Meg ryan sleepless in seattle outfits11/25/2023 Goin’ out WestĪs the water taxi to West Seattle heads away from its downtown dock an awesome view of the city skyline starts to unfold. And while its gift shop offers albums from greats with local links, such as Nirvana and The Sonics, music lovers need to check out the city’s bountiful independent record stores, including the renowned Easy Street Records (which has an in-store cafe doing tasty coffee to boot). When the hotel’s rich musical past inevitably inspires guests, acoustic guitars and record players are available to them. My waterfront room with a balcony overlooking Puget Sound was a great spot to relax, with playful seals, seahawks and the elegant sailing boats of Seattle’s well-heeled residents nearby – plus, if you’re lucky with the weather, views of 14,411ft volcano Mount Rainier, the highest peak in Washington State. The classic rock soundtracking the mountain lodge-style lobby of the Edgewater Hotel is part of the venue’s musical cachet as the place where The Beatles were photographed fishing out of the window. The flight from Heathrow lands at 1.45pm local time, and a cab ride from the airport to downtown is only about 20 minutes, so to make the most of it, I went ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and hit the streets straight away.Įmergency sunscreen purchased, I headed out with an itinerary taking in scenes from the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romcom – now in its 30th anniversary year – but soon discovered the Emerald City’s shine is much more than Hollywood veneer. Famously rainy Seattle was in the middle of a heatwave when I arrived.
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