aka Steve -

(Souvenir, 5325 Ballard Ave. NW)

I just bought a new digital camera, a Panasonic Lumix ZS1 …

and took some test shots around Ballard this afternoon. As you’ll see, I need to spend some more quality time with this camera. Some of the shots are a bit blurry. That might be because I was juggling an umbrella as well as the [...]

One of Portland’s many bike-related signs:

Not visible in this photo, someone wrote, “gravity sucks” near the biker’s head.
Blossoming Lotus, an all-vegan restaurant located inside Yoga in the Pearl, 925 NW Davis St.:

Landscaping by Dennis’ Seven Dees; photos taken near NW 10th Ave. and NW Glisan St.:

“No fur. No paws. No service.” D’tails dog salon, 416 [...]

Cool Coffee Shop
I read about the new Burien Press coffee shop a few weeks ago. Burien Press serves delicious Caffe Vita coffee, so I wanted to check them out … until I plugged my address and theirs into Yahoo Maps and found out they’re a 30-minute drive away. I can get delicious Caffe Vita coffee [...]

I did the First Thursday Art Walk tonight with my friend Kaitlin and her friend Sabrina. We visited galleries in the Pioneer Square/International District area. Many galleries throughout the downtown Seattle core participate in the Art Walk, as does the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). Admission to SAM is free on first Thursdays. Galleries showcase new [...]

That’s art made with flashlights; not artsy flashlights.
Photographer/artist Michael Bosanko creates “light graffiti” using flashlights, a digital camera, and long exposure times.
Check out this article in London’s Mail Online for more info and some great photos.
Bosanko also has his own Web site.

Amazing find #1: The architecture of John Lautner, which I found about thanks to my daily e-mail from the New York Times. This link goes to the story and this one goes to the slideshow. “Bonding Humanity and Landscape,” the (partial) title of the article, is an apt description of Lautner’s vision and talent.
Amazing find [...]

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The garden at Kirsten Gallery, 5320 Roosevelt Way N.E., Seattle.
(Taken with my cell phone camera. At least now I know not to use the zoom feature.)

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Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, north side of Seattle Center, 321 Mercer St. (at 3rd Ave. N.).
I took these picture with my cell phone camera, so the quality is kind of crappy — but I think they’re also kind of cool. The bluish one that looks like a water wall is especially crappy because I used [...]

East side of 1st Ave. near Virginia St. (downtown Seattle).
These folks are on the south side of the lot:
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And this flower is all by itself on the north side; perhaps the south side kids are admiring it from slightly afar:
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And I’m sorry the quality isn’t better. I took the photos around 6:30 a.m., when [...]