Seattle in November

I'll be in Seattle for 3 weeks on a business trip.  In November...
 
we'll be working long days 11 to 13 hours a day during the week, but I'll be there over the weekend of 11/16 & 11/17 and am HOPING we don't have to work and can do some sightseeing.  although, I'm still not sure yet if they are going to make us work that weekend or not...and I'm the lead of the project...but I have to do whatever will impact the customer least, so it's still in the air if I have to work over the weekend or not...
 
anyway - if I DO get to do some sightseeing - I've never been to Seattle before...what sights should a nube see?

The Fish Market?
 
The REI store?
 
The Needle?
 
Rain?
 
The Paramount Theater?
 
A ferry or whale watch trip to the San Juan Islands for the weekend?
 
Just throwing out some ideas.

Experience Music Project.
 

I think we've got rain here, although it is scarce...
 
yes, the space needle is an obvious one.  Fish Market?  not sure about that - is that like the Wharf in San Fran?
REI?  no thank you.  I'm not an outdoors kind of person.  I'm overweight, can't hike and sneeze at anything that grows...
Bit - that look pretty cool!  I will see if I can get to see that!
Bob and others who mentioned the ferry - we'll see how much time I have.  if I have to work 6 days I might be too tired to do that on the only day off, but it does sound cool!

Beagle - what part of town will you be in during the week?

Definitely, make it a point and see the Space Needle.

Too bad you're not coming down to the Portland area.  I could help you get even fatter (which, naturally, would give me an excuse to do the same  ).
 
I lost 14 pounds over the last couple of weeks because I was sick so I need get my pot-belly back you know.

UbiquitousBubba
I have some favorites in that area, but they're outdoors. A drive to Rainier Nat'l Park will take you to a rain forest. I love hiking around in the foothills. There's an older, darker rain forest on the Olympic Peninsula that's a fantastic place to visit. While you're out that way, you can stop in Forks, sit in a diner, and write a Twilight Fan Fic.

Oh, the fish thing is Pike Street Market. If that's not your thing, you might want to catch a ferry across the Sound. Seattle's kind of an "Outdoors" kind of place. There's a lot of healthy people. Just ignore them, and you'll be fine.

Hope that helps.

I don't mind short hikes in the areas where there's not a lot of heavy climbing.  I've hiked around the redwoods in Muir woods, and other places as long as my allergies don't forbid me and as long as it's not too strenuous on my knees and ankles.

Which Boeing? There are three major sites: Renton, Boeing Field and Everett. And lots of minor sites. Boeing has offices all over, just to make sure they contribute to the traffic mess as much as possible.

bitflipper
Which Boeing? There are three major sites: Renton, Boeing Field and Everett. And lots of minor sites. Boeing has offices all over, just to make sure they contribute to the traffic mess as much as possible.

Boeing Military Airplanes - I'll be working just off the flightline at the south end of the runway.

One $0.50 cup of coffee in Miami will undermine that theory.
 
:-)

Should we warn Seattle to hide their becan really, really well?

Beagle

bitflipper
Which Boeing? There are three major sites: Renton, Boeing Field and Everett. And lots of minor sites. Boeing has offices all over, just to make sure they contribute to the traffic mess as much as possible.

Boeing Military Airplanes - I'll be working just off the flightline at the south end of the runway.

I know the neighborhood well. Once upon a time in a previous life I used to take care of computers in the AWACS project. Given the location, I'd move the Museum of Flight to the top of the must-see list - it's right next door.

 Hope you have fun Beagle even though it's a business trip.
 
I'm getting Seattle weather here today for free!!! Some really precipitated precipitation going here yes sir.

 
 Geesh sounds like a great reason to take  4.5 hour nappy. 
 
 I'll take misty over what those poor blokes in the UK have been seeing lately any day. Come to think of it, they seem to have a lot of Seattle weather there too.