Seattle is a beautiful city - actually a small city after I get used to the big one like Shanghai. I am preparing for my third trip to Seattle in the recently three years.
Here are the events and the time I last visited Seattle.
Microsoft eCommerce RDP Conference
Washington Exhibition and Conference Center, Seattle, WA
Internship in MSN Team
Microsoft campus, Redmond, WA
I love the city since the scenery is so good and people are very kind. They greet with each other on the street, no matter they know or don't know each other before. The pace there is slow besides the Microsoft area.
There are some Chinese restaurants too, like Sichuanese - which is famous but not very good one and Xiyingmen....
Satellite photo of every square meter of Seattle - even U.S
I'd like to introduce a very good resource for you - the TerraServer. It has been the most amazing thing I have ever found since 2000. It provides the satellite photo of every square meter of the whole United States. Each pixel on the map represents one square meter in real land. Please take a look at Seattle here. You can click on the image to zoom in and in, until you shout out - "My god!!! It is so close!"
Microsoft campus
On this map, you can see the famous X-shaped Microsoft buildings:
No. 1 on top (with half being cut on the photo). It is the oldest building and not SQL Server (Yukon) team works here.
No. 2 on left and No. 3 on the right.
No. 4 is at bottom.
On this view,
you can see the building No. 8, which is the heart of Microsoft. Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and some other executives work in this building.
FairyLand Inn
I'd like to mention is the FairyLand Inn, where I stayed for two weeks during my last visit:
The image is so detailed that I can still tell I was staying under the roof shown as left-most corner of the house.
Can you see the left circle of road? It is a small hill. I passes by this hill every day and once I even climbed up to the top of the hill and watching the busy highway 520.
All images courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey and TerraServer.
Also see:
- My previous trip to Seattle
by Jian Shuo Wang on November 2, 2002 under Seattle
- Plastic Bags in Seattle September 24, 2008
- Back from 22 Hours Trip September 24, 2008
- Salsa Dance Place in Seattle September 21, 2008
- I Now Prefer Inexpensive Hotels September 19, 2008
- Dinner with Friends in Microsoft in Redmond September 18, 2008
- Grassroot Art in Seattle January 6, 2005
- Art Story 2: Lion King in Paramount Theater December 9, 2004
- Art Story 1: Dale Chihuly and Shareton December 9, 2004
- Incredible Prosperity of Art in Seattle December 9, 2004