On Christmas Day, most of Seattle’s Chinatown-International District goes dark. The neon signs stay lit for show, but the doors are locked, the kitchens are cold, and the sidewalks along King Street belong to whoever is out walking off a family dinner. Tai Tung, on South King Street, does not close. Current owner Gordon Chan’s great-grandfather opened the place in 1935, and Christmas has quietly overtaken Mother’s Day as the restaurant’s busiest day of the …
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Seattle is a prime spot for Pacific Northwest and Alaska cruises. Many voyages begin and end in one of the city’s two cruise ports. Norwegian and Oceania cruise lines use Bell Street Terminal at Pier 66. Smith Cove Terminal at Pier 91 houses Princess, Carnival, Celebrity, Holland America, and Royal Caribbean cruise lines.
I’ve visited Seattle on its own and gone on cruises through there too. I’ve somehow managed to miss the major attractions each …