Things to do in Seattle/Bremerton?
 

Locals, what advice would you give if someone had only 3-4 days free in the area? Any condensed "must-see" advice is greatly appreciated.

Headed out for a two week stint for work, but long hours will eat up a lot of free time. Labor day weekend is the only free time I'll have for the most part.

The waterfront downtown is pretty cool and some good places to eat. Spaceneedle has overpriced food that sucks but a cool view. They have the NW Alcohol Nationals at Pacific Raceways next weekend if your here then.

Get a ride in @Scaxx's v8 car.

this. Also, skip going up in the space needle and go to Columbia Tower instead. It has a 270* view of Seattle, is taller than the needle and only costs $5. If you have a car snoqualmie falls is beautiful and a quick drive from downtown. Maybe we need to plan a Mt Rainier or Mt Baker run while you're out here.

Snoqualmie falls is cool. Can confirm.

If you get there before Sunday we should get beers.

I'll be flaying in this Monday, leaving labor day. Buh

I'll hit you up if I stay in town longer than sunday.

seconded for columbia tower and the falls. Hard to do both on limited time however.

Take a ferry from bremerton into downtown and just walk due north up the waterfront all the way to olympic sculpture park, its all good shit. Piers 66-70 have good views of the sound. If you wanna hit up the market its just north of the ferry landing, has some cool shit. If you walk a bit uphill away from the waterfront Cloudburst Brewing is one of the finest new breweries in the city.

Good bars over there: alibi room, zig zag cafe, diller room, kells irish pub
Good food over there: the athenian, emmett watson's oyster bar

If you are willing to go a bit farther uphill and away from the water, Two Bells Tavern in belltown is one of my favorite spots for burgers and beer, good dirty local bar which is becoming quite rare in the middle of Seattle.

Waterfront is cool, Pike Place Market is worth doing. Skip the Space Needle, don't skip Columbia Tower. Drink copiously, the beer there is good and everywhere. Stop at the Schilling Cider House in Fremont, my best friend owns the place.

Radiator Whisky. Have the pig's head.

Schilling is sooooo good, and I dont even like cider. Its hard to go wrong drinking in Fremont.

Dug up an old email I shot my to friend that was visiting for the weekend. I left in 2005, so some of this might be dated - and I lived in the u-district/greenlake, so didn't hit up downtown too often. I did roll thru a few years ago, and Rays Boathouse was still damn good. Good way to blow a per diem.

Fremont is going to be your suburban alternative neighborhood. Look for the statue of Lenin then start wandering. The Seattle Zoo is decent and not too far away. Find the troll under the bridge.
Ballard Locks - Fish n Chips, Salmon Ladders (dunno if they're running or not) but still pretty cool to watch the boats roll by with a beer on the deck.
Rays Boathouse - eat upstairs. Hard pressed to find better seafood. While you're in the area, check out Golden Gardens park. A lot of bonfires and clambakes there. Carkeek Park is more of a real park - big pines and walking paths.
Magnuson Point - Check out the art walk. There's also an awesome dog run/park as well. There's a fairly steady breeze, so check out "kite hill" while you're there.
Bruce (and Brandon) Lee's grave offers one of the best views of the city. Lake View Cemetery . There's also Volunteer Park that has the Asian Art Museum.
The EMP is .. meh.
Viretta Park (also known as Kurt's Park) will lead you into the affluent "holy shit these people are rich" parts of Seattle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viretta_Park
.. on the way to Viretta, you'll wander thru the UW Arbortorium. Check out the Japanese Garden - it's fairly great if the weather is right. http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/gardens/wpa.shtml
Pikes Place Market - watch the fish. Watch the Buskers. Drink from Starbucks #1... not a ton there, really.. but visiting the wharf behind it - Seattle Aquarium is worth the admittance. There's also a Sub parked along the pier you can tour. And - again - fish and chips.