Shortly before leaving on a trip to Seattle last month to see friends and family, my wife and I suddenly learned that plans to meet up with my wife’s cousin and her daughter had gone by the boards, leaving us with an unexpected free day to be tourists in my old hometown.

But how should we spend that single day?

Visiting spots we’d seen on past trips together over the last forty years?

Finding out if my old haunts, high school, and parent’s home had been bulldozed, and skyscrapers or huge residential or commercial developments built in their stead?

Before leaving the San Francisco Bay Area, where I’ve now lived more than twice as long as the first twenty-one years of my life spent in Seattle, I came up with a laundry list of ideas of things to see and do, especially those close to our hotel near the Seattle Center, home to the city’s skyline icon, the Space Needle.

And now I’m sharing it with you, regardless of whether you live in Seattle, or are in two for one or several days.

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