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hether you’re lasting mark of the 1962 World’s Fair. Ride the searching for a elevator up to the revolving observation deck W good deal, or restaurant to get a 360-degree view of the looking for some fresh city. food, browsing bookstores Of course, nowadays you don’t need to or taking in a few Mariners leave the ground to be bowled over by the innings, Seattle has a view … just check out the wild design of the wealth of ways to spend Experience Music Project, an interactive your free time at music museum that explores American the 2003 AALL Annual popular music, at the foot of the Space Meeting in July. Needle. Designed by architect Frank Gehry and conceived by Microsoft co-founder Paul Shop Till You Drop Allen, the stimulating, multicolored EMP is a Seattle shopping flourishes temple to rock ‘n’ roll. The museum includes within a block or two of an exhibit on the history of guitars and the Washington State musician Jimi Hendrix; interactive rooms for Convention and Trade visitors to play with drums, keyboards and Center, the site of the even DJ turntables; and a roller coaster-like Annual Meeting. Many urtesy of Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau Visitors and Convention Seattle’s of urtesy thrill ride. of the big-name stores in The Seattle Center complex also includes Photo co downtown Seattle are the Children’s Museum, the Pacific Science Seattle's Pike Place Market is concentrated near Pine world famous for its fresh Street and Fifth Avenue. The old Seattle Center and an Imax Theater. seafood and produce and its standbys, Nordstrom and The Bon Marché lively arts and crafts scene. You can walk to the center, but why department stores, stand with the Gap, not ride the monorail? An elevator to the Banana Republic, Eddie Bauer and many monorail is located at the Fifth Avenue side of other national retailers. Westlake Center is the Westlake Center — or enter from the one of Seattle’s premier urban shopping malls third floor of the mall. with more than 80 specialty stores, including Godiva Chocolatier and Made Walk down either Pike Street — where in Washington. Pacific Place concentrates the convention center is situated — or Pine retail as well, housing Tiffany’s, Pottery Street, and you’ll arrive at the Pike Place Bargains, Barn and more. There’s no danger of hunger Market. Be prepared for some slow going overwhelming you — plenty of nearby through the market as you join a stream restaurants are eager to provide a respite from of tourists taking it all in. The three-block Bistros, Books your shopping. long market consists of three levels that include flower vendors, greengrocers, and Baseball A Needle in the Sky butchers, farmers, and numerous other shops, To e x plore what’s unique in Seattle, wander a restaurants and vendors selling homemade little farther afield to the Seattle Center, a 74- foodstuffs, jewelry, clothing Seattle Has What acre amusement park and cultural center. and crafts galore. Still more shops and grocers There you will find the most famous symbol outside the market proper line the opposite You’re Looking For of Seattle: the 605-foot Space Needle, the side of Pike Place.

by Fred Hanson Sleepless in Seattle? For more information about the top attractions and activities in and around Seattle, check out these Web sites.

Space Needle Woodinville Wineries http://www.spaceneedle.com/ http://www.winesnw.com/puget2.html Pike Place Market Seattle Mariners http://www.pikeplacemarket.org/ http://www.mariners.org/ Underground Tour Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada http://www.undergroundtour.com/ http://www.tourismvancouver.com/docs/visit/ Seattle Center International District http://www.seattlecenter.com/ http://www.internationaldistrict.org/ Experience Music Project Mount Rainier http://www.emplive.com/visit/index.asp http://www.nps.gov/mora/ Elliot Bay Book Company Olympic National Park http://www.elliottbaybook.com/about/index.jsp http://www.nps.gov/olym/

As Exciting as Watching Fish Fly Pioneer Square is an old part of town Yo u’ll always find a huge crowd watching built on top of an even older section. It was Volunteer in Seattle fish fly through the air at the Pike Place Fish the heart of downtown Seattle until a fire The Annual Meeting Local Advisory stall within the market. Fishmongers at Pike destroyed it in 1889. The area was then Committee needs you! Join the Place Fish provide more fun with fins than quickly rebuilt. See that older Seattle by group of dedicated people you thought possible. The market contains joining Bill Speidel’s Underground Tour. volunteering their time to help make three fish markets that will be happy to pack Buses in this area run both above the 2003 AALL Annual Meeting a a salmon for you to take back home. ground and below. Seattle’s Bus Tunnel, great success. Down at the Union Street end of which allows the city’s buses to run beneath The committee needs volunteers the market, check out the Pike Pub and downtown Seattle to avoid traffic, begins a for a variety of activities at the Brewery to quench your thirst. The variety block away from the convention center. Annual Meeting. Meet of beers will astound you. Buses stop at Westlake Center, University new people and see old friends Street, Pioneer Square and the International while working at the Registration If you tire, you can always walk out the District. If you’re already downtown, you’ll north end of the market and rest in Victor Desk. Write articles for the daily find entrances to the Bus Tunnel at The conference newspaper, Coffee Talk. Steinbrueck Park. (Steinbrueck was an Bon Marché, Nordstrom and at the corner architect who led the charge to save the Ta ke tickets and seat people at the of Fourth Avenue and Pine Street. All of Association Luncheon and Closing market when the establishment wanted downtown within Alaskan Way in the west, to convert it to condos and more “seemly” Banquet. If you will be in Seattle Sixth Avenue in the east, South Jackson early, help stuff the conference uses.) Rest your feet and enjoy the nautical Street in the south and Battery Street in action on Elliot Bay. tote bags on July 11or visit with Belltown in the north is in the Ride Free attendees’ children at the Family Wander north of the market and you’ll Zone. So you pay nothing to ride the bus Social Hour on July 12. enter Belltown. The market remains a within that area.If you’re unsure which bus farmer’s market, but Belltown has been to take,just tell the driver where you want Vol u nteers help the conference gentrified with condominiums, apartments to go; he or she run smoothly — and they have a lot and upscale restaurants. It also has bars and will advise you on which bus to catch. of fun. Thanks in advance! clubs for those who like it loud and late. From the International District Please complete the Volunteer Tw o o ther areas of the city, Pioneer Opportunities Form available on the to the National Pastime AALL Web site at http://www. Square and Capitol Hill, offer club scenes, The final stop on the tunnel run is the too. Capitol Hill, occupying the ridge above aallnet.org/committee/local03/ International District. Here you can explore and in the Preliminary Program the conference center, has always been a the Asian part of town. Among lively,diverse place. Because by June 1. Fax, mail or e-mail the the interesting sites are the Wing Luke completed form to: young adults share the area with longtime Asian Museum and Uwajimaya, an Asian Ann Hemmens residents, Capitol Hll is dotted with historic supermarket filled with Asian foods, University of Washington mansions and elegant apartments alongside housewares, produce and toys. trendy cafes, bars and clubs. Grab Seattle’s Gallagher Law Library alternative weekly newspapers, the Stranger The other attraction in the south end is 1100 N.E. Campus Parkway or Seattle Weekly,to find out what’s Safeco Field, the ballpark that serves Seattle, WA 98105 happening where. as home to the Seattle Mariners baseball Phone: 206/543-7672 club and within easy walking distance of Fax: 206/685-2165 You can get to Pioneer Square by Pioneer Square. The Mariners operate a [email protected] walking down First or Second Avenues, shop at the field and provide guided tours. by bus or by catching a trolley that runs During the Annual Meeting, the Mariners from Pioneer Square along the waterfront. will play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the If you crave rodents — couldn’t get Pioneer Square will delight if your taste runs evening of July 11and the afternoons of July enough of Mickey and Minnie at last to old brick buildings, art galleries and 12 and 13. Across the street, you can grab year’s Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla. — cobblestone plazas. There are numerous lunch at the Pyramid Brewery and head off to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic places to eat, many with outside tables that Alehouse. National Park or Mount Rainier. There cater to the crowds heading down to you’ll find marmots, squirrels and Mariner baseball games. Shopping Treks Outside the City chipmunks keeping company with opportunities also abound. For books, check If you’ve tasted all Seattle has and need butterflies in flower-covered meadows. out Elliot Bay Book Company and Flora more,Vancouver is reachable by car or train. If you prefer earth-shattering geology, and Fauna. A couple of blocks north on Vancouver provides a European, drive down to Mount St. Helens National Cherry, you’ll find the Seattle Mystery cosmopolitan experience, with the second Volcanic Monument in Amboy, Wash. Bookshop. Other unique-to-Seattle largest Chinatown on the continent. Anyone See the effects of the May 18, 1980, volcanic bookstores include University Bookstore, 14 ye ars of age or older must have photo destruction — and the recovery. both downtown and up in the University identification to enter Canada — Anticipating a rough readjustment to District; Bailey-Coy and Beyond the Closet a school ID won’t suffice. Passports are the the work world? Rent a car and drive out to Bookstore on Capitol Hill; Left Bank only sure way to avoid border hassles. Books at the Market; and Open Books, Woodinville, Puget Sound’s small wine a poem emporium in Wallingford. (continued on page 31)

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to the healing power of short walks around The Silence of the Drills: renovation. The San Diego County Public the block, according to many staff members. What We Learned Law Library alerted its customers to the upcoming library closure. Many patrons The stress of a disrupted workplace was Good communication is critical to the success appreciated the library informing them about immense, but the information technology of a project like this. The library staff coped the closure in advance and used staff kept e-mail up and running, which with the stress of construction and the library’s suggested alternative methods helped everyone stay informed about remodeling because each staff member was of accessing information. The staff just what construction and an important and contributing part of the accepted that some customers were unhappy remodeling task to expect entire process. Like with the process. and when it would occur. any tense situation, When the library finally each staff member Despite the nuisance and problems reopened,both patrons took turns whining inherent with the library’s remodeling project, and staff heaved a huge to one another the staff, most of the library’s patrons and the sigh of relief after four when the renovation library’s board of trustees consider the end weeks of construction. hindered their ability result well worth the effort — including Although some minor to carry out their enduring the shrill whines of both man and construction projects still duties. But the staff machine. were not finished, the staff overcame the stress of Jean L. Willis ([email protected]) is deputy members were ready to the remodeling director and Amy Hale-Janeke reopen the library — they project because of The new circulation desk now greets patrons as they enter ([email protected]) is a reference librarian at found it much easier to their active the main library. the San Diego County Public Law Library handle the whines of the participation. in San Diego. drills rather than the wails Communication is also vital when of the public. dealing with library users during a library

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region. Wineries, such as Silver Lake Sparkling beauty and charm of Seattle await them. Fred Hanson ([email protected]) is an Cellars and Facelli Winery, will Whether it’s a stroll through a park or perusing associate librarian at Davis Wright Tremaine be happy to supply some elixir to help you a bookstore with latte in hand, Seattle’s LLP in Seattle. ease back into your work routine. evergreen vistas and cosmopolitan sophistication offer many cultural and natural Although Annual Meeting attendees will treasures that will be hard to ignore. be busy with programs and meetings, the

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