Trippin': Seattle - Seattle Center

305 Harrison St
Seattle, WA 98109

The Seattle Center is home to Seattle's most recognizable landmark, the Space Needle! We decided not to pay the $16 at the last minute to go all the way to the top. It was a gray day and I figured our view wouldn't be that great. Besides, the point is that we want to see the Space Needle. So if we're on the Space Needle, then obviously we wouldn't be able to admire it from afar. So we had all these reasons to not go up. But we knew deep down the real reason was because we're freakin' CHEAP! Haha! Instead, we just walked around the area which has a lot of things for people to dip their toes into. Here's a list:

• International Fountain (I'll get to this in another blog)
  
• Space Needle
  
• Seattle Center Monorail
  
• Seattle Center House
  
• Center House Theatre
  
• The Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
  
• Fisher Pavilion
  
• Fun Forest Amusement Park
  
• Kobe Bell
  
• Pacific Science Center
  
• Key Arena

This next sculpture made me laugh. It looks as if it's trying to sneak up on someone and go boo!



The coolest looking building would have to be the Experience Music Project which is basically a music museum. It was founded by Paul Allen, one half of the team that started Microsoft. The architect chosen to design the building was Frank O. Gehry. His infamous crumpled style of art is famous all around the world. Last year, while I was in Chicago, I passed by the Jay Pritzker pavilion and it was mos def the coolest looking looking pavilion that I'VE ever seen. And no, we did not go inside the EMP. They don't allow indoor photography so that's no fun!

Trippin': Seattle - Olympic Sculpture Park

2901 Western Ave
Seattle, WA 98121

My name is Nosmo, and I have approved this message ...

Seriously though, for the last couple of weeks, is that not what has been playing over and over again on your television set? But that has nothing to do with my entry. Moving on now ...

There were so many things that I was looking foward to about Seattle and at the top of the list would have to the Olympic Sculpture Park. The grand opening only happened just a year ago and I've read that it has been a very popular and welcoming addition to the city. We need something of that caliber HERE! It's designed to have this Z shape to it so as you're strolling through, you'll find yourself having to zig zag either up or down the park. Some of the art is amazing and some not so much. We visited on a Monday and it was just our luck that the PACCAR Pavilion, which is basically the visitor info center, is opened everyday except for Monday. Seriously, that always happens to me! It's just like how I seem to crave Chick-Fil-A on Sundays. Bah! So we simply just enjoyed our morning stroll through the lovely park with an equally impressive view of the Puget Sound. Massive amount of pictures ahead.

The PACCAR Pavilion in the background.

Roxy Paine, Split

2003

Polished Stainless Steel

Ellsworth Kelly, Curve XXIV

1981
Weathering Steel

Anthony Caro, Riviera

1971-1974

Steel Rusted and Varnished


Louise Nevelson, Sky Landscape I

1976-1983

Welded Aluminum Painted Black

Richard Serra, Wake

2004

Weatherproof Steel

Alexander Calder, Eagle

1971

Painted Steel

Teresita Fernandez, Seattle Cloud Cover

2004/2006

Laminated Glass

Mark di Suvero, Schubert Sonata

1992

Painted and Unpainted Steel

Roy McMakin, Love & Loss

2005-2006

Mixed Installation

Louise Bourgeois, Father and Son

2004/2006

Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Water and Bronze Bell

Louise Bourgeois, Eye Benches I, II, III

1996-1997

Black Zimbabwe Granite


Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen, Typewriter Eraser, Scale X
1998/1999
Stainless Steel and Fiberglass

Wedding: Thanh & Aimee

02.23.2008

Kim Son Jefferson
2001 Jefferson St
Houston, TX 77003

This was my first wedding reception at this location since the days I had to accompany my parents to their friend's weddings. The groom is a colleague of the bf's and the bride is also in the toof biz. I absolutely loved the way they decorated the room. It was so purty! Even when all the guests had arrived and were seated at their table, the room still held it's own which is usually not the case. The notables would have to that they actually had dragon dancing! That was super fun to watch since I missed out on the New Year's festivities. That was the first time I've ever seen that at an asian wedding. It was also the very first time that the centerpiece actually stayed on the table for the entire duration of the meal. The centerpiece is normally taken down to make way for the family style dishes of food. I wasn't too happy with the choices of entrees. My favorite is ALWAYS the Ga Xoi Chien. But they had Peking Duck so that almost made up for it. Almost.




Every asian wedding that I have been to these last few years has one thing in common. The cake! It could be decorated differently on the outside, but on the inside, it's pretty much just bleh. The inside is usually coffee or mocha which sounds like it should be fantastic, but it's not. The cake itself is dry and the icing is a butter cream. It's always the same stuff! I guess just like all asians have their reception at Kimson, all asians also buy their wedding cakes at this bakery called Le Duc. Their wedding cakes are a lot cheaper than most American places so of course that's what they settle for. Supposedly, their pastries are pretty good, so I'll have to stop by there one day and try it out.



Too much xoxo? As in Courvoisier XO.



So I have to wonder what kind of role models these group of girls have in their lives. At the end of the night, they boldly climbed onto the mini-stage and started dancing and singing along to Superman dat Ho. They literally knew every single word and they even knew the dance rountine that goes with that song. Unless they just made up the dance because I seriously don't know if one exists. Seriously though, I can NOT stand vulgar rap music.