Seattle Daily Photo: October 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Getting Ready for the Kids

This family was going all out in their decorating for little Trick or Treaters. It's fun to see the effort people put into delighting the children and making such a memorable Halloween presentation for them.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

We Are Jack O'Lanterns

. . .boo, boo, boo!
We are out to scare you,
Boo, boo, boo!
We have teeth but cannot bite,
See our glowing candle light.
We are Jack O'Lanterns,
Boo, boo, boo! BOO!

That's a little song I think a group of my friends and I made up in elementary school. Seeing this grouping of carved pumpkins on a front porch brought the memory back.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Kayaks

In view of Lake Washington I came across this display of colorful kayaks at Sand Point. They helped to brighten up the overcast afternoon.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Smart Car, Hot Guy

Seems like everybody wants to get into the end of October act :-). I saw this Smart Car in West Seattle advertising for Luna Park Cafe. Luna Park was a beloved turn of the last century West Seattle amusement park and you can read all about it here. The cafe is near the site of the now defunct attraction once called the Coney Island of the West. Note the circus performer featured in the logo is wearing an Elvis-style 70s collar :-). Have you and your kids picked out costumes for Halloween yet? Maybe you'd like to dress up as Juan Uribe? ( :-) Go Giants!)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Four People, Two Dogs. . . ?

These were such interesting Seattlites, a couple chatting on cellphones, others having a smoke, some walking their dogs, one locking up his bike, and others apparently just hanging out in front of the Uptown Blockbuster storefront, I just had to snap it. :-) So, have you gone on a Seattle haunted Market tour?

Monday, October 25, 2010

Masks @ Local Color

In case you are in need of ideas for what to wear for Halloween, here are some creative masks made by a featured artist and displayed at Local Color Cafe.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Eagle Outlook

Calder's "Eagle" is looking out over Alki point in West Seattle on a clear morning. This huge sculpture is the centerpiece of the Olympic Sculpture Park on the Elliott Bay waterfront.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Night Bike #2

Meanwhile, over in Ballard, I came across another bike parked at night. This one was locked to an ornamental Ginkgo leaf gate and sported boat oars/paddles in its basket.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Night Bike #1

I liked this red bike in a teal rack with the purple of the station in the background. This was a night scene near King Street Station in the International district.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Sky Tours

There are many ways to tour Seattle, but this one has got to be thrilling. I was on Queen Anne Hill when this yellow tour helicopter with it's passenger and pilot clearly visible buzzed past me.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Whirlybird

Seattle air traffic is always fascinating to me. This copter was passing by at twilight and I like the way the camera captured the blades rotating.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Zippy Docs

Here's a feature I had noticed on some boots in Capitol Hill five years ago because it was broken and the wearer had tied a bit of red string about her ankle to keep the boot on. I guess the zipper makes putting on your lace-up Doc Martins a quick affair, and these I spotted in Wallingford are in working order :-).

Monday, October 18, 2010

T'is the Season

Boots are the Seattle foot fashion for fall. . .all kinds of boots. I saw this on display in a Ballard shop window.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Kenmore Air Coming in for a Landing

A float plane over Lake Union passes Gas Works Park as it prepares to land. I never tire of watching the flights come and go, and sometimes wonder at all the boat and plane traffic maneuvering on the lake in the graceful ballet of air and water craft that plays out here daily.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

CD Mosaic

I found this sunflower face in a wonderful ceramic mosaic storefront on Cherry Street in the Central District. The place was once an upscale New Orleans themed restaurant called La Louisiana, then was the home of Joanna's Soul Cafe and Jazz Club, and for the last year has been the new digs of the popular Twilight Exit bar and restaurant. I have no clue who created the large work three businesses or more ago, but it is a fun find.

Friday, October 15, 2010

She Was Older Than Me

You may be tired of this seemingly endless string people watching shots, but bear with me for just one more :-). I thought from a distance this woman in a gray miniskirt, black hat, coat, opaque leggings, and boots was a college student with great fashion sense, but when she turned to look at me I saw an artistic elder sister. Probably a shopkeeper at one of the nearby upscale University Village stores.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Reflecting

I caught a glimpse of a man hanging out on a dock, deep in thought, near these brightly colored ship-shape boats. Countless people have learned to sail these at the Center for Wooden Boats. And aren't the lines of the boat being rowed in the background pretty? Someone built a real beauty. Just another day in the life of a city surrounded by water. In this case, it is Lake Union.

Hey, thanks to the 499 folks following SDP through Google Friend Connect. I am wondering who will be #500? We should know in a day or two :-).

Update: Woo hoo! Fellow photoblogger Larry Jeffreys of Los Alamos Daily Photo became the 500th follower via Google Friend Connect. Thanks Larry! And, thanks to everyone, known or unknown, that visits SDP regularly or subscribes to the RSS feed. You guys are wonderful!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Misty Moisty Morning

This was the fog this morning with eastern light silhouetting a plume of steam, the Aurora Bridge in the distance, electrical towers, and the masts, booms, and roof lines along Salmon Bay. It burned off by mid day and revealed a sunny, glorious, blue sky autumn day. I literally shot this by pointing the camera one handed in the general direction of this scene through the open car window without looking while driving mid-span on the Ballard Bridge. It's not something I usually do, but the light and fog was just too different to miss the shot.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Tiffany Couple

Romance is alive and well on the streets of Seattle, although this couple was passing by Tiffany's rather than exiting from it. Perhaps a sign of the times, and one that Atlas there may not be thrilled about :-).

Monday, October 11, 2010

Stars Through the Window @ Night

Three American icons of the silver screen with reflected sparkles seen through a Seattle shop window. Each of these folks did become "filthy rich," but I'm not sure Charlie was much into jewelry.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Here Too, Ho Hum

When there were only five or six of them in cities around the world, maybe they were interesting for tourists to collect an exotic shirt from. Now that there are 140 of them. . . well, the completests will go broke trying to eat at them all :-). At least the vast chain is owned by the Seminole tribe of Florida now, and I hope they find they made a good investment. Seattle's Hard Rock is less than a year old and is just steps from Pike Place Market. I've taken photos of the neon guitar several times, night and day, and this is the first shot with which I've been pleased.

Saturday, October 09, 2010

Street Shot Seattlites

They all just intrigued me. So much so that even though the sharpness in this quick shot isn't what I would like, I still really liked looking at these folks gathered on a corner of Mercer Ave.

Friday, October 08, 2010

Skywatch: Seattle Streetcar Barn

The Seattle Streetcar barn has this nice graphic on its west elevation. I've always wondered if the prominent huge lettering was an attempt to turn around use of the cute acronym people were first using as the name of the streetcar line linking the Cascade neighborhood and its rapid development of new buildings to house expanded biomedical and high tech web-based businesses with the downtown core. It is likely that the streetcar system will be expanded to other areas of Seattle, like First Hill. I don't hear it called the South Lake Union Trolly or S.L.U.T. much anymore. Occasionally I'll see a T-shirt like this.

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Thursday, October 07, 2010

Boots Are Made For Walking

. . .on a beautiful, sunshiny autumn day in Seattle. I'm not the only one out for a walk today. The streets, parks, and trails are full of walkers, runners, cyclists, their dogs, whole families out and about and enjoying the change of season to fall.

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

A Rivulet Runs Through It

A couple guys were chatting outside the Alibi Room when I took this twilight shot in Post Alley. All the usual suspects are present: The Market Theater gum wall, the theater's neon sign, the Post Alley sign in the distance, the alleyway lamps and the light patterns they form, the street artists stickers and posters on the right hand wall, the Alibi Room's neon sign, that patch of blue hour light, and running through it all, a trickle of water through the cobblestones

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Break Time

A guy in an apron hanging out taking a break above Post Alley. People often lock their bikes to the railing along the walkway along Pike Place above. Another in my little series of what is turning out to be "Just Plain Seattlites Hanging Out" this week. We all like to do a little people watching now and again :-).

Monday, October 04, 2010

Tulley's Parlor Musician

I passed by the window of a Tulley's Coffee on NW Market Street and saw this tableau of a guy with a 12 string guitar and three friends sitting in front of the fireplace apparently having and impromptu sing along. It was fun to see.

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Just 5 Seattle Guys

These five guys were listening to a drummer and keyboardist playing dockside in front of the Navel Reserve building in South Lake Union. I just thought they were an interesting grouping of Seattle guys relaxing on the weekend.

Saturday, October 02, 2010

Friday Late Night CR Crowd

Its a typical situation in these typical times
Too many choices, hey yeah
Its a typical situation in these typical times
Too many choices

Everybody's happy everybody's free
We'll keep the big door open, everyone'll come around
Why are you different, why are you that way
If you don't get in line we'll lock you away,
Aw everybody's happy everybody's free
We'll keep the big door open, everyone'll come around
Why are you different, why are you that way
If you don't get in line we'll lock you away
~DMB

Friday, October 01, 2010

Theme Day: Grafitti

City Daily Photo Bloggers from around the world today are featuring graffiti, the work of talented street artists or amateurs. I came across this dapper dude in an alley in the Uptown neighborhood. Art to dance by. . ."I'm. . .putting on my top hat. . . taking just a little nip. . .dusting off my tails. . . :-). Sing it, Fred!

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