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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 1624103" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>We have returned to Oklahoma. Seattle and the area around it was cool, but man is it ever good to be home. Pike's Market was as we expected; it was cool and all, but after a couple hours, you can only look at so much fresh produce and fish and trinkets. The seafood was good, but more expensive than I thought it would be there, but by the last day, I was done with the fish and wanted a hamburger. The weather was great, it drizzled on us for a couple hours one day; the rest of the time it was cool and sunny. Checking the pistol <em>was not a problem </em>at all either way. People were having more trouble trying to slide by TSA with unopened sodas and toiletries that exceeded the 3 oz limit (or whatever). Glad I took it with me too. I have never seen so many bums; every 20 feet, some bum was hitting on us for money and one drunk idiot hit on my wife while we were in the original Starbucks; (much to his immediate discomfort). The market security guys were on his horizontal azz like ugly-on-an-ape and took him away in cuffs rather quickly. Folks vouched on my behalf and I was not even questioned about it. I guess the aggressive panhandling and the nuisance value is such a threat to the tourists' money that the vendors all put up with nothing if even the hint of trouble apppears. Never saw so many people dressed in climbing/hiking/ gear: Lots of people in fancy Patagonia/Northface/REI/Kelty attire; tons of hi-tech backpacks, many with the obligatory water bottle and carabiners hanging off them. I never saw so many gals with major tatts and piercings. Lot of goths. Lot of street musicians and street people. Seemed to be a very Left Bank/Bohemian kinda place, especially downtown and around the Market area. Our view of the bay from the B&B we stayed in was great. We enjoyed the trip, but it is good to be home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 1624103, member: 10465"] We have returned to Oklahoma. Seattle and the area around it was cool, but man is it ever good to be home. Pike's Market was as we expected; it was cool and all, but after a couple hours, you can only look at so much fresh produce and fish and trinkets. The seafood was good, but more expensive than I thought it would be there, but by the last day, I was done with the fish and wanted a hamburger. The weather was great, it drizzled on us for a couple hours one day; the rest of the time it was cool and sunny. Checking the pistol [I]was not a problem [/I]at all either way. People were having more trouble trying to slide by TSA with unopened sodas and toiletries that exceeded the 3 oz limit (or whatever). Glad I took it with me too. I have never seen so many bums; every 20 feet, some bum was hitting on us for money and one drunk idiot hit on my wife while we were in the original Starbucks; (much to his immediate discomfort). The market security guys were on his horizontal azz like ugly-on-an-ape and took him away in cuffs rather quickly. Folks vouched on my behalf and I was not even questioned about it. I guess the aggressive panhandling and the nuisance value is such a threat to the tourists' money that the vendors all put up with nothing if even the hint of trouble apppears. Never saw so many people dressed in climbing/hiking/ gear: Lots of people in fancy Patagonia/Northface/REI/Kelty attire; tons of hi-tech backpacks, many with the obligatory water bottle and carabiners hanging off them. I never saw so many gals with major tatts and piercings. Lot of goths. Lot of street musicians and street people. Seemed to be a very Left Bank/Bohemian kinda place, especially downtown and around the Market area. Our view of the bay from the B&B we stayed in was great. We enjoyed the trip, but it is good to be home. [/QUOTE]
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