Throw in a little Pacific Northwest rain and caffeine and high-tech gossip from the Gates gulag, and you can send 'em home wet and happy. In Seattle, it's the Space Needle and Pike Place Market. In D.C., it's the obligatory run of monuments and museums. Friends and relatives come to town and want the grand tour, the city they've been sold in the travel brochures. Past the coffee chains and the Space Needle, there's a quirky city that's part working port, part international gateway & part pioneer throwback.
