Went and checked out Seattle over the weekend. It is a cool town with a passion for coffee shops and fish throwing.
What is suppose to be a 4 hour trip turned into a 9 hour trip thanks to the boarder. 5 hours of sitting on a bus only to have finally cleared and the bus has a dead battery. 
The place we stayed wasn't fancy but the Space Needle (must see) was at the end of the street.
Seattle has the coolest looking Monorail. It is totally useless but looks like it should be on the set of some movie where the world has gone to crap and a super hero comes to save the day.