Definitely went to Seattle more times in the last two weeks than in three months of living in Washington. Not really a downside of entertaining family.
While my husband and I usually snack our way through Pike Place Market, with my parents in tow, we decided to go for a sit down lunch. The Pike Brewing Company had an immense selection of brews - I had a delicious seasonal honey ale - and delicious grub. My bratwurst was delectable.
While my husband and I usually snack our way through Pike Place Market, with my parents in tow, we decided to go for a sit down lunch. The Pike Brewing Company had an immense selection of brews - I had a delicious seasonal honey ale - and delicious grub. My bratwurst was delectable.
The ultimate purpose of this Seattle trip was to see the National Geographic King Tut exhibit - for the last time in North America (now maybe you feel you need to see it as urgently as all the advertising wants us to). The exhibit was at the Pacific Science Center, which is just about the most 60s-tastic place I have ever seen. Totally equipped with cement everything including arch work on some of the windows.
The exhibit was awesome and quite dramatic. I especially liked when prior to going into what was found in the tomb a loud TV told the story of a water boy discovering the top steps of the tomb then said loudly "Now enter Tutakamun's tomb!!!". There was a lot of really awesome intricate gold and beadwork, but the most impressive thing was the wooden furniture - a bed and chair - that Tutankamun probably used in his life. Three thousand plus year old wood! It was also interesting that they plastered some of the gallery walls with photographs of what the rooms of the tomb actually looked like when Howard Carter found them. It definitely gave a better sense of the mass of goods buried with the king.
Glad the advertising made me feel the urgency to see this exhibit!
