Recommendations - September 2008: Pacific Northwest Edition

Seattle, WA

I've been doing these recommendations things for awhile and they've always been Manhattan centric. So, as I'm currently on a whirlwind tour of the Pacific Northwest (and Colorado ... which will come later) I thought I'd drop some knowledge on you.

• Flying Fish - This restaurant served me the best steak I've had all year, hands down.
• Hotel Andra - When making my arrangements to stay in Seattle, I saw this hotel and knew it was a place I had to stay. And it might just be the coolest hotel I've ever been in. (Also, I'm currently wearing one of their robes as I type this).
  
• Route 520 - I sat in traffic on this road for a very long time. But it afforded me an excellent view of Mount Rainier towering some 14,000 overhead.
• Chateau Ste. Michelle - Who knew they had wineries in Washington?
• Purple Cafe - Because wine is good.
  
• Aquabus - There's no better way to see Vancouver.
• Hotel Le Soleil - A very cute boutique hotel in the heart of Vancouver with an amazing concierge.
• Milestones - It turns out this is a chain of restaurants in Canada. But I was amazed at their menu items. (Try the location in Yaletown)
• Capilano Suspension Bridge - Feel like shitting your pants on vacation as you walk over the longest suspension bridge in the world which is situated 230 feet above the Capilano river? Go here and do it.