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THREE PERFECT DAYS
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
THE INSIDE SCOOP FROMTHOSE IN THE KNOW
ILLUSTRATIONS BY PETER JAMES FIELD
Kirsten Graham
PRINCIPAL, KIRSTEN GRAHAM
PUBLIC RELATIONS
“Alhambra is my go-to for jewelry. It’s
an independent shop downtown with
beautiful, unique stuff ranging from
delicate necklaces to big, bold rings.
The owner always has a smile and the
perfect piece to tempt me with.”
Leslie Patson
TALENT COORDINATOR,
AMAZON.COM
“Discovery Park is an incredible
place right on Puget Sound, with
driftwood along the water and big
pine trees up on the hills. People
hike with their dogs and everybody
goes shelling on the beach.”
Gavin Derek
FASHION STYLIST
“One of my Sunday rituals is
to walk through the neighborhood of
Ballard, where there’s a great weekly
farmers’ market. After stocking up
there, I always go to King’s Hardware,
my favorite bar, for bloody marys
and hamburgers.”
DANITA DELIMONT/ALAMY
Creamery). Yourent abikeand
spend the morning zipping
around, settling finally at a
spot on the bay, where you
lick your blueberry cone and
watch the sailboats ski er by.
Back on the mainland
you see that it’s past noon,
so you’re glad you scored a
meatloaf to go at the island’s
Fork & Spoon
sandwich shop.
From here, local tour guide
Evergreen Escapes is taking
you to Woodinville, a wine-
country town 20 minutes
from Sea le. The tour starts
at
JM Cellars
, whose secluded
grounds invite you to recline
as you tipple. Next up is
Holly-
wood Hill Vineyards
, owned by
a former Microso exec who grows excel-
lent pinot noir grapes. The tour concludes
at
DeLille Cellars
, where you nurse a fine
syrah as the sun dips behind the trees. On
the ride back to Sea le, the bo les you’ve
bought clink, as if toasting themselves.
A little woozy, you take a cab to the
swish, centrally located
Hotel 1000
, the
second hotel of your stay. The modern,
unflaggingly plush 1000 boasts excep-
tional views of the city and surrounding
mountains, which you’ll survey while
plo ing ways to improve your handicap
on the hotel’s virtual golf game. First, how-
ever, a rest is inorder. You teeter across your
wood-paneled room and sink gratefully
into a deep snooze.
Beforeheading out for thenight, you try
the golf only to discover you’re as much of
a hackdigitally as you are in the real world.
Youhope to swing a touchmore ably at the
storied
Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
, a quick cab
ride away in the smart waterfront district
of Belltown. Lucky for you, New Orleans
piano great Dr. John is playing a set. They
call him the Night Tripper, but even in
the early evening Dr. John shines, belting
out a stream of jazz-blues-zydeco classics,
ratcheting up the heat in the room while
barely breaking a sweat.
As you step outside, theDoctor remains
stuck in your head—“Got my money and
my honey, and I’m out on the stand to
THE GOOD, THE BAD
ANDTHE GOOFY
At one local retailer, the Seattle
sound has more to do with whoopee
cushions than with grunge
We’ve all been in novelty stores and gag
shops, but
Archie McPhee
is something
else. This low-slung operation
brims
with the stuff your parents told you not
to waste your money on. There’s an entire
section dedicated to weird candy (absinthe
gumballs, bacon-flavored necklaces, banana slug
suckers) and another devoted to novelty underwear, for
instance, plus a staff that will encourage, nay, demand you try on the shop’s inflat-
able beards. In a city that prides itself on bleeding-edge innovation, Archie McPhee
is good, basic, lowbrow fun.
1300 N. 45th St., 206-297-0240.