We spent Sunday morning walking around the Pike Place Market in Seattle where we enjoyed a good breakfast. It's an incredible cultural experience; there's music, food, art, shopping and every imaginable type of fish. We filmed some of the action in the fish market:
We also happened upon a shop called Golden Age Collectibles which thrilled us geeks no end. Dale bought a McLovin' driving license for a couple of bucks. We also passed the first ever Starbucks, which opened in the Pike Place Market in 1971. Dale was wearing his custom 'Viva VHS' t-shirt that he had made up in Seattle to advertise his awesome Twitter movie quiz.
While we were in the market, we came across the art of Mr Dan, who specialises in drawing with marker pens on baseball caps and Converse boots. Mr Dan was a very cool and pleasant guy and showed us his collection of custom movie artwork. Dale commissioned him on the spot to draw a one of a kind cap featuring a character from his favourite film, The Warriors. Mr Dan said that he knew the movie well and would have it ready by 2.30pm, so we headed back into town for a drink.
While crossing Virginia and 2nd Ave, we discovered The Whisky Bar. Seemed like the perfect place to stop! Dale ordered a 12 year old Suntory Hibiki and I had the 12 year old Caol Ila. Both were excellent. The bartender was a very knowledgeable guy and hooked us up with some free samples of an American bourbon by the name of Elmer T. Lee.
At 2.30pm, we returned to the market to collect Dale's cap. We were all blown away by Dan's detailed work. The cap features gang member Rembrandt writing 'The Warriors' with his grafiti spray can. Rembrandt is wearing his satchel and neck scarf. Below him is a silhouette of the gang's home turf, Coney Island, with the famous Wonder Wheel clearly visible. I was so impressed with his work that I also purchased a custom Bruce Lee painting from Dan which you can see in this post. Special thanks to Dan for his talent and enthusiasm. You can order from him by reading the instructions on his MySpace page.
On leaving the market in mid afternoon, we noticed a guy on the street who kept saying the phrase 'everything is always in the paper' to everyone who passed him. It was kind of unusual. I was reminded that when we were in San Francisco, a guy approached us in a coffee shop and asked if the car outside was a government car. We replied to him that we had no idea. He paused, then said: 'only the Sandman knows for sure'. That was kind of trippy too.
This evening, we went to the movies and then to dinner afterwards. It was a nice way to wind down from crossing the states. Despite the impending British Airways strike, it looks like we'll still be flying out from Seattle to London late Monday. We'll post more when we're homeward bound. Thanks to all of you who have followed this wacky adventure online. We have enjoyed blogging it and we hope you've enjoyed reading it.
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