We started our day by walking up to the Seattle Center (where the space needle is), where we went to the Experiencing Music Project / Science Fiction Museum. I went to the EMP with my dad many years ago when we visited Seattle and I liked it a lot then, and I enjoyed both the Science Fiction museum and the EMP more than I expected. The Sci-Fi museum actually had some interesting exhibits - Utopias/Dystopias in Science Fiction, etc.
The huge tower of instruments at the EMP was pretty fun to look at. They also had an exhibit on the history of electric guitars that was pretty interesting. I'd never thought about how electric guitars were first used in Hawaiian music and then adopted by other genres. It was interesting to see how the solid body electric guitar developed and how the major guitar makers in the US competed in the market.
We met David and Hannah at Brouwers for an early dinner before we headed to the Twins game. They were crushed by the Mariners, which made for a painful game to watch, but one plus was that we got to see Safeco with the roof on, which was new to us.
The huge tower of instruments at the EMP was pretty fun to look at. They also had an exhibit on the history of electric guitars that was pretty interesting. I'd never thought about how electric guitars were first used in Hawaiian music and then adopted by other genres. It was interesting to see how the solid body electric guitar developed and how the major guitar makers in the US competed in the market.After the museums we took the bus up to the Fremont neighborhood to check out Paseo, a Caribbean sandwich place that a friend in Portland told us about. We were not disappointed! The sandwiches were delicious - the roast pork was as good as our friend had told us. After lunch we wandered around the neighborhood, including stopping by the (apparently famous) statue of a troll under an underpass nearby. The weather was surprisingly good, and it was nice to just enjoy it.
We met David and Hannah at Brouwers for an early dinner before we headed to the Twins game. They were crushed by the Mariners, which made for a painful game to watch, but one plus was that we got to see Safeco with the roof on, which was new to us.Hopefully tomorrow we really will get to the Olympic Sculpture Park before we head over to Chelan. We take the Ferry up to Holden on Thursday morning and will be there for a week. I'm not sure what our internet availability will be tomorrow night in Chelan, but I'll try to write another entry tomorrow before we head uplake for a week.
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