This weekend in Seattle...
Seattle Cheese Festival
U District Street Fair

Now if you had been reading The Stranger's "SLOG" you would have heard about the gourmet grilled cheese sandwich and beer pairing event. It was supposedly amazing.

Updated Blogs!
 

Some Seattle Specific Blogs...
The Big BlogCitizen Rain
Metroblogging Seattle
Life in the 206
Seattlest
Slog

I'm not one to read a lot of blogs, but I really wish I had know about the grilled cheese and beer night at Union. Sorry I missed it :(

I ALWAYS miss EVERYTHING in Seattle. :(

Record Number of Visitors
 

Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau is reporting the number of overnight visitors grew to a record 9.4 million in 2006, up 3.4 percent from 2005.

These visitors spent a record $4.75 billion while visiting the city and county, up 10% from 2005. Total state and local taxes paid by visitors while in King County increased from $376 million in 2005 to $419 million in 2006.

The outlook for 2007 is looking to be just as strong, if not stronger.

On the cruise front, the Port of Seattle projects record passenger volumes of 435,000 in 2007 with five major cruise lines offering 191 sailings from the Port of Seattle through November 4.

An April AAA survey identified Seattle as one of its "hot spots" for summer 2007. Seattle ranked third among domestic destinations following Orlando and Las Vegas (ahead of NY & LA).

Summary of 2006 Seattle/King County Visitor Impact:
Visitor Volumes
2005 9.1 mil
2006 9.4 mil
% Change +3.4%

Visitor Expenditures
2005 4.3 bil
2006 4.75 bil
% Change +10%

Tourism Tax Revenues
2005 376 mil
2006 419 mil
% Change +10.4%

Jobs Generated by Tourism
2005 60,000
2006 62,000
% Change +3.2%

The map of downtown Seattle linked in the first post needs updating.

There's a map located here: http://www.visitseattle.org/visitors...owntownmap.htm
(where there is a link to the .pdf version that's much easier to print/view).

Thanks Owlchick!

In Post #49Theo has just earned the 1st Place Award for Outstanding Chocolates at a national competition.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=715294

I did not realize that Red Hook shut down. That is too bad since I remember drinking some of their beers in the past. :(

Seattle Tourmap
 

I put this link at Safeco Feild thread but I thought it should be here, if not already...

http://www.tourmap.com/areas/fullmap.asp?areaid=1

... and here is the PDF map of the "pigs on parade" :D (8.59MB)

http://pigsonparade.org/pdf/map.pdf

Yikes! The Trolleyman closed down in 2002 to consolidate all of their offices in Woodinville. The original Trolleyman sign is in the Tour Room in Woodinville.

Thanks, I updated the main post! :cool:

What an amazing thread. What an amazing chexfan!

Several links to terrific articles have already been given upthread.

Seattle in a Day, from Seattle Times, posted by chexfan

24 Hours in Seattle, Independent, posted by YYR Cockroach

36 hours in Seattle, NY Times, posted by nor4

I haven't seen this link:

Three Perfect Days in Seattle, United's Hemisphere Magazine

Broadway Pre-Release
 

It seems that Seattle is a great place for supporting theatre...

Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks's new musical will be making it's Pre-Broadway run in Seattle at The Paramount.

It is running through September 1st.
Tues, Wed, Thur: 7:30p
Fri: 8:00p
Sat: 2p & 8p
Sun: 1p & 6:30p