Brian and Ken at Elliott Bay Brewpub
It was a beautiful weekend in Seattle with rare early February temps near 60.
Brian's brother, Ken requested a trip down to the Pike Place Market so after a wonderful breakfast at Circa last Saturday morning, we explored one of Seattle's best known landmarks.
Breakfast at Circa
One of the places that we explored at the market is the famous Market Theater Gum Wall, located in post alley.
Similar to Bubblegum Alley in San Luis Obispo, California, the Market Theater Gum Wall is a brick alleyway wall now covered in used chewing gum. Parts of the wall are covered several inches thick, 15 feet high for 50 feet.
The tradition began around 1993 when patrons of a Seattle Theater Group stuck gum to the wall and placed coins in the gum blobs. Theater workers scraped the gum away twice, but eventually gave up after market officials deemed the gum wall a tourist attraction in around 1999. It was named one of the top 5 germiest tourist attractions in 2009, second to the Blarney Stone.
Enjoy!Stacy
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