WA: A Pop Culture Seattle Adventure

ADVENTURESTRAVEL

Aug 17

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October 22 & 23, 2015 | #ontheroad1015 (previous post)

I was a child in the 90s, but my sister was a teenager, and with minimal parental supervision, Seattle pop culture was downloaded into my brain pre-double digits. I knew of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain, I watched Kurt Loader read MTV news and my favorite season of Real World to this day is Seattle.

My attraction to the opposite sex was shaped by a sexy zombie, Brandon Lee, in The Crow. And I had watched Reality Bites and Singles before I could understand most of the jokes. From video dating and garage door openers to complicated post-college love affairs – I was really learning my early lessons in love.

Then as I grew into my own teenagedom, I fell in love with Seattle-based movie "10 Things I Hate About You" and as my angst grew so did my desire to live where it rains 80% of the year. At some point, my obsession and depression subsided, and I became less Seattle-bound as I entered my twenties. But when Dan and I went on our Pacific Northwest road trip, all my pop culture Seattle obsessions were ignited, and I had to see all the sites. (insert Pokemon theme song – “gotta catch em all”)

Dan was already a big Seattle fan, and I had my reservations, as I now appreciate the sun. But when we were there, I could see us living in Seattle. If it weren’t for its notorious “Seattle Freeze”, the term for the fact that no one in Seattle wants to be your friend, it would be one of my top choices. But so far, Austin, Denver, and Louisville are beating out Seattle as potential relocation destinations.

Here is the documentation of our pop culture Seattle over two days.