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February 18, 2004
Random insignificant Seattle Trivia...
In honor of it being 24 days until we will probably leave on our Seattle outreach, I thought I'd share so random did you knows.
Seattle's Name:
Seattle's original name was "Duwamps".
Seattle's Police:
Seattle Police Department was the first ever to sport cops on bicycles.
Seattle Center:
The largest section of the Berlin Wall is at the Seattle Center.
Book on Seattle:
Annie Dillard put it best in her novel The Living "It was not quite raining, but everything was wet.
Sun in Seattle:
July 26 - most likely day to be sunny in the Puget Sound.
Seattle Movies:
Seattle has the largest movie going population in the country.
Seattle Music:
Jimi Hendrix hated Seattle, but we honored him by building a museum. You've got to experience the Experience Music Project at Seattle Center!
Posted by Angelina at February 18, 2004 01:07 AM
Comments
seattle rocks!!
Posted by: mike at February 18, 2004 01:19 PM
And don't forget that Seattle is the home of the Original Starbucks! Whether you like that particular chain of identical coffee houses or not, if it wasn't for Starbucks, we might not have the nationwide coffee house craze we all know and love.
Don't forget to pay homage to this great location when you visit Seattle...it is located in the Pike PLace Market area... :) And if they now have "original starbucks" travel mugs or Pike Place Market travel mugs, will someone please buy me one? They only had ceramic mugs while i was there. :(
Posted by: Kirsten Hill at February 20, 2004 11:45 AM
I'm not sure going to Seattle without going to Starbucks is possible. Especially since the only time I've been there was when I was 12.
Posted by: Angie at February 20, 2004 03:58 PM