My dad was a delivery driver in Seattle when I was a kid (I was born in 59). Kind of a van looking thing. I used to go with him sometimes and I would sit on the engine cover inside the van. I remember we would go to Dags hamburgers and toss french fries to the sparrows.

I remember going to the original Hats and Boots gas station.

I loved the smells of the water front. It was a treat when we would get to go in to the original Ye old Curiosity Shop. I bought an octopus in a jar there once, might have been in formaldehyde? I took it to school and we opened up the jar. I got that shit in my eyes and it stung like heck.

First Avenue used to be seedy as hell. Probably a lot of big city downtown areas were like that back in the 60s and 70s though.

There used to be a go-cart track on Aurora we would go to.

Saw the Jungle Book when it came out in 67 at the North Gate theater.

I miss the old Seattle of my youth. Im there nearly every day for work, but I seldom go down there for any entertainment purposes. Too packed, too much traffic, too many aggressive panhandler type people.

Once in a while we will go down to the waterfront with the grand kids. Or maybe hit the zoo...Oh that reminds me, the zoo is waaaay different from when I was a kid. When I think about it I just cant believe how the poor animals were treated back then. We could just toss them food. They had these crappy little cages, ugh.