(above & below) Mountain and city juxtaposed.
(above & below) Some hazy Cascades off to the east.
It's neat to see how folks adapt to the dense living situation, though this rig would seem to require a bit of parental supervision.
Beautiful Thai Restaurant down the street a ways. Don't know yet if the food matches the facade
Entrance to a chiropractor's office.
Despite the fact that you have to be a little more careful with your cash and drugs, we're enjoying the overall city-ness of this place. Art and music and good food all around. Last week we went to a show that was performance as much as it was music. The band wore red shrouds (Beth says they were graduation robes, but "shrouds" sounds much better) and big floppy yellow hats with black netting hanging over their faces. Two percussionists backed up synthesizer, bass and guitars. The music was deep and droning and the vocalist finally emerged, crawling onto the stage in a furry white costume and orange masquerade-style mask with a long pointed nose. Again,we differ on the description. I say he was dressed as a snowy owlet while Beth says baby penguin. I'm sure he would tell you he can't be classified. He was more of a vocalist than a singer, using his voice to wail and chant in a very beautiful way, often sounding very Indian. Wonderfully weird.
More photos:
This entire graffiti scene has a snow/skiing theme. By his choice of sweater, I assume that the green monster is sponsored by Rainier Beer.
Painting on the side of a brake shop.
Hand-illustrated show flyer. Love it! Especially in that it is also hand-cut. Notice that $2 Rainier is listed on their happy hour sign. Yup.
This is a fixture at the playground near our house. From the street it looked like the structure was just falling apart. It took close investigation to realize what was going on.
More outdoor art, this mural on the side of a brewpub & cafe. We had lunch here once, including a grilled sandwich that included tuna salad, sauteed mushrooms and avocado. Yes, it was good.
Stay back! Those bunnies on the lower left aren't very friendly looking up close. On the giraffe's chest is a marquee to promote the specials...
...and up close you can see that the marquee has been cleverly altered. Or did that G just fall down on its own?
Super Bowl came and we ate and ate. Fired up the grill and made my someday-famous "Your mama's so hot chicken" to wrap up a whirlwind weekend of friends and food and football. So now its February. We're moved in and settled in. I suppose I should get myself a job. Do they still have those in this economic climate?
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