Motorcycle #1

Post Rock - Seattle  1998

One of my continuing selection of 1990's photos. Taken in . . .um, Seattle, I think.

Puget Sound

After Seattle, Mike & Hali drove to Joan & Al’s in Bothell, just north of Seattle.

Sunday, Joan kindly drove us over to Edmonds, featuring a view of Puget Sound.

Photo: Puget Sound—Washington, 2009

Seattle 4 / Early Morning

Early morning pix found around our hotel.

For some unexplained reason, the coffee at our hotel wasn’t very good. In Seattle! So we were out and about quite early looking for some caffeine, only to come up empty. But I got to see the "Crow" restaurant sign and the bright yellow building across the way.

Finally located a Starbucks in the QFC store around the corner, but . . . the coffee wasn’t very good. In Seattle!

Photos: Crow—Seattle, 2009; Yellow Building—Seattle, 2009

Seattle 3 / Pike Place Market

We had thought to arrive early so as to beat the crowds. But we had not anticipated the numerous cruise ships berthed within easy walking distance of the market.

So it was crowded. But not crowded enough to prevent us from getting fresh cinnamon-sugar doughnut holes. And a café americano. And a cha siu bow.

Photos: Public Market—Seattle, 2009; Balloons—Seattle, 2009

Seattle 2 / Space Needle

In spite of its ubiquity—or maybe because of it—Mike didn’t visit the Space Needle.

He tried his hand at taking some pix though, even though he's coming in rather late in the game.

Photos: Café Mecca—Seattle, 2009; Open 24 Hours—Seattle, 2009

Seattle 1

Pix taken while walking around Seattle near our hotel.

We were quite close to the construction site for the new home of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—quite an impressive undertaking.

Photos: Northwes—Seattle, 2009; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Construction Site—Seattle, 2009

Olympic Sculpture Park / Wake (Serra)

Mike visited the Olympic Sculpture Park during a recent trip to Seattle that he and Hali took. Very impressive with the snow-capped peaks of the Olympic Peninsula in the background.

Also of interest was one of Richard Serra’s monumental weathered steel sculptures, shown as it should be—outdoors (unlike a similar piece squished into the basement of LA's Broad Museum.) This particular piece is entitled "Wake," made with five identical modules.

"What’s important is you moving between them, through them and around them . . ."

Photos: "Wake" (Serra Sculpture)—Seattle, 2009; Olympic Sculpture Park—Seattle, 2009