Well, I have leave time approved. yay!
Any advice on good places to get cheap (or less expensive) plane tickets? I fly so rarely, I don't know which ones are good these days.
But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?
Fred ,'Smile Time'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Toddson - May 06, 2009 12:15:23 pm PDT #1425 of 12685
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 06, 2009 12:34:12 pm PDT #1426 of 12685
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Toddson, look at farecast.com as they will run checks via a variety of online merchants as well as judging whether it's a good time to buy.
Polter-Cow - May 06, 2009 1:23:53 pm PDT #1427 of 12685
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My librarian friend, on Seattle:
Go to the downtown library! Tell me what you think of it! Take pictures of as many pig statues as you find because for some reason there are a lot of them in Seattle. Do not go to the EMP, it is not worth the money. Go to the outdoor sculpture park down by the water front, just down from Pike's Market, as it is cool.
The most important thing of all: go on my aunt's coffee tour! She takes people on a tour of various coffee places in Seattle, you do a tasting and she tells you fun things about Seattle along the way. Go to seattlebyfoot.com to find the details. Tell all your friends, as we don't want the other woman who copied her tour to get all the customers.
omnis_audis - May 06, 2009 1:55:20 pm PDT #1428 of 12685
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Any advice on good places to get cheap (or less expensive) plane tickets?Kayak.com is helpful too. Search engine. And they can trigger some of the other search engines too.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 06, 2009 2:54:19 pm PDT #1429 of 12685
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Go to the downtown library!
That won't be difficult. It's kitty corner to the hotel.
The EMP may not be worth it (opinions vary) but the adjacent Science Fiction Museum is.
NoiseDesign - May 06, 2009 2:57:44 pm PDT #1430 of 12685
Our wings are not tired
The Science Fiction Museum is quite fun. The EMP should be struck by and EMP.
-t - May 06, 2009 2:59:07 pm PDT #1431 of 12685
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm determined to go to the Science Fiction Museum. Jim Henson's Fantastic World!
I am intrigued by the coffee tour.
I'll have to visit the REI mothership while I'm up there. May need to schedule an extra day for that...
dcp - May 06, 2009 3:46:07 pm PDT #1432 of 12685
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
-t, I was thinking about visiting REI too. It looks like an easy walk from the Space Needle.
beth b - May 06, 2009 3:49:35 pm PDT #1433 of 12685
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
We had a blast at the EMP -- not looking, but playing . We spent a lot of time playing things. I actually learned something about playing the drums...and well Matt had been away from a guitar for two days ....
Ok Matt really enjoied the guitars in the exhibit hall-- but he knows lots and lots about them an I think that guitar is the closest he gets to worship
P.M. Marc - May 06, 2009 5:25:34 pm PDT #1434 of 12685
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
-t, I was thinking about visiting REI too. It looks like an easy walk from the Space Needle.
Not so much, really.
It's not that it's far, it's just that there are multiple pain in the ass roads to cross to get to REI from the Space Needle, including Highway 99.
Also, you don't need a full day for the Mothership. While it is large, and an attractively laid-out building, it's not like the Powell's of outdoor gear or anything.
Worthwhile Tourist Things: The Underground Tour (AWESOME.) Probably the Market. If you have time, a ferry ride can be fun.
Boring Lame Tourist Things: Seattle Center (inclusive of the EMP.
Horrible Fucking Building That Deserves To Be Sporked: the fucking Central fucking Library. Ghastly, appalling, already-dated-looking-piece-of-crap.
Look, I was born on 15th and East John. I remember when there were only TWO Starbucks on the PLANET.
I have opinions about this stuff.
Oh, and hey! I was thinking I should mention that I'm totally up for a Buffista BBQ at my house, if anyone's up for that.