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Medieval battle in Volunteer park.
January 22, 2012. An afternoon at the Frye Art Gallery.
Sunday, July 24, 2011. Austin, TX band, Explosions In The Sky close out the Capitol Hill Block Party, I stand on the sidewalk listening to their brilliant performance. These apartments, overlooking the main stage, have the best seat in the house though.
Saturday, July 23, 2011. We ride the Iron Horse Trail. A railroad right-of-way converted to the bicycle trail, it takes you across Snoqualmie Pass to Eastern Washington. This is a route marker that shows the distance to Chicago.
Friday, July 22, 2011. This has been an unseasonably cool summer. The cloudy weather of the last three days broke with a sunny Friday afternoon. Looking towards the Sound down Harrison Street.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011. A street performer entertains passers-by, as seen from the restaurant on Pike Street where I had dinner.
Sunday, July 17, 2011. Waiting with mom downtown to catch a bus home, I notices these beautifully detailed spires (flag poles?)on top one of the buildings.
Saturday, July 16, 2011. Diego and I went for a short motorcycle ride in the mountains. It was brief, but very enjoyable.
Friday, July 15, 2011. My old friend. Katsutoshi, arrived on Friday before heading down to L.A., and then on back to Japan. I showed him some if the sights of Seattle while he sobered up a bit after a couple of beers.
Thursday, July 14, 2011. The wonderfully (or otherwise) seedy Shorties bar in Belltown, the venue for this week's beer quaffing session.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Capitol Hill streets lit up by a full moon on a balmy summers night.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011. The Fremont Rocket in Fremont, a neighborhood of Seattle.
Monday, July 11, 2011. I sat next to this gentleman on the bus to Seattle from Portland. He is part Nez Perce Indian, and completed the 200 mile Seattle to Portland ride in one day. He spend nearly 21 hours solid on his bicycle to complete the ride, and arrived in Portland at 5 to midnight on Saturday evening. His last name is Killgore, and he grows peaches on a farm alongside the Salmon river in White Bird Idaho. Quite the inspiration, and a truly nice guy.
Sunday, July 10, 2011. Here we are, happy to have completed the 200 mile ride to Portland. From right to left, Larry, Bob and me. We rode 14 hours to get down to Portland, averaging 15 miles per hour.
Saturday, July 9, 2011. Nancy looking good after completing the first 50 miles of the Seattle to Portland ride we were participating in. This foodstop in Spanaway is the lunchtime stop, and the halfway mark on the first day.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Mom and I spand the day visiting Mt St. Helens the day before her birthday.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Mt. Rainer straddled between a housebout and a pillar of the Highway 99 bridge in Fremont, Seattle.
Monday, July 4, 2011. The 4th of July fireworks on Lake Union (Seattle) peeks over the trees in Volunteer Park.
Sunday, July 3, 2011. Street-block art in Portland, Oregon.
Saturday, July 2, 2011. Mom about to board a train from Portland to Seattle. Photo taken in the Portland train station.
Thursday, June 28, 2011. The bicycle path next to the Olympic Sculpture Park in downtown Seattle. In my commute from work I took the longer route through downtown Seattle.
Wednesday, June 27, 2011. Ongoing construction at the light rail tunnel at the University of Washington end. The conveyor belt is to remove soil from the tunnel boring machines working their way to the Seattle station.
Sunday, June 26, 2011. As I left the Harvard Exit movie theatre this evening, I saw this colorful display in the store window across the street.
Saturday, June 25, 2011. Mt. Rainier looms over the Port of Seattle. This was the view after a 60 mile ride in preparation for this year's Seattle to Portland bicycle ride in two weeks.
The Domed structure on the right is a platform that is used by the US Missile Protection System. It is being refurbished in Seattle. The dome houses an extremely sensitive phased array radar. This platform is self propelled and is normally situated close to trouble spots that pose a missile threat to the US or it's allies.
Thursday, June 23, 2011. The Letona Pub, one of the regular stops for our Thursday evening beer group.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Mom, pausing before boarding the Victoria Clipper ferry on a whale watching trip.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Enjoying sundowners on the langest day of the year in Volunteer Park.
Monday, June 20, 2011. A blue Monday indeed, but made better by a fabulous first day of summer 2011. Flowers, Africa in Seattle, photo taken after sunset at 9 PM.
Sunday, June 19, 2011. An evening braai to end the weekend off.
Saturday, May 18, 2011. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at the annual Gay Pride "Dykes vs the Cross Dressers" basket ball game in Capitol Hill. The sisters of Perpetual Indulgence " is a charity, protest, and street performance organization that uses drag and Catholic imagery to call attention to sexual intolerance and satirize issues of gender and morality."
Friday, June 17, 2011. some says are just like this - work. Ugh!
Thursday, June 16, 2011. The Seattle downtown monorail to nowhere.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011. A sunny afternoon. I cycled downtown to run some chores and had this view of the downtown South Lake Union area from one of the bridges.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011. A chatty hairdresser for my often too infrequent haircut.
Monday, June 13, 2011. Sunset over the Seattle Space Needle with the Black Sun in the foreground.
Sunday, June 12, 2011. We cycled to a close-by park and bbq'd boerewors for breakfast.
Saturday, June 11, 2011. The wall surrounding the Capitol Hill light rail station construction site has been plastered with interesting murals. This is one.
Friday, June 10, 2011. After helping someone purchase a 1967 VW Beetle, I settled down with a May 1967 edition of this magazine.
Thursday, June 9, 2011. One of NOAA's research vessels with it's work boats passes on Lake Washington in front of my office.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Attended a talk by Jonah Street, 5 times Dakar racer, and top 10 finisher. Jonah is a humble and very friendly guy that Eric, Chris and I were able to spend some time afterwards chatting with. He will be racing in the 2012 Dakar and will receive his new motorcycle next week.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Early summer rains cooled the area down. My bicycle ride home after work includes this path though the Interlaken Park. The radiant green color of the early season leaves is so vibrant!
Monday, June 6, 2011. After work I helped a colleague familiarize himself with his new motorcycle.
Sunday, June 5, 2011. The Quinault river as we approached the end of a 6 mile hike from our overnight campsite to the trailhead.
Friday, June 3, 2011. Katsutoshi Yagasawa arrives at my home every year before his motorcycle trips across the USA. Arriving home today, Katsutoshi was there. We had dinner and beers before he headed out.
Thursday, June 2, 2011. Fremont Brewery was the get-together place for our regular Two Bells group. Delicious beer, right in the brewery.
Thursday, June 1, 2011. A weekly ritual. On my way to work, stop at Cafe Zoka for a pour-over coffee and a bagel. This time the coffee was Ethiopia Harrar Oromia single origin.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Interstate 5 traffic through Seattle. The reason I choose to commute to work by bicycle.
