No car required, easy walk to downtown area with cute shops and restaurants. And the ferry ride itself is pretty!
Requires a car, can get there either by car ferry or driving across the bridge. Whidbey Island is a great day trip, pretty beaches, walking around Langley is fun, you may even see a whale!
Walk around the grounds/gardens, see the locks connecting Lake Union to Puget Sound, maybe a sea lion, and there will be all sorts of boats passing through.
Giant urban park with miles of trails. Forrest, beaches, bluffs with great views of the Olympic peninsula, you won't feel like you are in a city. Josh is always trying to find an owl (no luck so far!)
Newly renovated natural history museum, really interesting with a northwest focus, great for a rainy day!
Classic Seattle destination, lots of food and crafts. Watch out for flying fish!
Museum of Pop Culture in a cool Frank Gehry building, right by the Space Needle.
Fancy glass sculptures, also in Seattle Center right by MoPOP and the Space Needle