Kilted Walking Tour of Seattle

[pdcorlis]

Not much prettier than Seattle on a sunny day - thanks for the photos!

[James MacMillan]

And don't you look dapper!

Color coordinated Belt, sporran, hose, shirt, tartan, shoes, sunglasses and of course the hair. Yes, quite dapper!

Is that the coveted X-Marks kilt pin?

[Retro Red]

Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park
I think this qualifies as the most unlikely setting for a national park I've ever been in - inside the former Cadillac Hotel. Just seemed kinda odd to see park rangers patrolling their park inside a building. A great little park, though, that gives a lot of insight to the events that helped establish Seattle. Oh, & sorry for the tiny picture, but I missed getting a pic of this place, but wanted to include it here.


A couple-a dummies...
Me & a mannequin in front of the new Utilikilts Flagship Store


Home of Utilikilts


Paying homage
A Utilikilt Original was my first kilt (I now own 5 UKs) & started me on the road to freedom. I of course had to stop in to the Flagship Store & pay my respects.


A mini-Rabble
I know this pic has already been posted, but since meeting Kyle & Don came at the end of our walking tour, I thought a rerun was in order. A long walk builds up your thirst!



That concludes the walking tour of Seattle. There were a bunch of other places we went to on the tour that I didn't take pics of, but I hope you enjoyed these that I did take.

Next up - the Museum of Flight!
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[Retro Red]

And don't you look dapper!

Color coordinated Belt, sporran, hose, shirt, tartan, shoes, sunglasses and of course the hair. Yes, quite dapper!

Is that the coveted X-Marks kilt pin?

Thanks, I try...

And yes, that is an X-Marks kilt pin from the last batch. Good eyes! I've got one more waiting to go on the XMTS tartan box-pleat kilt that I'm patiently waiting for.

[James MacMillan]

Walking beside you would make another kilted gent feel more, well, kilted!

Really - you look good in that ensemble! My wife thinks so too, but she made the dreaded lepraun remark.

[Retro Red]

Well, your wife isn't the first one to make that remark...

There's no denying my Celtic heritage. Rather than fight, I just embrace it.

And me wife enjoys me lucky charms...
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[McMurdo]

Great photos Red, did you come out of the Utilikilts HQ un-scathed?

[cessna152towser]

Superb pictures, thanks for an excellent tour, with plenty of interesting views.
I knew that Seattle was the home of Utilikilts but never knew it was also the home of Starbucks.

[Retro Red]

Great photos Red, did you come out of the Utilikilts HQ un-scathed?

For the most part. I was considering getting a Spartan for just lounging/kicking around the house, but held off cuz I knew I was going to be visiting Freedom Kilts up in Victoria in a few days. (Where I did order my first FK + a Kilt Shirt.)

I did pick up 4 pair of their new knee-high Celtic weave socks. Not exactly high quality, but for $10 a pair, they make good slouch socks, which is what I got them for.
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[Hamish]

Congratulations, Retro, on a superb set of photos which brought back happy memories of my stay in Seattle back in 2003. I went up/over there especially for the Utilikilts 3rd Anniversary Party which was actually held out in the country, at Duvall. The new Utilikilts flagship store looks absolutely marvellous - what a step up from the one I knew in a somewhat dilapidated warehouse, north of the city! I currently have 11 Utilikilts in The Kollection (although some have now been archived, including my first: an early Workmans which Steven Villegas actually made himself in 1999/2000).

Whilst I knew that Starbucks was born in Seattle, I had no idea that it was IN Pike Market - and I must have walked past that branch half a dozen times without knowing that.

I must get back to that city sometime. Thanks again.