Hannah & Stephen
Hannah & Stephen
Things to Do
Pike Place Market
Seattle's Famous Market. Come see the famous salmon throwers and sample some of Seattle's incredible seafood and produce.
Hellenika Cultured Creamery is a must-stop for frozen dairy lovers on a warm day.
Seattle Pass
A Seattle City Pass grants entry to up-to-5 of Seattle's tourist attractions over a 9 day period. Any of these is worth doing on its own for a few hours but if you're here for enough time, this is a great option.
It automatically includes:
- The Space Needle
- The Seattle Aquarium (Great!)
And up to 3 of:
- MoPOP: Museum of Pop Culture (For the very nerdy. Full of cool memorabilia from Film, TV, and Music.
- Chihuly Glass Museum and Garden
- Argosy Cruises Harbor Tour
- Woodland Park Zoo
- Pacific Science Center
T-Mobile Park
The Mariners will be hosting The Minnesota Twins July 31 to August 2 and the Detroit Tigers August 4-6.
T-Mobile is usually a great atmosphere and might be even greater as the reigning AL West Champion and ALCS runner-up Mariners try to go even further in 2026
University District Farmers Market
Stephen's favorite. Not the biggest market but every vendor is top notch.
Westward
Great for its waterfront views and cocktails.
PARAN korean grill
Great food, but it's a smaller restaurant. Good for 2-4 group activity.
Jade Garden Restaurant
Really good dim sum.
Un Bien
Caribbean restaurant with great sandwiches.
The Pastry Project
Some of the best soft serve ice cream! Close to T-Mobile Park
Little Beast Ballard
A tremendous meat-forward restaurants from one of the best butchers in the city. Close to our welcome party
The Pink Door
Amazing pasta, live music, and energy. Located near Pike Place Market.
Hiking/Parks
Seattle and the surrounding area has some incredible walks and hiking.
There are great municipal parks where you can forget you're in a major city, incredible options to hike up mountains under an hour's drive from downtown, and 3 National Parks: Mt. Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades that you can extend your trip to see.
Discovery Park
A near-600 acre park in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. Hannah and Stephen love to park in the south lot, take the South Beach trail to the beach and lighthouse, take the North Beach trail uphill, and the loop trail back to the lot when we feel like we need a 5-mile hike.
Lots of great shorter hikes and incredible views of the Cascade Mountains across Puget Sound.
Arboretum Garden
A 230-acre park near The Capitol Hill neighborhood. Run jointly by the city and the University of Washington, it features a wide variety of trees and plants and lots of good trails to walk.
Little Si Trailhead
Mt. Si has many great trails on it. The Little Si hike is accessible for most with great views. For a longer hike with more of a climb, look for the Mt Si Trailhead.
Both of these trailhead parking lots will fill early so try to go early.
Lake Twenty-Two Trailhead
Lake 22 is a steeper hike but ends on a glorious lake. Worth the effort if your knees can take it.
Golf
Chambers Bay Golf Course
Host of the 2015 US Open, this is Stephen's favorite place to play. No carts and its quite a hike. A caddy is great to point out the insider knowledge that's helpful to take advantage of all the unique rolls on the course.
The Home Course
Another Great Course. Sometimes called mini-Chambers. The 7th hole has a stunning view of Rainier (shown above).
West Seattle Golf Course
A short drive from downtown, the best muni in the city with some great views.