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dolariSunday, February 15th
So I'm walking home , IMming Emily from my Sidekick, telling her I love her. I unlock my door, and open it, to see...something in front of my monitor.
I'm not sure what it is, but then it slowly turns to me, and in turning reveals a pitch black hooded angel of death that stands up off the chair.
And I scream.
Loudly.
And when the figure comes into the light, it's....
it's.....
...Emily?
It took about an hour for my heart to slow down, but that was the funniest moment I've ever had with Emily. She'd come down to surprise me and spend the week. And while I was happy to see her, it's not every day one is visited by the Angel of Death. :)
Monday, February 16th
Before Emily had come down, I'd made plans to try another one of the 1963 Seattle Scenic Tours, this time the Southwestern Quadrant. However, now I had a beautiful driving companion, and after a tasty Chinese lunch, we ran off to the Georgetown Neighborhood of Seattle.
It has the feel of an older somewhat rundown warehouse district. Akin to the old Quintana Road area near Kelly. Old brownstones, and run down roads. Not very scenic at all. That changes when we hit South Seattle and Beacon Hill.
The houses got a lot nicer, and there were definately little centers of community. Something I see a lot of out here, but don't see in San Antonio or Austin that much. Most places in Austin were just laid out as extensions of a larger city, with random grocery stores, strip malls for other things you need, and tracts and tracts of suburban houses. Here, though, there are definate little community hubs. The closest Austin equivalent I can think of is the Duval/43nd area of Hyde Park, which is a little community center for Hyde Park. Here, those little community centers are everwhere.
We continued up to Lewis PArk, switched back and ended up in Dr. Rizal Park. Those 1963 planners knew what they were doing:
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After a short stop to take in the sights, we continued into Seattle's International District, aka China Town. After seeing San Francisco's Chinatown, Seattle's pales. It's just a regular part of Seattle with a bunch of Asian shops and such, and the occasional Chinese regalia. I drive through it everyday for work, though, and it really looks like a great place to explore.
We moved through Pioneer Square, which was the original Seattle. Pioneer Square is a lot like the old St Paul's Square in San Antonio. Old old buildings, upkept and refurbished, very beautiful part of town with a gigantic totem pole in the middle. Very old timey, in a modernized kinda way.
We headed down along Alaskan Way, through the waterfront area near where I work through the docks and shipments. While the Waterfront is a really nice area filled with shops and piers and parks and restaurants, the southern docks aren't much to crow about. In 1963, they might have been a neat and beautiful area of town, but now are just wall to wall shipping containers.
We turned into the Industrial District and temporarily got lost on Harbor Island...by this time I was fearing the rest of the South Sound area would be nothing but these same shipping containers. Then we entered North Admiral and West Seattle. Oh, my, but what one bridge crossing does around here.
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The road climbed and climbed and climbed giving us great views of Puget Sound and Seattle. Going through the center of North Admiral, we came across several more scenic overlooks then dived down to Sea Level. The smell of salt sea water brought back memories of Corpus Christi - honest to goodness beaches! A beautiful view of Seattle! The Olympic Mountains! It's prolly the single most beautiful spot I've been to in Seattle so far.
(4096x528 1.15MB)
We drove along the west side of West Seattle, enjoying the beach houses and the slow pace of the trip. The Olympics, the Sound and the sunset were amazingly beautiful. Even Mt Rainier peeked out for a bit.
We made our back up to West Seattle, Climbing back up gigantic hills, then coming back down throught he Duamish Greenbelts back to where we were.
With the trip over, Emily and I ran over to Top Pot donuts, a happenin' little place in Capitol Hill and bought a dozen to take home. Thje night was just us cuddling and enjoying each other's company. Nothing brings home how much I miss Emily when she's away, than having her home. :)
Tomorrow was gonna be a big day. ;)
(4096x909, 1.85MB)
So I'm walking home , IMming Emily from my Sidekick, telling her I love her. I unlock my door, and open it, to see...something in front of my monitor.
I'm not sure what it is, but then it slowly turns to me, and in turning reveals a pitch black hooded angel of death that stands up off the chair.
And I scream.
Loudly.
And when the figure comes into the light, it's....
it's.....
...Emily?
It took about an hour for my heart to slow down, but that was the funniest moment I've ever had with Emily. She'd come down to surprise me and spend the week. And while I was happy to see her, it's not every day one is visited by the Angel of Death. :)
Monday, February 16th
Before Emily had come down, I'd made plans to try another one of the 1963 Seattle Scenic Tours, this time the Southwestern Quadrant. However, now I had a beautiful driving companion, and after a tasty Chinese lunch, we ran off to the Georgetown Neighborhood of Seattle.
It has the feel of an older somewhat rundown warehouse district. Akin to the old Quintana Road area near Kelly. Old brownstones, and run down roads. Not very scenic at all. That changes when we hit South Seattle and Beacon Hill.
The houses got a lot nicer, and there were definately little centers of community. Something I see a lot of out here, but don't see in San Antonio or Austin that much. Most places in Austin were just laid out as extensions of a larger city, with random grocery stores, strip malls for other things you need, and tracts and tracts of suburban houses. Here, though, there are definate little community hubs. The closest Austin equivalent I can think of is the Duval/43nd area of Hyde Park, which is a little community center for Hyde Park. Here, those little community centers are everwhere.
We continued up to Lewis PArk, switched back and ended up in Dr. Rizal Park. Those 1963 planners knew what they were doing:
(4096x1930, 3.52MB)
After a short stop to take in the sights, we continued into Seattle's International District, aka China Town. After seeing San Francisco's Chinatown, Seattle's pales. It's just a regular part of Seattle with a bunch of Asian shops and such, and the occasional Chinese regalia. I drive through it everyday for work, though, and it really looks like a great place to explore.
We moved through Pioneer Square, which was the original Seattle. Pioneer Square is a lot like the old St Paul's Square in San Antonio. Old old buildings, upkept and refurbished, very beautiful part of town with a gigantic totem pole in the middle. Very old timey, in a modernized kinda way.
We headed down along Alaskan Way, through the waterfront area near where I work through the docks and shipments. While the Waterfront is a really nice area filled with shops and piers and parks and restaurants, the southern docks aren't much to crow about. In 1963, they might have been a neat and beautiful area of town, but now are just wall to wall shipping containers.
We turned into the Industrial District and temporarily got lost on Harbor Island...by this time I was fearing the rest of the South Sound area would be nothing but these same shipping containers. Then we entered North Admiral and West Seattle. Oh, my, but what one bridge crossing does around here.
(4096x639, 1.48MB)
The road climbed and climbed and climbed giving us great views of Puget Sound and Seattle. Going through the center of North Admiral, we came across several more scenic overlooks then dived down to Sea Level. The smell of salt sea water brought back memories of Corpus Christi - honest to goodness beaches! A beautiful view of Seattle! The Olympic Mountains! It's prolly the single most beautiful spot I've been to in Seattle so far.
(4096x528 1.15MB)
We drove along the west side of West Seattle, enjoying the beach houses and the slow pace of the trip. The Olympics, the Sound and the sunset were amazingly beautiful. Even Mt Rainier peeked out for a bit.
We made our back up to West Seattle, Climbing back up gigantic hills, then coming back down throught he Duamish Greenbelts back to where we were.
With the trip over, Emily and I ran over to Top Pot donuts, a happenin' little place in Capitol Hill and bought a dozen to take home. Thje night was just us cuddling and enjoying each other's company. Nothing brings home how much I miss Emily when she's away, than having her home. :)
Tomorrow was gonna be a big day. ;)
(4096x909, 1.85MB)
