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US: Seattle, WA – At MoPop – Star Wars Light Saber in Person

Paul Allen co-founder of Microsoft used a tiny bit of his earnings to collect film props. Not surprised that he wanted Darth Vadar’s Light Saber from the Empire Strikes Back and Darth Maul’s Light Saber from the Phantom Menace, Episode 1. Wouldn’t you want it too? You can see it at MoPop in Seattle, WA.

US: Seattle, WA – Wizard of Oz Witch’s Hat

Here, from the Wizard of Oz is the Wicked Witch of the West’s hat. Margaret Hamilton, with her green face, scowl and cackle, was the actor who played her. Adrian Adolph Greenberg, Hollywood costume designer, created her signature outfit. As a little kid, watching that witch really scared me, sending me into tears. You can see the hat in person at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, WA. I didn’t cry when I saw it.

US: Seattle, WA – Strawberry Snack Biringer Farm

Big smiles all around for the yummy layered strawberry shortcake cup from the Biringer Farm food truck in Seattle. Would be nice to see more of this around other cities.

US: Seattle, WA – Chihuly Garden and Glass Building

Cheerful giant glass sunflowers decorate the outside of the famous Chihuly Garden and Glass museum in Seattle. If you like these, wait till you see what’s inside. And don’t miss the garden.

US: Seattle, WA – Hall of Glass Chandeliers

Look up when you walk through this corridor at the Chihuly Garden and Glass museum in Seattle, WA. You can pick the colored chandelier of your dreams.

US: Seattle, WA – Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, WA

Bushes don’t get as beautiful as this Dave Chihuly glass one in Seattle WA . 

US: Seattle, WA – Out of Space Chihuly Globe

Look carefully into the center of this Dale Chihuly Glass Globe and you can see a reflection of the Seattle Space Needle.

 

US: Seattle, WA – Dave Chihuly Garden

In Seattle, these flowers never die as they have been created by Dave Chihuly and made out of glass. To us they are just as pretty as real ones.

US: Seattle, WA – Chihuly Grows Into a Space Needle

In the Chihuly Glass Garden in Seattle, WA, if you look at it in just the right way, you can see a glass sculpture morph into the Seattle Space Needle.

US: Seattle, WA – Glasshouse and Glasshouse Sculpture

The centerpiece of the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, WA, is the glasshouse. Dale Chihuly dreamed of having a space like this to present a sculpture. His inspiration came from two favorite glass buildings, the Ste. Chapelle in Paris and the Crystal Palace in London. The intensely colorful fluted flowers which change hues from morning to night, he calls the Persians.