A Room with a View
August 11, 2008 – 11:21 am | by nerd's eye viewWelcome to Nerd's Eye View. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Want to know more about this site? See the Meet the Nerd page. And thanks for reading!
The Space Needle, a shining vision of The Future as seen from 1962 is an icon of our city, our skyline. It’s been in Gray’s Anatomy, Frasier, and The Simpsons. We’ve watched the fireworks off the Needle on many a New Year’s Eve - one year I remember it was so foggy that the pyrotechnics were more blurry watercolor than sharp light show. We play a weird little Space Needle game when we leave the house - the first one to spot it and say “Space Needle” wins. There’s no explaining it. I’ve stood in the shadow of the Needle to play the uke at Folklife, met friends at the base to see the bands at Bumbershoot, and shot plenty of photos of it from different places around the city - if you stand at the Black Hole Sun in Volunteer Park, you can see the Space Needle through the hole.
I’ve lived in Seattle for just about 15 years - longer than I’ve lived anywhere. Until yesterday, I had never been up the Space Needle. Because the IMAX had sold out and because the rain had cleared the skies, yesterday afternoon, we went up the Space Needle.
2 Responses to “A Room with a View”
By Jennifer on Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
I like your blog! I too am a travel nerd and it is nice to see fellow nerds out there. I write a blog as well on Wordpress. You can check it out if you like. I just did a piece that includes some hotels in the northwest. Take care! http://www.betterlivingthroughtravel.com.
By Marilyn on Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
I’ve never been up there…don’t think I could do it (acrophobia). But, wow, what a view!