Seattle

Seattle, WA:

The Emerald City

Pike Place MarketFresh Seafood, like Salmon, Shellfish and Crab

Vegetables and Fruit from local farms

Seattle is famous for it’s seafood and shellfish

Cioppino Seafood Soup with Shellfish in Tomato and Wine Sauce (from San Francisco, but popular in Seattle)

Pacific Northwest Grilled Salmon

The First Starbucks Café

Starbucks is a famous coffee company that started in Seattle in 1971. This is the first Starbucks coffee shop (café), in Pike Place Market.

Starbucks has many different kinds of coffee drinks: Macchiato, Frappuccino, Espresso, Latte, and Americano.

Fremont:Bohemian Seattle

Statue of Russian Communist, Vladimir Lenin in Seattle, from Slovakia.

The Fremont Bridge Troll (el gnomo del puente)

Seattle MusicStatue of Jimi Hendrix, famous rock musician from Seattle

Pearl Jam and Nirvana were two famous “Grunge” bands from Seattle

Microsoft

• Computer Software Company, based in Redmond, Washington (Near Seattle)

• Founded in 1975 by BillGates and Paul Allen

Bill Gates is now the 2nd Richest Person in the World

Seattle Television

Three television programs are from Seattle:

FrasierGrey’s Anatomy Twin Peaks

This is the famous café from Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

• Twin Peaks was a crime-drama program from the 1980’s that was set in Washington

The Cherry Pie at Twin Peaks Café was a famous part of the program

Snoqualmie Falls

• 82 meters• The

waterfallis an important symbol to the indigenoustribe

Why is Seattle unique?

Evergreen Point Floating Bridge: The Bridge sits on the water!

Seattle Houseboats

House boats come in all shapes and sizes! There are about 500 houseboats in Seattle today.

Experience Music Project: Seattle’s Music Museum Created by Frank Gehry

The Space Needle• The Space Needle was built for the 1962 World’s Fair• It’s 184 meters high and there is a restaurant at the

top• It can withstand a 9.1 earthquake

Fireworks on New Year’s Eve

Qwest Field: Seattle Seahawks and

Sounders FC

Qwest Field is the stadium for the Seattle Seahawks (American Football) and the Seattle Sounders FC (Soccer). The stadium holds 67,000 people and is the loudest in the NFL (football league)

Safeco Field:Home of the Seattle Mariners

Safeco Field has a roof that can open and close, if it starts to rain.

And don’t forget an umbrella…because it rains a lot in Seattle!