Seattle for Tourists

Position: 47°37’11.7″N 122°21’03.1″W About halfway through our dogsit with Gus (q.v.), we figured out that getting to and from downtown Seattle required only a short, inexpensive ride on the West Seattle water taxi. The taxi is run by King County …

Night Photography

Position: 47°36’33.8″N 122°20’30.5″W If you are short of friends, night photography is a sure-fire way of meeting people. Grab your camera and a tripod and head downtown. Once you begin setting up, people will flock to you full of curiosity. …

West Seattle – 2

Position: 47°35’04.7″N 122°23’11.4″W Walking through residential neighbourhoods in the Pacific Northwest is an exercise in exercise and in architectural diversity. Both Seattle and Portland were established at around the same time. Both cities have old neighbourhoods that grew in stages, …

West Seattle

Position: 47°33’40.2″N 122°23’12.6″W This was to be a light post. A fluffy marshmallow describing our latest housesitting engagement in chichi West Seattle. After 10 minutes of digging around the internet for nuggets of history that might serve as a metaphorical …