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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Post Card: Jet Lag

Hello again from Paris. I've had no jet lag, but this fellow wasn't as lucky. He's sleeping it off in le Jardin de Luxembourg.

Sorry for the intermittent posts. My internet and blog site providers decided to freeze me out of access, so posts I've attempted to make didn't go through. Hope you see this one :-).

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Post Card From Paris

Sweet greetings from Paris: a piano made entirely from chocolate and filled with macarons seen in a Saint Germain shop.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Greg Brown After the Show

Keeping with the musician theme from yesterday's photo, here's another musician I caught in a street shot. American performing songwriter Greg Brown was in Seattle last week to play a couple gigs. I caught his show at the Triple Door. After the concert as I was heading to my car I noticed he was standing outside the stage door in the alley talking to one of the crew (that's him in the cap). Just a regular late night kind of guy.

I'm off to Paris in the morning and will be (hopefully, iPad and wifi connections willing) posting daily post cards to you from there.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Faustine Hudson's New Photoblog

You can tell by the ocarina she wears at the ready that she's a musician :-). This is Seattle drummer Faustine Hudson, currently on tour with pop band The Young Evils. She used to work where I do and I ran into her at a festival at the end of summer and snapped this portrait (and another you can see at More Seattle Stuff) while we were listening to the Moondoggies (for whom she and her band had opened the night before). Faustine is amazing and lives life artfully. I got an email this week with a heads up about a little photo diary she's keeping, The Daily Goat, and thought I'd give a shout out. Check it out for some cool views she's encountering in her musical travels.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Looking Toward the U District

Turning the lens to the north of yesterday's view of Lake Union brings some houseboat roofs into the foreground and shows in the distance the 182' tall ship canal bridge that carries I-5 over Portage Bay (part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal). The 1962 double deck steel truss bridge spans from the Capitol Hill and Eastlake neighborhoods to the University District.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Lake Union & Eastlake

Boaters were making the best of a sunny day earlier in autumn. The Eastlake neighborhood hugs the eastern shore of Lake Union and is home to several floating home communities. William Boeing built an airplane hanger there in 1915 and in it built his first B & W seaplane. Behind Eastlake is the ridge of Capitol Hill which runs north toward the University District. Beyond you can see the Cascade range.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Cascade & Capitol Hill

Looking with a long lens over the Cascade neighborhood and up Capitol Hill and beyond to the Cascade Mountains.Okay, so can you see your apartment from here? :-) That's Providence Hospital at top left (now Swedish Hospital Cherry Hill campus), and you can see the spire of First Baptist Church on the right where Capitol Hill meets First Hill. Poor Immanuel Lutheran Church is nearly buried amidst the condos on the lower left.

PS: Can any fellow bloggers advise me on the CSS code I might use to lower my blog title to the bottom portion of the header photo? I've tried a couple things with no movement south yet. Thanks!

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Farmer's Market Vendor Sampling Wares

With a fist full of cool cucumber and good eats all around her this Ballard Farmers Market vendor is taking a lunch break in the midst of the street market's hustle and bustle. The market is open on Sundays all year round.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Off the Wall SK8R @ Medgar Evers Pool

I was standing across the street from the entrance to Medgar Evers Pool in the Central District, just watching this skater working out his moves up the sloped wall. I'm sure the architect didn't have this use in mind when planing the exterior facade. I found it refreshing that this use seems welcome. . .at least it seems quite common and no one has put up any skate clips to prevent it. When this guy finished, a couple 8 or 9 year olds tried out their skills.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Fall on 4th Street

This view down 4th Street is framed by the diamond lights that comprise the exterior walls of Seattle's spectacular Central Public Library. I was on the 10th floor looking through the glass wall, so that pedestrian in the crosswalk is looking pretty small from up here. You can see by the traffic that 4th is a one way street heading north. If one way streets confuse you, you'll probably want to let someone else drive you through Seattle's downtown core :-). For another view which shows the rooftop garden across the street and looks out to the King Street Station clock tower, check out my More Seattle Stuff page.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Conversation

I am a student again this term. That means coffee houses with free wi fi are figuring into my life more prominently than usual. Also fall plays into that. . .it's cooler, darker, earlier, later. A warm cuppa and a lot of people studing and writing is a comforting atmosphere, a place to connect over ideas--like these two guys. I took this at a fave cafe of mine in the Greenwood neighborhood. I sat in a comfy chair for a couple hours studying, and each time the occupants of the table across the way changed, I took a quick iPhone shot. You can see the the rest of the changing cast of characters at my More Seattle Stuff site.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Along the Waterfront

Midnight and not a person stirring along Seattle's usually bustling central waterfront. Lights from Alaskan Way and the city skyline sparkle in the water.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Big Yellow Bardahl in Ballard

72 years ago Norwegian immigrant Ole Bardahl established his very well known name in automotive additives right here in Seattle in the Ballard neighborhood. The giant neon car sign atop the plant flashes a succession of messages out through the night, "Add Bardahl, Add It To Your Gas, Add It To Your Oil." The sign is a classic, and the building recently got a nice bright coat of yellow paint. So now it's even harder to miss this landmark, day or night.

Thanks for hanging in there with intermittent posting. I've been working two jobs this past year and am now taking a class on top of that, so the photography ops have suffered as well as time to post. Hopefully, I'm back to daily posting now. Heading to Paris in 10 days, so that should be rejuvenating :-).

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Bouncy Patrol Ride Up Post Alley

Some bicycle police officers were heading up Post Alley. In my haste to nab a shot of them in motion, I stumbled a bit on the stone pavers and this was the result. No chance for another shot as they were hustling into the part of the alley that is covered and darker. Still made for a lively image; only the visages were changed to protect the innocent :-). I love the little detail of the rear spokes which, out of everything else in motion and jarred, seemed to turn out in focus for some odd reason.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Curvacious

I like the graceful bend of this building's face and it's graphic quality. I'm thinking it's the base of Two Union Square, but I'm not certain as I can't quite recall which direction I was facing.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

A Gathering Place

At 7 PM tonight, many Seattlites will gather for a candlelight vigil in West Seattle at the foot of Lady Liberty on Alki Beach to honor the lives of those killed in the 9/11 attacks in 2001. This statue, erected on the beach by City Council and local Boy Scouts in 1952, was a spontaneous gathering place for thousands of people to mourn, reflect and leave candles and mementos directly after the attacks (click to see photo) . Lady Liberty was recast in bronze in 2007 and set upon a new pedestal in a thoughtfully designed new plaza on the beach. Many other events of remembrance are planned throughout the city.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Compact Universe

With Lake Union and the whole city view from Gas Works Park before them, they only had eyes for each other. Makes me smile to see people in love. Seattle has many romantic spots to enjoy.

Friday, September 09, 2011

Early Morning Catch

Fishing is a popular pastime along the West Seattle shore of Elliott Bay. On any given summer morning you will see dozen's of people fishing from this dock in the dawn light.

Thursday, September 08, 2011

Will Things Be Looking Up?

I was walking by this very 1960's design apartment building in the Westlake neighborhood when I noticed an arrow pointing straight up. At first I wondered if the landlord had scrubbed off graffiti from the stucco surface; but, closer inspection revealed that this was at least partially due to light reflecting from a building across the street. Isn't it interesting the simple and inexpensive mid-century modern design elements used to embellish an otherwise plain rectangular building, like theses angled balconies and roof line?

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Mare's Tail Sky

Who choreographed these two guys relaxing and watching a ferry make its way across the Sound? :-) The Seattle area is having a week-long warm spell that is not expected to end until next Tuesday. It is a great time to get out on the water. Orcas were spotted recently right in Elliott Bay, visible from piers along the Alaskan Way waterfront. They were just visitors passing through, though. There are 3 pods that live in Puget Sound and they mostly like to hang out up in the San Juan Islands closer to the Canadian border.

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