Seattle--Day 4

On Tuesday, Dan, Kate & I went to the Experience Music Project in Downtown Seattle. It was so amazing; their showcase exhibition was called "Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses". As you can imagine, for lifelong fans like Dan & me, it was absolutely fabulous to see. We saw Kurt Cobain's actual guitars, shirts, handwritten lyrics... I know it sounds corny, but I actually got a bit teary-eyed seeing all of his personal belongings.

After we saw the Nirvana exhibit, we went to the sound lab on the third floor. You can do all these cool things like record a demo tape, play instruments, mix different songs, do vocal recordings, etc. We had a blast; I love music, even though I'm not the best at it!

Afterward, we went to the Space Needle, which was right across the way. We had gotten these things called City Passes, and it gave you access to six different attractions (the zoo, the aquarium, a harbor cruise, the Experience Music Project, the Space Needle and the Pacific Science Center) at a price that was half off, compared to paying for the things individually. The Space Needle isn't something that I would pay for on its own, but since it was included in our City Pass, we figured, why not? The view was very beautiful to see.


Relaxing at Grandma's before we head out




She absolutely loved this chair and always wanted to climb up in it. We just had to be sure that there wasn't a cat or dog tail nearby; I don't think they'd be too happy about that!


On the ferry ride over to Seattle.


Pretty girl!


Quite possibly one of the greatest musicians of our time, Mr. Kurt Cobain






The shirt Kurt Cobain wore on the cover of Spin magazine


The blue guitar that Kurt played throughout most of the In Utero tour


She doesn't want to hold still to take a picture!


In the sound lab


My angry rock star look






Little music mixer!


Watching music videos on the sound stage






Crazy how many guitars there are!


The ticket to the last show they ever played, in March (I think?) of 1994


The shirt Kurt wore in the Smells Like Teen Spirit video


The guitar that he played in the Smells Like Teen Spirit video


A cardigan that Kurt always wore.




At the Space Needle


The view from the observation deck of the Space Needle




On the ferry ride home. Luckily, Gail lives just a ferry ride across from downtown Seattle, so it's quite convenient to get around, even without a car. Gail let us use her car whenever we wanted, which was nice, but the ferry is only $7.oo roundtrip for walk-ons, whereas it's $15.00 each way if you bring your car, not to mention parking downtown, which is expensive! So for the most part we just got around by foot, which was fun because it allowed us to see the city, and not to mention it was fantastic exercise!