Stay and hang with queers in Seattle

Capitol Hill is where Seattle slows down, with Pike and Pine full of coffee, records and people who look like they live here. Spend the afternoon in Volunteer Park and climb the water tower if you want the whole city at once. Walk down to Kerry Park for sunset, when the skyline turns pink and the mountain shows up if it feels like it. Then head back to the Wildrose on East Pike, the lesbian bar that has been pouring since the eighties.

At the end of June the Pride parade fills downtown and the Hill parties all weekend. Any other Sunday, a slow walk around Green Lake with someone new is plenty.