in the year 2000

I am a respecter of history. I think a big part of appreciating where we are now is recognizing the accomplishments of people, events and ideas that came before us. So in accordance with that, Bret and I watched an interesting special last night on the Seattle World's Fair of 1909 (no, I didn't force him). After that we got interested in learning more about the 1962 World's Fair when they built the Space Needle, Monorail and Seattle Center. Among what we found was this awesome video on youtube (we cut it down a little here to show you the highlights). Please enjoy. It's worth it.

I don't know what's better, the enormous "bell boy" beeper or the lounge singer song at the end that is probably now stuck in your head. I've often said that if I had any special power, I'd want the ability to time travel. How fun would it be to stroll into that building with an iphone and say, "Behold, the future is in my hands!"? That touchtone dialing thing wouldn't be quite so cool anymore.

My mom told me when she visited us here a few months ago that her parents had taken her to that World's Fair when she was a child and that she remembers vividly going to the top of the Space Needle. Seeing this video not only made me appreciate that city icon more but also helped me understand why my mom and dad have such a hard time with DVD players and Facebook. JK (kind of).