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THREE PERFECT DAYS
POUNDS OF COFFEE
STARBUCKS
ROASTS A YEAR
20MILLION
NUMBER OF
RESTAURANTS IN THE
METROPOLITAN AREA
≈9,000
PEOPLE PER
SQUARE MILE
(COMPAREDWITH
ABOUT 25,000 IN NYC)
7,246
PERCENTAGE OF
RESIDENTS OVER 25WHO
HOLD A BACHELOR’S
DEGREE (THE HIGHEST
IN THE U.S.)
51
PERCENTAGE OF
RESIDENTS CLAIMING
GERMAN ROOTS
(THE MOST PREVALENT
ANCESTRY IN SEATTLE)
15.2
GOING RATE,
IN DOLLARS,
FOR A DOZEN LOCALLY
SOURCED OYSTERS
7.99
NUMBER OF ACTRESSES
WHO TURNED DOWN
THE LEAD ROLE
IN
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
BEFORE MEG RYAN
TOOK IT
(KIM BASINGER,
MICHELLE PFEIFFER AND
JULIA ROBERTS)
3
NUMBER OF TIMES
THE SEATTLE MARINERS
HAVE WON THE
WORLD SERIES
0
SEATTLE,
BY THE NUMBERS
DAY ONE
| Seattle is known for its overcast
skies, but there’s nothing dull about the
Hotel
Monaco
, a downtown establishment whose
décor veers between velvety opulence and pop-
art excess, where each roomcomes with its own
plump goldfish. You take a moment to say hi to
your li le guy, whom you name Kurt, and head
out into what’s shaping up to be an unusually
sunny day.
Maybe it’s the portly fish, but you opt to start
your tripwith a touch of light exercise at nearby
Volunteer Park, a 48-acre sprawl of
winding paths and towering cedars
that comes with a soundtrack of
buskers and birds. From here, you speed-stroll
to the
Volunteer Park Café
.
The café is a blend of the rustic and the
urbane: roosters crowing, laptops clicking.
Sunlight dapples the weathered wooden table
upon which you heap a week’s worth of baked
goods. Then, confident that you’ve covered
the major food groups—bu ery, gooey, chewy,
chocolatey—you tuck in. And when a woman
walks by with a tray of blueberry muffins, you
ask for one of those aswell—albeit ina to-gobag.
Breakfast accomplished, youscoot
down to trendyCapitol Hill for a spin
through the
Warren Knapp Gallery
,
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