there, a jaunt down Broadway for some nightlife. Then a cab back home again.

Day 3:

The next day, (hopefully a weekday) head out east to one of the great short hikes with either a great payoff (Rattlesnake Ridge) or an easier, more picnic friendly one (Twin Falls). Back into town for either a short nap at home or along one of the beautiful waterfront parks in West Seattle.

That’s a 3 day schedule I’d like to be given upon my first trip to Seattle.