Looking for galleries in all the wrong places

"Public Market" - Pike Place Market art by Trayson Conner

     Ever since I closed my gallery in Taos, I have been looking for a new space. I am being picky about my potential new space and that takes time and patience. I have flown to Oregon once and Seattle three times to check out spaces. I have spoken to commercial real estate brokers in Colorado, Arizona and here in Oklahoma too. I am currently waiting on a space to become available in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. Pioneer Square is the first neighborhood of Seattle and there are lots of art galleries in the district. The building I am waiting on has been vacant for several years. It's over a hundred years old and a new group just bought it. They are getting it ready to put on the commercial lease market. I am one of the first businesses in line for one of the spaces. But it is very much a hurry up and wait situation.

     I have lived in the Seattle metro three different times over the course of my life. I love it! I love the Pacific North West. There is so much to see and do. Things in Seattle you must experience...

1. Pike Place Market - this is the fish market where the guys throw the fish, check out the lower levels too
2. Seattle Waterfront - cool shops, great food, ferris wheel, ferries and cruise ships coming and going
3. Seattle Aquarium - really cool and immersive
4. Space Needle - has gotten expensive to go up but still cool to see, go up if you can though
5. Ferry Ride to Bainbridge Island - I like to ride over and turn around and come right back, best view of Seattle
6. Pioneer Square - Cool shops and art galleries
7. Go East - If you have a car, drive east on I-90, through the tunnels, across the floating bridges and out to Snoqualmie Falls *
8. Go South - If you have a car, head to Point Defiance Park in Tacoma. You won't be disappointed. **
9. Flagship REI Store - If you like camping and outdoor gear, this is it!
10. Washington Park Arboretum and Volunteer Park - beautiful parks (Volunteer has the Bruce and Brandon Lee grave sites)

* If you don't want to go all the way to Snoqualmie Falls, go to the botanical gardens in Bellevue. You may even be able to take public transport there. Public transport in Seattle is really quite good. I love to use it to get around.
** There is a ferry that goes over to Point Defiance but I'm not sure that it's any quicker. It may be more of an adventure though.

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