"Nice parks, but no health care"

As Alick and I were walking through Capitol Hill in Seattle, a funky part of town, kinda like brunswick st in Melbourne, we were discussing and comparing the general state of things, Seattle, how we like it, other places in the US, New York City, Vancouver, Canada, Melbourne and Australia - it was a very in-depth and complicated discussion ;) , and Al said to me "Nice parks, but no health care" and that summed up the US quite well. Some things are fantastic while others are really bad.

The last few days in Seattle we went to a Baseball Game, Mariners won 8-7 in the 9th, saw John Butler Trio at the Moore theatre, which, in the past, has played host to well knowns such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains et al., who pioneered 90's music and grunge in the Seattle area. We also visited EMP; a music museum kinda thing which had a history of the guitar gallery, with real guitars from each era and maker which was really cool, a Jimi Hendrix museum, with some of Jimi's guitars, fragments of guitars, clothes, original song notes etc.
It also had a timeline of music progression and history in the pacific north west, which, come the late 80's to 90's was the place to be. All in all a really interesting place.
It also had a sound booth where you can go into sound-proof rooms and play instruments and jam with friends and stuff. I played a real fender strat, and pinched an emp guitar pick. Good momento!