lapping omelets (made from either six or 12 eggs), which come with
all-you-can-eat hash browns. We feel full just thinking about
it.
Tavolàta, moderate, (206) 838-8008, www.tavolata
.com. This
Belltown bright spot landed on
Bon Appétit's list of 10
summer hot spots, but we find its rustic Italian fare (think
marinated beets with shaved provolone and rich ricotta ravioli)
appetizing year-round.
ATTRACTIONS
Olympic Sculpture Park, (206) 654-3100, www
.seattleartmuseum.org. Not quite a year old, this nine-acre outdoor
arena of art, with large-scale works by sculptors like Alexander
Calder and
Richard Serra, has the breathtaking
Puget Sound as its
backdrop. Best of all, it's free.
Science Fiction Museum and
Hall of Fame, (206) 724-3428,
www.empsfm.org. Tucked inside
Paul Allen and Jody Patton's
Experience Music Project, this one-of-a-kind museum doesn't quite
get the buzz it deserves. Its collection includes rare books, film
posters, and other memorabilia showcasing androids, aliens, and all
other things sci-fi.Like many other
Seattle denizens, she enjoys
spending an afternoon down at the Pike Place Market and would be
there more often if she could. Fresh fruit, pastries, fish being
flung to and fro by able-armed fishmongers at the Pike Place Fish
Market - even longtime area residents haven't hardened to these
charms. While Bird is partial to the Three Girls Bakery and, in
particular, to its chocolate cookies, she notes that pop-culture
enthusiasts will get a kick out of visiting the first Starbucks,
which opened its doors in 1971. "To me, a
Starbucks is a Starbucks.
But some people think that's cool," she says with a shrug. Along
those same lines, she thinks people may enjoy seeing 107.7 the End,
the radio station where the cast of
MTV's
Real
World "worked" during the show's Seattle season. As for
shopping, Bird says that "everything you could possibly want is
downtown - Pike and Pine, between Seventh and Fifth. There's
Niketown, Tiffany, Cartier, Gucci, and a bunch more." She prefers
smaller boutiques, however, including one owned by Seattle Storm
practice-player Mark Shin. Capitol 1524, née the