In the Cheerful Cafe

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We had an excellent lunch in this downstairs cafe at Pike Place Market. There was an interesting view of Belltown buildings, the bay and Olympics beyond, but what caught my eye above the cafe's dish stacks and service counter was this cheerful old print and a sprinkler head ring that has slipped a bit. Have a restful Sunday! And HAPPY 2nd ANNIVERSARY to Eric at Paris Daily Photo!

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Retro Spring Cruise

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Best viewed Large- (click photo, click All Sizes, click Large). These three guys came gunning up the hill in this absolutely bomb green car. . . it was like watching some retro episode of "The Streets of San Francisco," except that's not the Trans America Pyramid behind all those plum blossoms. . . I shot this yesterday just before another rain shower. The sky was dark with clouds, but hey, these guys had the windows down.

Have a great weekend! Hey, don't forget to "spring ahead" your clock tonight at midnight if you are in a daylight savings time area. Do you do that in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, etc?


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This Is a Sports Town For Sure!

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(Best Viewed Large: click photo, click All Sizes, click large.) Across a large parking lot to the south of King Street Station is Qwest Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks (American-style) football team. I took this photo from the top of the Smith Tower. Just beyond this stadium you can glimpse Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners baseball team. It is a noted architectural wonder with its silent retractable roof that moves into place if foul weather threatens games and opens for sun breaks.
Thanks to everyone who supported Seattle Daily Photo through four rounds to the semifinals in Metroblogging Seattle's "Blarch Badness" poll of best blogs of Seattle. It was very kind of you to vote through all those rounds, and fun to be included at all. The two finalists after all that are baseball-related blogs. How appropo for a city that loves its great sports teams. Congrats.

This just in, 12:45 PM: Well folks, "It ain't over 'til it's over." ~ Yogi Berra. Metroblogging Seattle has put us back in a run-off vote for esteemed third place against the other semi-final candidate that got slammed by one of the baseball blogs, West Seattle Blog, one of my faves that made it through to the end (see its sidebar link and those of some of the other wonderful local blogs I've come to love). . .but, go ahead and vote for Seattle Daily Photo by clicking here if you would care to ;-) "It's deja vu all over again!" ~YB

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Mr. Railroad Man Redux

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If you were to go out the King Street Station doors that say "departures," you might glimpse The Coast Starlight conductor getting ready to roll. Far too cool to ask, "Good morning Mr. Railroad Man. When will your train roll by? 9:15? 2:44? 25 minutes 'til 5:00?" Looks more like we should be cuing up the music for "Mission Impossible," cuz he's looking Tom Cruise-ish.. All aboard! Seattle Seattle+Daily+Photo train King+Street+Station Coast+Starlightconductor Mr.+Railroad+Man Amtrack Seattle+train+station transportation people

When You Emerge, This Is The Scene That Greets You

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Taxis wait for fares at curbside along King Street at the train station. This is the view looking north toward downtown. Columbia Center Tower and the Seattle Municipal Building rise in the distance, and two cranes (our new city bird, ;^) , can be seen to the right. You needn't take a taxi to find interesting places and things to do. Qwest Field with it's exhibitions and ball games is right next door, and Pioneer Square and the waterfront are an easy walk away, as is the International District (old Chinatown). Seattle Seattle+Daily+Photo King+Street+Station taxidowntown Pioneer+Square cranes people street+scene train+station

Period Doors

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These beautiful oak doors with brass hardware lead to the exterior of the station. Each exit of the newly restored section of King Street Station has clear and elegant signage. As indicated in yesterday's shot, it's this way to the Taxi's on King Street.

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Lovely Ornimentation

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The King Street Train Station lobby has been transformed to reveal lovely ornamentation long hidden by a false ceiling. Above each doorway or archway there is large bronze signage to direct people confidently in the right direction. Plaster relief panels abundant with cornucopias of fruit surround portals which bleed light from one room into another. Seattle Seattle+Daily+PhotoKing+Street+Train+Station+ Seattle+Train+Station remodeling remodel architecture ornimentdetail transportation Amtrack train