Seattle Underground
Entrance to a subterranean tour
Date: 09/28/2008
This is the entrance to a subterranean tour of Seattle's downtown -- a fascinating look at the foundation (literally) of the city.
Space Needle
The landmark that defines the Seattle skyline
Date: 06/08/2008
The landmark that defines the Seattle skyline
Space Needle gift shop
Can't leave any tourist attraction without passing through
Date: 09/28/2008
You can't exit any tourist attraction in the country now without passing through the gift shop.
Science Fiction Museum
Entrance to the Sci Fi Museum
Date: 06/08/2008
Entrance to Seattle's Frank Gehry-designed Science Fiction Museum. The other side of the building houses the Experience Music Project, a rock-and-roll museum. The whole thing was dreamed up by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
Lost In Space ship
A model of the ship used in the 60's TV series
Date: 06/08/2008
A model of the ship used in the 60's TV series, in Seattle's Science Fiction Museum
Star Trek set model
Set designer's model of TOS standing sets
Date: 06/08/2008
Set designer Matt Jeffries's model of the standing sets for Star Trek (The Original Series).
Star Trek costumes
Original costumes from The Original Series
Date: 06/08/2008
Original costumes from The Original Series, at Seattle's Science Fiction Museum
2001 space helmet
Date: 06/08/2008
Helmet from 2001: A Space Odyssey, at Seattle's Science Fiction Museum
Terminator parts
Arm and skull from the first film
Date: 06/08/2008
Arm and skull from the first film.
Robots
Robbie, Boxey, C-3PO, 'Robot'
Date: 06/08/2008
Robbie (from Forbidden Planet), Boxey (from the original Battlestar Galactica), C-3PO (Star Wars, of course), a robot from Minority Report, and the generically-named 'Robot' (from Lost in Space). I'm sorry to say that no angle made it possible to see all four robots without a hellacious flash reflected in the glass.
Jim Muir, Monte Miller & friends
My old buddies from Wyoming
Date: 06/08/2008
I had dinner at the great (and authentic) Seattle Vietnamese restaurant The Tamarind Tree with two old friends from my days in Wyoming, 20 years ago. Jim Muir is second from the left, Monte Miller is all the way to the right.
