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Pretty good suggestions here already. Space Needle, Rock n Roll Museum and Chihuly Glass exhibit are all very close to each other. If you're going to do all 3, buy a city pass and it'll save you some money. Definitely would recommend a Mariners and/or Sounders game as well.

Pike Place Market is okay, but I don't fully understand the tourist appeal tbh. Downtown is kind of gross. Avoid 3rd Ave when you're traveling N-S in the city.

A couple other suggestions:

- Take a ferry to Bainbridge Island, grab a meal over there, come back (or water Taxi to West Seattle and do the same thing - Bainbridge is more of an experience though)

- The aquarium is small and won't take long to see and it's centrally located

- If the weather is cooperating, whale watching up in Whidbey Island or Anacortes is lovely. Deception Pass is beautiful too. Mt. Rainier will not be a good family option in May, too much snow still on the mountain.

For restaurants, I'll drop a few of my favorite places here.

- Un Bien: amazing sandwiches. Get the palamillo steak.

- Pink Door: Fun italian spot downtown, entrance through an alley. You'll need a reservation well in advance. Not super expensive by Seattle standards

- Post Alley Pizza: located near the market (which I'm sure you'll be near), great pizza and sandwiches

- Asian food here is incredible. Try xiao long bao from Din Tai Fung, Dough Zone, or Supreme Dumpling (whichever is most convenient for you). Get some dandan noodles and garlic green beans too. Pestle Rock in Ballard is my favorite Thai place. Try the kao soi - many restaurants don't have this dish and imo it's the best thai meal you can find here. Sushi, japanese, ramen .. it's all good.

- Asadero in Ballard. Mexican steakhouse, really good and not crazy expensive

General tips/heads up:

- Going out to eat is expensive here, so just be prepared for that. Just one more reason I love the asian food here, it is relatively affordable

- Late may will still probably be rainy and not especially warm. Make sure the fam has a nice warm layer like a sweater with a thin shell on top.

- Don't be afraid to use public transit! Not sure if you'll have a car or not, but the public transit here is pretty good. If you have a rental car, never leave anything inside of it. Like, nothing at all. Seattle is safe but property crime here is wild.


I moved here about 10 years ago, so if you have any specific questions feel free to reach out and I'm happy to help.

I love knocking $200 off my monthly note and paying nearly double the interest over the term of the loan! So much winning!

Haha same for me. I think I had 300 shares and I dumped them the moment I hit the black. I'm so glad to be off this ride.

SCOTUS spent almost no time discussing whether the "emergencies" Trump is claiming are actual emergencies. They are entirely deferential to him on this topic. The legal question the court is considering is something else entirely.

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Getting 30 miles north of the airport…..from pick up to destination…. Took 3 hours on a Thursday at 3PM

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Could've taken the light rail and made it in half the time. Sorry desert boomers can't use Google :dunno:

As someone raised in Slidell now living in Seattle for the last 10 years .. this is a hilarious thread :lol:

I feel some nostaliga fondness for Slidell, but I agree with others here when I say it has fallen off pretty hard. It's a shithole through and through. If you're going to leave the PNW and go to the South, Mississippi honestly sounds like the better option. Can't believe I'm saying that.

You sound like you were raised in the suburbs.

Look up e-sim cards. Pretty easy to set up and much cheaper than what Verizon will charge you.

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Belfast - 2 days - Titanic Museum, Giant's Causeway, Dunluce Castle

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The Titanic Museum is probably the best museum I have ever been to. Incredibly comprehensive and interesting.

I also suggest taking a black cab tour to learn The Troubles in Belfast.

Before I went, I knew nothing about The Troubles. I read a fantastic book about it called Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland before going, which made the black cab tour even more interesting and worthwhile.

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