Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Perhaps the most prominent city in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle is situated on Elliot Bay, with a backdrop of lakes, mountains, and forest. Indeed, the city itself is surrounded by lakes, including Lake Washington, Lake Union, and Lake Sammamish. The Olympic Mountains are to the west and the Cascade Mountains are to the east. Two volcanoes, Mount Rainer and Mount St. Helens, complete the picture.
With a population of ca. …
Art Restaurant, Seattle
Here’s a quiz: the Art Restaurant, located inside the Four Seasons Seattle and across from the Seattle Art Museum, gets its name from
a.) Its location across from the Seattle Art Museum
b.) The collection of art by leading Pacific Northwest artists housed in the Four Seasons Hotel
c.) The restaurant’s philosophy that a restaurant should be designed as thoughtfully as a work of art
d.) All of the above
The correct answer, of …
Four Seasons Hotel Seattle Review
It’s unusual for me to walk to a hotel but, thanks to Seattle’s brand new light-rail system, which transported me from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport to downtown Seattle in 37 minutes for $2.50, I was able to have a pleasurable walk past the Pike Place Market area enjoying unusually, for a mid-February day in Seattle, warm (15°C/59°F) and sunny weather. The new Four Seasons Hotel Seattle, opened in late 2008, is …
American Airlines New York-JFK to Seattle
I was unable to print my boarding pass from my home computer because the printer had run out of ink, so I had to check in at American’s new Terminal 8. There was only one passenger ahead of me in the first class line so I waited all of two minutes. The agent greeted me by name, directed me to the Admiral’s Club, and wished me a pleasant flight.
BOARDING
Our departure …
