I’ve got an hour to kill at the Red Carpet Club at SeaTac airport before I fly back to Boston, so I decided to upload a few photos that I took yesterday. I was staying at the Hotel Max; as you can see, it’s very elegant (original art everywhere), but I’m not sure I’d recommend it. The bathrooms are tiny, my shower only had two water temperature settings (painfully hot, and scalding), and they charge extra for WiFi. (This is particularly galling in a city that has more free hotspots than you can count.)

Despite the fact that I’ve visited Seattle many times before, I’d never been up the Space Needle. I decided to rectify this, and took the opportunity to visit Paul Allen’s SciFi Museum (tiny, but promising) and Experience Music Project. EMP was pretty good: lots of stuff about musicians from the Pacific Northwest, from Heart to Nirvana to Pearl Jam. And, of course, Jimi Hendrix. It’s a veritable shrine to the greatest guitarist of all time. (Yes, I’m a believer. I’m not sure why they downplayed his masterpiece “Electric Ladyland”, but never mind.)
The shots from the Space Needle are a bit subdued: while Tuesday and Wedenesday were sunny, Thursday was overcast and showery. I tried to get a good shot of St. Mark’s Cathedral for Chris, but at maximum zoom all my efforts look a bit hazy.

And finally there are some shots of various Seattle buses for Paul.

In the evening, I took the ferry over to Bainbridge Island to have dinner with old friends. I’ll add those photos later. [Done]