Eat Seattle

Everybody who visits Seattle takes these pictures, so who am I to be snobby?

Plke Place Market is an ancient institution and one of the city's greatest tourist draws. The region has mild, misty weather almost year round, making it ideal for growing exotic things. Puget Sound and the Pacific are at its doorstep, offering everything that swims to the city. It's all perfectly fresh and all on display at the market.              

The Market In Color

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A couple of commentators on yesterday's post noted that Pike Place Market in Seattle is a colorful place but still enjoyed the black and white images. Well, let's look at the other side. The photo above is on the main concourse. 

We met the couple below during breakfast at Lowell's, the place to start your day in Seattle. They were trying to take their own picture with a phone cam, sitting right in front of the bright window. Wrong. We moved them to the side and I took a shot with my camera. They look very happy. I emailed the pic to them and hope they like it.

I'm out of material. Better find something on the street today.

In The Market

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Scenes from Seattle''s famous Pike Street Market. The place is famous for the fish vendors who hurl salmon through the air to one another, to the delight of tourists. Must have been a slow day at the shop seen above.

A Last Note From Seattle

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Typically for me, I took thousands of pictures in Washington State. Tomorrow it's back to St. Louis but today I leave Seattle with a couple of visual memories. Above, the Space Needle is framed by a giant work in Olympic Sculpture Park. Below, a vendor at the famous Pike Place Market. Seattle is a city I reture to over and over again.

There are many more of my pictures of the Olympics and Seattle on Flickr. Click here.

WHAT I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO: get out on the street this weekend and shoot some local stuff.

TOMORROW: back to The Lou, but with what? How about a giant catsup bottle drained of all the red color?