Hello, sea lion.
Someone mentions that this is the rowboat that made the first unassisted trip from mainland U.S. to mainland U.K. and won a transatlantic rowboat race last year. I assume these are a couple of the four guys who made the trip, but who knows.
Nice houseboat.
Gas Works Park on Lake Union.
I've never seen a Ride the Ducks in the water before.
A cool modern houseboat.
A less fancy houseboat.
A pretty nice little garden for someone who literally has no land.
Our destination is the cute green house at right, not the faux Italian monstrosity at left. What do they do in that circle of columns, sacrifice virgins?
The houses in Laurelhurst have cute and tidy entrances.
I suspect that no one in the neighborhood has a car on blocks in their yard.
I think this used to be an entrance to a house that was later annexed onto the house next door.
This yard, with the beautifully lush planting strip, has more character than the rest.
This one's more typical.
OK, there you go. I've photoblogged just about every residential neighborhood in Seattle except mid Beacon Hill.
Are we going to a party? I love the "less fancy" houseboat. Looks like it could spring a leak any minute.
ReplyDeleteRide the Ducks? Need more.
That "less fancy" houseboat on the ritzy Lake Union waterfront is like the orange van behind that church in your neighborhood (http://coldcalculation.blogspot.com/2007/03/why-do-i-like-this-picture-so-much.html). My friends on the boat actually cheered for it as we passed.
ReplyDeleteRide the Ducks is this sightseeing franchise that uses WWII amphibious vehicles (which sometimes sink -- http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/49983_duck10.shtml) to do tours that cover both land and water. I'd never actually seen one in the water before. Locals hate them because the tour guides give all the tourists duck whistles and instruct them to blow them at passersby.