The Underground Tour

As promised, I will now tell you about the tourist-traps in Seattle that I actually liked. I know that all of the... one or two... of you have been just dying to get my take. I have to say, I loved the underground tour. The tour guides are charming and hilarious. You pick up a lot of fascinating Seattle history (our founders were CRAZY). My favorite bit was the story of the... ahem... sewing industry in the early days. It was lovely. Also, there is a bar.

Unexpected Productions

Happy 2009! I rang in the new year at a fantastic improv show by Unexpected Productions at the Market Theater on Post Alley. Now, as far as being "Off Pike," this isn't far, but it has that off-the-beaten-track feel that I am looking for. The directions I was given by a man on the street were as follows: "Walk through the alley until you get to the pig in the market. Then go downstairs, and it's just past the gum wall." Oh Seattle... As for the show itself, it was rather brilliant. Like all on-the-spot comedy, it had its ups and downs, but even the downs had me giggling, and I nearly wet myself at some of the ups. And there's a bar, how can you go wrong?