Seattle --- July 27-30, 2005
Wherein Christine and I fly to beautiful and historic Seattle to visit Tim, who proves to be the perfect host!

   
 
Seattle Public Library
The intense red hallways inside the library.
Beautiful, yet intensely uncomfortable. What were they thinking?
Fascinating design inside the library.
Fascinating... and damn ugly.
Frighteningly colored escalator.
Better suited to a scary sci-fi flick.
Nutty library furnishings.
Yes, a padded ceiling inside the library.
Those architects were nutballs!
Christine & Tim attempt to relax in the zany library.
Beautiful interior of the world's least comfortable library.
Great outside scenery.
Flowers at the Pike Place Market.
Shoe Museum... of course! At the Pike Place Market
Hanging flowers at Pioneer Square.
Pioneer Square
Smith Tower--founded by the guy from Smith-Corona and Smith & Wesson.
Lawrence at Tim's place.
Troll under the bridge with Tim and pals. Yep, that's Lawrence!
I'm on top of the troll, ma!
The troll yearns for the company of Lawrence. Is that a tear I see?
Part of the sidewalk in the Fremont section of Seattle.
It's a Coldstone Creamery! In Fremont, of course.
Painted on the wall of a shop in Fremont.
Fremont possesses a rocket, of course.
Christine tortures cute shop kitty.
Tim paws through postcards in a shop.
Lenin in Fremont. Lugged all the way from Slovakia.
Interesting sidewalk paraphernalia.
Devil duckies at Archie McPhee's.
What can I say?
Crazy sculptures
At the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks.
Cool metallic sculptures at the Locks.
Beautiful gardens at the Locks.
Intergalactic floral creatures hang at the Locks.
Riding the Ducks of Seattle, which use amphibious World War II vehicles.
Seattle skyline from the space needle.
Lawrence enjoys a latte at the Space Needle.
The space needle!
There it is again!
The Space Needle at night.
It's so handsome.
View of Seatte from the Space Needle.
Trapped under the Seattle sidewalks... on the underground tour.
Elevators inside the Smith Building. They're still manually operated.
Beautiful Chinese ceiling inside the Smith Building.