Greenwood+ Explorer

For the tourist circuit, consult the internet to find what most interests your individual style. These are just a few local tips to help a traveler out! The space needle is actually pretty short and rather over-priced. If you are looking for a bird’s eye view, go to the Observation deck on the Columbia tower for something like $5. Or just get a drink at the space needle bar and I think they waive the “observation deck” cover charge. Downtown has some great museums, famous Pike Place Market and the Waterfront, but is otherwise like all urban centers – dirty and full of tourists with a splash of “who is that man screaming at?” The Capitol Hill neighborhood is the real center of Seattle; physically and as the place where everyone seems to move when they come to this city of transplants. All walks of life can be seen; from real Catholic school girls to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (men in drag who satirize issues of gender and morality). Dick’s burgers (of Macklemore music video fame) and Sir Mixalots “My Posse’s on Broadway” are from this wild and zany place.