![]() Well, all the ones that show Seattle, well let's just say it's show Seattle's sketchy side. So which one was the most fun to research? Now not all of them work out to a story, but some of them might workout for little sidebar item or provide an entry into something that will work out for a vignette. But you know, what you find is that once you start researching one topic, it's like going down a rabbit hole that takes you through all sorts of areas into things that you never thought of, and before you know it you have five or six ideas just from researching one concept. Did you find a really good source for these things? Are there places that you've just kind of learned about throughout the years that you've been in the area? I'm just wondering if I could go back a little bit. There are a lot of really off the wall places that you recommend in there. now everyone can go and see those places. And fortunately most, but not all, of them are open now. So a lot of places were willing to let us in under limited conditions just to do a quick photo shoot and then get out. And so, because I was writing a book, I was very fortunate to be given access at a time when it wasn't open to the general public. There's a style, obviously and a format to follow, but in terms of the types of, of choices, those were left up to me.Īnd I see in your sources, it says, "site visit, site visit, site visit." So I'm assuming you were quite busy, even though the rest of us were all vegging during the pandemic, you were off checking out these little places.Īnd a lot of them weren't open. So I had some great authors to take a look at what they had done, and then tried to see what I could find that represented Seattle. Well, there's a format for the book, it's part of a series from Reedy Press, Secret Cities. But how did you come up with all these interesting things? Did someone tell you? Or did you have a list somewhere, some of these things I would have never even tried to look up? And I was reading your story about it and how you were doing it during the pandemic, which must have added a nice little level of extra difficulty to it, I'm sure. And so writing this book was a chance for my husband and I did to constantly turn to one another and say, "Ah, I didn't know that." When we live somewhere, all of our lives, we tend to only see the things we've always seen, do the things we've always done. And the other thing is, there's just a world of discovery. You know, things have certainly been whitewashed or greenwashed. You know, we were taught things in school that may not be completely accurate. Yeah, it's, it's just all the stuff that you didn't know. ![]() And it tells you all these quirky little vignettes about all the sort of fun things, history.I mean, there's quite a bit in there. And therefore, she was able to write this really cool book called Secret Seattle. Well, and she was here before I was, because we just moved here in June of 2020. ![]() Well, hi, everyone, and welcome to our guest, Mary Jo Manzaneres. In this episode, we're going to take you to one of my favorite cities, Seattle, and we'll be meeting up with Mary Jo Manzaneres, author of secret Seattle, A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure. Now remember until the world opens completely back up and you feel safe to travel again, use this time to research and plan. Welcome to Streets and Eats the podcast where we want to inspire your next trip by telling you about some fantastic destinations, and the best food to eat while you're there. And we're going to be learning about all those crazy places in Seattle that we never knew we needed to see. She wrote secret Seattle, A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure. Today we are going to be visiting with author Mary Jo Manzaneres. Welcome back to another episode of Streets and Eats. Secret Seattle A gorgeous Seattle skyline. Our Khinkali Dumplings from the Republic of Georgia Marissa tells us about finding her Irish Ancestors Mary Jo tell us about her book – Secret in Seattle Morgan and Sage – Hiking in the Dolomites Jennifer Lloyd Talks about Travel to Volunteer for Animals Judging Tiramisu with Christina and Cynthia Guinness World Record Climbers – Iain and Adam Other inspiring interviews with intrepid travelers: The book is a must! Show NotesĠ:53 – Intro Mary Jo Manzanares and her book Secret Seattleġ:29 – Researching a book during the pandemicĤ:49 – Enjoying the sketchy history of Seattleġ0:25 – First time in Seattle – Stay Downtownġ2:31 – Some of Mary Jo’s recommendationsģ2:31 – Where to find more from Mary Jo This Seattle statue is called Cranes for Peace. There are so many great things to do in Seattle, and some of them are small and harder to find. If you are planning a trip to this amazing city, you will want to buy this book.
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