How to Kill Time in Seattle?

pvrk_usa · Post by **pvrk_usa** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:30 am

Friends, I will be R2I'ing next month. However, I need to go to Seattle for a couple of weeks later this this month for onboarding. I never been to Seattle before and my family is already in India. So, I am not sure visitng regular tourist attractions alone would be interesting . Any suggestions to kill time on the evenings and Weekends?
PVRK

G2I · Post by **G2I** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:08 am

It really depends on what you like to do... Seattle area is very beautiful and scenic and it is at its best in Summer (which is only a few weeks :-)). So you can do loads of outdoor activities... hiking, bike riding, general sight-seeing, etc. Also, if you have GC/USC, Vancouver BC is only 3 hrs up north and a lot of people go for day trips.
If you are into desi cultural activities you will find lot of events on weekends.
If you are into cricket, there is a big time tennis ball cricket league with 6 divisions. There is also a proper season ball league with 2 divisions but they will be into knock-out round next month (so you can watch but cannot join a team to play). We also have a girls' tennis ball league. (Some people prefer to watch just that.)
We have our own share of desi restaurants, pubs with desi dance music, desi movies playing, etc. but I wouldn't dare say they would match what you are used to in volume/quantity coming from the Bay Area.

cyberabadi · Post by **cyberabadi** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:35 pm

pvrk_usa;42891Friends, I will be R2I'ing next month. However, I need to go to Seattle for a couple of weeks later this this month for onboarding. I never been to Seattle before and my family is already in India. So, I am not sure visitng regular tourist attractions alone would be interesting . Any suggestions to kill time on the evenings and Weekends?
PVRK[/quote]

1. Space Needle, Pacific Science Center - Downtown Seattle
2. SAM - Seattle Art Museum - Downtown Seattle
3. Snoqualmie Falls - 20 Min drive from Seattle/Redmond
4. Take a Water Taxi ($3) from Pier 55 in Downtown to Alki Beach, Scenic View of Downtown Seattle.
5. Mt.Rainier and Mt. Helens Volcano - 1 Day Each (120Miles Rainier, 180 St.Helens)
6. Deception Pass, Whitby Island - 1/2 Day - 80Miles from Seattle
7. Diablo Lake, North Cascades - 1 day (120 Miles one-way)
8. Lake Chelan - 1 day

9. Victoria & Vancover, Canada - Few Days

** With or without family these are great places to visit **

PS: Welcome to AMZN or MSFT.

babu_babu · Post by **babu_babu** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:04 am

cyberabadi;429981. Space Needle, Pacific Science Center - Downtown Seattle
2. SAM - Seattle Art Museum - Downtown Seattle
3. Snoqualmie Falls - 20 Min drive from Seattle/Redmond
4. Take a Water Taxi ($3) from Pier 55 in Downtown to Alki Beach, Scenic View of Downtown Seattle.
5. Mt.Rainier and Mt. Helens Volcano - 1 Day Each (120Miles Rainier, 180 St.Helens)
6. Deception Pass, Whitby Island - 1/2 Day - 80Miles from Seattle
7. Diablo Lake, North Cascades - 1 day (120 Miles one-way)
8. Lake Chelan - 1 day

9. Victoria & Vancover, Canada - Few Days

** With or without family these are great places to visit **

PS: Welcome to AMZN or MSFT.[/quote]

10)Hindu Temple in Bothell

Desi_by_Nature · Post by **Desi_by_Nature** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:38 am

wanna kill time? try to make it to the top of this list:

http://www.r2iclubforums.com/clubvb/showthread.php?t=857

:emteeth:

pvrk_usa · Post by **pvrk_usa** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:12 am

Thanks guys for all tips
#6 Not a bad idea. But as someone said in top posters thread, if you need stuff but not fluff, it would be harder :)

#4 The list is useful. I will try to cover some of them. But no comment on your guess of the company. But you know what that means :emwink:

#2 I hope it doesn't rain. I hate rain or snow. Till now I paid a significant portion of my salary as premium by way of mortgage for good weather in Silicon valley.

cyberabadi · Post by **cyberabadi** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:36 pm

pvrk_usa;43107
#4 The list is useful. I will try to cover some of them. But no comment on your guess of the company. But you know what that means :emwink:
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Hope it helps! I knew the company seeing your original post but, did not want to give it away for you and mentioned 2.:emwink:

Good Luck!

Tweedledee · Post by **Tweedledee** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:41 am

at the airport, take a piece of paper, write time on it, and put a plastic knife thru it. repeat.

babu_babu · Post by **babu_babu** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:56 am

MeraNaseebR2I;43148Good one!

Sometimes I think - what would life have been without this forum? Lot's idle time ....

I remember in the 80s and early 90s there used to be a newsgroup soc.culture.indian. And then this regionalized into soc.culture.indian.

Don't know if these newsgroups are still around. Those news groups used to be a MASSIVE time-waster except for some useful topics.[/quote]

You are right!

This forum mimics the village assembly point , a big tree where peope used to meet for chit chatting!

Tweedledee · Post by **Tweedledee** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:43 am

I think soc.culture.indian * got rolled into google groups ....

http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.indian/topics