A grave trip to Seattle! Bruce Lee & Brandon Lee headstones, Downtown Hotel 1000, Boka restaurant.
I went to Seattle for two days and had a grim time — meaning that I thoroughly enjoyed my stay! For Goths, it’s a pleasure to wander in graveyards and dine with zombies.
The photo above was taken in a special cemetery: Bruce Lee (martial arts master) and his son Brandon Lee (of cult film The Crow) are buried here. To learn more about them, read on…
Seattle is an easy drive from Vancouver (about four hours), so I often take road trips here with friends. I always recommend staying downtown. Our 5-star host, Hotel 1000, was perfectly located a few blocks from Pike Place Market. The king suite was huge and had a grand view.
How cool: the water falls from the ceiling to fill the tub!
I’m wearing a floral Gothic Lolita dress, a present from Bangkok designers ChuChu (blog post to come about their store). And don’t worry, animal-lovers, the scarf is faux fur from Holt Renfrew, similar to this one.
Hotel 1000 takes extra steps to make you feel royal. At the check-in, we were offered glasses of champagne. When the valet brought my car, he had stocked it with bottles of water. There’s even a smiling rubber ducky in the bath.
Remember Leon Lindon from my Phoenix adventures? He joined me in Seattle for the day. We struck a Games of Thrones pose.
Travel reviewers should always test the bed. This one gets an A+.
The room came with long, bamboo sticks — for fighting, right?
Hotel 1000 personalized our stay with Halloween decor, red wine and truffles.
We had massages and facials at Spaahh, the in-house spa. The staff was most aaahh-tentive, and the natural treatments — like an aromatherapy foot bath — were aahhh-mazing!
Still wearing our robes, my friends and I tried virtual golf in the hotel basement.
After a game of virtual checkers in the lobby (using their giant tablet table), I was ready to explore Seattle. My shoes are classic John Fluevog.
We drove to Lake View Cemetery in Capitol Hill (1554 15th Ave E, Seattle). It’s a well-tended, lush site.
On days like this, I’m reminded about how much I love the Pacific Northwest.
There was a murder of crows perched on tombstones. Quite fitting, since Lake View is the burial ground of…
… Bruce and Brandon Lee, who both died too young and too tragically. Fans come here daily to leave flowers, gifts and coins on their graves.
If you are not familiar with the Jeet Kune Do founder and his actor son, I hope this post inspires you to watch The Crow (a Goth classic) and Bruce Lee’s movies (Fists of Fury is my favorite).
Some people find cemeteries depressing, but I think of them as calm, gentle places of reflection. I loved this Art Nouveau-style statue of a lady, overlooking three graves.
There was a wide variety of memorials, from simple placards to large mausoleums.
Near the entrance, we found an “Asian section” — families buried together, mostly marked with red headstones.
Quite a few were signed with flowing Chinese or Japanese calligraphy.
We enjoyed our graveyard stroll so much that we brought back friends…
… to dinner at Boka Restaurant and Bar! What’s up with the zombie makeup? All will be revealed in the next post, promise.
The cocktails were a scream. The light, citrus “Boka Reviver” was appropriate for my undead date.
With lots of fresh greens and seafood, Boka’s Pacific Northwest food rocks. I loved the tuna avocado poke with taro chips, and stuffed squid with Hoisin sauce.
Not surprisingly, my favorite dish was the pumpkin cheesecake! (I also made a run to the nearby Cinnamon Works bakery, at Pike Place, for gluten-free pumpkin bread.)
At breakfast, I got my veggies and protein fix, along with coffee and basil lemonade.
Thanks Hotel 1000 for the hospitality — the staff was fun, and enjoyed our Halloween shenanigans! Don’t forget them if you’re planning a trip to Seattle, WA.
Next, I’ll take you to a mourning market and a haunted morgue. Ah, how I love this time of year.
Have you tried eating pumpkin cake, muffins or cookies? How about pumpkin spice lattes?
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goood good
That looks like it was a lot of fun!
THe hotel looks awesome!
it was a great hotel!
epic amazing shoot!!! :)
Wow GREAT dress and you looked fab so purple-y! I had no idea Bruce and Brandon Lee were buried in Seattle – so cool! Makes me miss Seattle and want to visit again!
love the pacific northwest!
Yay!!
Awesome! LD
The zombies are so funny I adore it
xo
Beautiful cemetery! Both you and Leon are fabulous as always <3
let’s have a spooky adventure again soon!!
Yes, please! :D
Love the faux fur stole. Happy Halloween and pumpkin time!
the best time of the year!!
Ohhhhhhh pumpkin pie I die!
And spa haha
zombie pie!
Loved your faux fur Scarf and nice Halloween pictures. I have Rave Outfit for parties. It always looks awesome.
LED Wrist Watches
Awesome
Love the faux fur!
Looks like you had fun. :)
i didddd
it’s look cute. Where you bought it? XD <3
holt renfrew! it’s fake fur
Happy Halloween !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you too!!!
I was up there last week. Its good to see than even in death Bruce/Brandon have a humble gravesite.
It’s a simply beautiful site. Very happy that they are honored here.
Black widow
hehe :)
hehe aww
Pumpkin ♥
the best
Our pleasure!
Bruce Lee continues to be my biggest inspiration. Hope to go there someday to visit. Awesome post by the way! Every trip you take you present as the ultimate experience. Amazing post photo!
I hope you get a chance to see it, it’s well worth it! I’m a huge fan of Bruce Lee as well. <3 Thanks so much, I'm going to keep trying to do posts like these!
Gravey bomb in the sexy yard !!!
that made me lol
woooww sexy bomb in the graveyard !!!!
booommm
So pretty! :3
<3
the party was so entertaining… even thouhg i just only watching on photos