Canlis Clue Review: Part II!
Clue 11: Egg-iasm Keds
Clue 12: Photo of an odometer reading 9,999,999
Location: The red line of the Monorail.
Brian Canlis was sitting in the front seat of the monorail. He almost missed getting on because he didn’t have cash for a ticket and had to get some from a machine. The lucky winner approached him and got the menu. As the monorail rolled into the station at Seattle Center, a crowd of menu seekers was ready to board. A collective groan went up as the winner held the menu up in the window.
Photo: Seattle Monorail Blog
Clue 13: O’re 100 steps and the view will show, where death once lay, waters now flow
Location: On top of the water tower at Volunteer Park, which used to be a cemetery.
Many knew the answer, so it was just a race to get there. It took the winner fourteen minutes to arrive at the park and claim his prize.
Clue 14: With Leschi behind her, Atlanta would bear, to where steam and gun smoke off filled the air.
Location: At the Roanoke ferry landing on Mercer Island.
A late night clue, posted/tweeted slightly after 9pm. Mercer Island used to be a hunting ground in the 1890’s, hence the gunsmoke, and the Atlanta Ferry stopped here on the way to Newport. Winner Gina Lee and her boyfriend jumped on this one, speeding down to the location. First though, Gina ran into the Roanoke Bar, wearing sweatpants and a 2005 fraternity formal sweatshirt. She drew some odd looks. They finally got down to the dock and looked around but found nothing.
They went back to their car and were sitting there typing in new search queries on a cell phone when they got a tap on their window. A man asked if they had found what they were looking for. When they said no, he said, “Really? I just tweeted that you guys found it…I’m Brian Canlis.” Recalls Gina: ““AH I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS!” I screamed as I sprinted down to the dock and to the old metal gate. What I thought had been part of the posting of the gate, was actually the menu. I grabbed it triumphantly and squealed so loud I’m sure the neighbors thought a bird was dying. I continued screaming as I ran back to the car, menu in hand. Brian laughed and congratulated us, and I danced around the car for a bit before finally getting back in. We headed back to Seattle, looking at the menu, and celebrated with a Dick’s chocolate milkshake.”
Clue 15: Photo with Brian Canlis and Sigi Schmid. Caption: “Reminiscing.”
Location: Memorial Stadium bleachers.
Longtime Seattleites recognized the peeling painted wooden bleachers at Memorial Stadium. This one was just an old fashioned sprint to the finish line, and may hold the record for shortest race. The menu was found in four minutes, though disappointed seekers continued to race into the stadium.
Clue 16: By and by, 21 left him to fend for himself.
Location: At the Denny Monument at Alki.
The Denny Memorial marks the spot where the first non-native settlers to the region landed, all but one left to settle in Elliot Bay. The brothers were watching the menu hunt, tweeting the action (“Hunters are right there! Look harder!”) confirming that hunters need to have smart phones with them at all times to be up to date on the action, and to know when the menu has been found.
Clue 17: Moch to the eagle: When is half way enough?
Location: On Marsh Island at the exact halfway point of the UW crew race course.
Moch was a rowing legend from UW. "Way ‘nough" is a coxswain’s command to stop rowing. The eagle is a reference to both the story of Moch and his team sticking it to Hitler (with his double-headed eagle symbol) at the ’36 Olympics, as well as the starting point of the UW race course/520 wind sculpture area where you can spot eagles.
This one was a doozy. Two Twitter-happy friends were sitting in Bill’s Off Broadway sports bar, watching the Huskies get shellacked by Oregon, when the clue dropped. One of them, an ex-rower and crew coach, knew it immediately. Alas, they were drinking and had no car. They convincedone of their mothers to come act as designated driver and speed them out to Marsh Island. They saw two men there before them, and figured it was found. After a few false starts, they found it floating in the water. The two other men? The brothers Canlis.
Photo: Hub Pages
Clue 18: Return Again. If only he could.
Location: Bruce Lee’s grave at the Lakeview Cemetery on Capitol Hill.
Brian and Mark were waiting near the grave. They said they were amused but concerned when they saw two cars speeding into the cemetery. Realizing he could not beat the driver in the first, the second car’s conductor stopped at the entrance to the cemetery and sprinted in a beeline across the cemetery. The first car sped up, but still had to navigate the turns. The runner beat the car to the menu.
Photo Source: Allbrucelee.com
Clue 19: Avoiding germs is simple, just don’t take a sample (for Semple’s sake).
Location: Gum wall in Post Alley. Semple is the name of the man who patented chewing gum.
Brian posted a brief YouTube clip of himself sticking the menu to the gum wall, which he acknowledged was fairly gross. This whole clue had a red herring–avid Googlers caught up on the Washington history theme thought Semple was a reference to Eugene Semple, the Territorial Governor.
Clue 20: Three elms to remind us.
Location: WWI memorial at the downtown Bellevue Park.
The man who found the menu didn’t know about the contest, he merely worked close to the Bellevue Park. A friend of his solved the clue, but knew he wouldn’t get there in time. A phone call to the effect of “Run over to the park now and look for a menu!” resulted in a man in a business suit scouring benches until he found it. We hope he gets to go to dinner.
Clue 21: “danger of crammenbeer” – say thanks to John G.
Location: Garden of remembrance.
A perfect Veterans’ Day clue. John G. is the volunteer who runs the Veterans Museum. It was found in under fifteen minutes. The question remains: WTF is crammenbeer?
Location: Wagyu beef section of Uwajamaya flagship.
“Ya” is store in Japanese. 和牛 spells “cow” or “wagyu” in Japanese. The menu was found in fourteen minutes. Wagyu Tenderloin is a main course on the 2010 Canlis menu. It’s served with carmelized onion puree, oyster mushrooms and foie gras butter, and it’s yours for $68 (That’s a 2010 price, of course).
Clue 23: Like wow! Seattle was saved 34 years ago today.
Location: At the entrance to the Underground Tour in Pioneer Square. A reference to a Scooby-Doo episode that aired 11/13/76 where the gang fought underground demons in Seattle.
Inspired great comments. “I would have found it if it weren’t for those meddling kids and their dog!”
Clue 24: Annie Reed follows her heart. 1:07:22.
Location: Corner of Western and Broad.
This one required the DVD of _Sleepless in Seattle. (That or a very unhealthy obsession with the film). At the 1:07:22 mark, Meg Ryan’s character turns up Broad from Western._
Photo By TriStar Pictures © 1993
Clue 25 and 26: On either end of the judge’s trail two menus lie in wait. Be quick my friends, steam on ahead, now go or you’ll be late!
Location: The menus were located on either end of the Burke-Gilman Trail.
A nighttime clue, and a double-header. The brothers had to take a few days off to fly to New York to tape a segment of the Martha Stewart show, so two menus had to go out on Wednesday to make up for lost days. This was another clue that required a hint, mid-search. The brothers tweeted: “Tip: there is some debate on one end’s location, but if you’re next to a busy street you’re not where we are.” The south end was Golden Gardens, the north end was Blythe Park. Judge Burke and Mr. Gilman were founders of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, which explains the other parts of the clues.
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