I love history, always have. I don’t recall when my love for history started (yes, that does seem strange) but it has been with me for years. In college I took a course on Urban Design and I suddenly found myself with a deeper appreciation of history than I had before. I mean, it was one thing to learn about events, but it was another to learn about, and be able to touch, physical buildings. They just seemed to come alive for me.
Last year I had the opportunity to take the Seattle Underground tour, along with about 30 others. I had known about the tour for a few years but never had the opportunity to go on one. The tour does exactly as promised: it takes you below the city streets of Seattle. As a bonus, you get to understand a bit more about what it was like to live in a Frontier town. That essentially means you hear a lot about drinking, prostitution, and con artists.
Yeah, of course I loved it. I found it quite informative, especially if I ever suffer from “the pains”.
After the tour was done I grabbed a quick dinner and ended up at Zig Zag’s, another favorite spot for everyone to start our week in Seattle. If you go, I would recommend you ask your server to “put some Christmas in my mouth“. Trust me.
First and only bad bit of advice you’ve given in this series. Don’t trust him. “Christmas in my mouth” was unbelievably nasty. Don’t do it.
Grant,
That’s not fair. I’m sure I’ve given other bad advice. And you should not pretend to speak for everyone else’s taste buds. Don’t spread false rumors about that drink. Let others have their own experience.
Tom
We did the nighttime Underground tour (with you) last year. Note: it gets into the underbelly of early Seattle much more than the regular daytime tour, so if you want the NC-17, you know what to do. I dragged my wife along (she is registrar at a local history museum so has more context than most) and it was very fun and interesting for both of us.