Seattle

@partsunknown
on 2022.01.209 Places
Bourdain heads to the Emerald City for some primo legal green and a brief but memorable interlude with the lovely ladies of virtual reality porn. It’s not all unadulterated adult enchantments in Seattle, though. To get to that Sweet Kush, Bourdain must first elbow his way past the insufferable Starbucks-swilling “tech bros,” typically identifiable by their blue badges and soulless eyes.They’re building a Whole Foods in the once-gritty gayborhood of Capitol Hill in what amounts to a symbol of incessant gentrification. Here it’s called “facade-omy.” As the yuppies wreak havoc on the city, bleeding it of its long-cherished character, Bourdain must dodge an estimated 75 serial killers in the Washington-state area—addled by the long, dreary winters, locals say. Will he make it out alive? Tune in to find out.