Seducing Seattle
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This week I made a very quick trip to Seattle thanks to lady luck; I won a trip from Travelllll.com. Even though my time there was short, Seattle managed to seduce me with it’s food, fresh air, and peaks. Even though my time was short, I was able to capture a bit of Seattle’s personality through my lens.
Now you are close to our old turf- Vancouver,Canada. We’d spend many weekends in Seattle and have enjoyed all you showed pics of… except for the gum wall. Not sure what to say about that besides gross.
Oh, what about the football field, did you see it?
Our favorite restaurant there is on the pier (not far from Pike place Market) called the Crab Pot. Yum. If you like seafood that is.
Thanks for sharing your great photography skills!
Nancy & Shawn
Great pix. Love the “weird side”
That gum wall is something else, isn’t it.
Yeah – that’s one way to put it!! I will admit though that I did not add to it while I was there!
I’m going to be spending most of January in my birthcity of Vancouver, followed by a week in Seattle in mid-February. Your photos, Sherry, are adding more “grist for the mill”. 🙂
Glad Seattle seduced you! Beautiful photos.
Hope you had a lovely meeting with Amelia and Leslie, too.
Oh yes – we had a great time! Sad that Feb is all booked up – but patience is a virtue…right?! Thanks for helping make the introduction!
My pleasure! Indeed, patience is a virtue and timing is everything. Fingers crossed for something down the pike. Would love to see you and your father go.
I’ve been to the Seattle area three or four times to visit a good fried but have never investigated downtown. After seeing your photos, I realize I need to rectify that next time around.
As I sit here pecking from my new adopted home in Saigon, Vietnam – this expat Seattleite couldn’t help but drop in to take a peek at your “Seattle Seduction”. Ah yes, ’tis winter there now, yet my beloved hometown remains still as pretty as a postcard.
Great pics! Then again, how could they be otherwise amid such photographic splendor – the legendary “Seattle Light” (read: perpetually overcast) being such a boon to any lens.
And btw, the “Seattle Gum Wall” holds even more surprise for those of us who wander the globe seeking “geocaches” – there’s a cache disguised as a wad of gum there amid the sticky ooze. 😉
Love the gum wall trivia! Now I need to go back and look closer! Enjoy Saigon – I lived there for a year in 2009. How long are you there for? Do you have your motorbike yet – that’s the best part!
I’ve been here for nearly 2 months now (incl. 10 days up north Hanoi/Halong/Sapa) taking the CELTA (EFL) course. Just got back from a quick peek at Dalat (see my TravelnLass post today) and plan to settle there for… likely at least a year, after I return from Sumatra for the holidays.
Motorbike? Uh, as I don’t have a death-wish, not likely here in Saigon. 😉 But Dalat looks very doable, so that’s tops on my list once I settle in.
Just came from Seattle about a week ago. Beatufiul downtown area and the scenery driving towards it from University Place area. Although I only got to see the city at night, definitely hope to see it in daytime as well sometime. Beautiful pictures 🙂
Oh that gum wall, man I will be back just to add to it !
You did better than me with the Space Needle – I couldn’t see more than a foot outside for thick fog. The Pikes Market is fantastic. The gum wall looks seriously bizarre.
Beautiful photos of Seattle. I spent some time there a few years back and the weather was beautiful and sunny, but even if it had rained I still would’ve enjoyed my time there.
Beautiful photos – I especially love the shot of the sunset over Ranier and the Boeing plant. Did you make it to the Fremont neighborhood?
The gum wall is bizarre – I wonder what the story is behind that?
I really don’t know the story behind it. Someone just told me to go check it out. They need a little plaque explaining it! It too could be made out of gum!