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also sprach zarathustra, the disco version
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three short days in the emerald city
In the past, Jeff has joked that he just waits for me to write up our travels, and then all he has to do is link to my posts, adding only what details I’ve forgotten or left out; true to form, I wrote up the primary reports of our April trips to New York and Omaha. This time, however, I decided to step aside graciously (ok, so my World of Warcraft addiction hasn’t helped) and let Jeff document our latest trip, so you can read all about our wonderful (albeit much too short) Seattle sojourn over at Rebel Prince.
A few of my pix from that trip have begun to appear over on my Flickr site (and mirrored here), but you also can keep an eye on my Seattle set, as I’ll be uploading more over the coming days.
We had a really great time; Seattle is on the short list of American cities in which I’d like to live (but more on that in a coming post), and we’re certain to go back regardless. There were a lot of things there I’d still like to show Jeff that we just weren’t able to manage on this go-round. (And given the amazingly salutary effect Seattle had on my libido and affiliated energy levels–what’s the equivalent of “twice” and “thrice” for the number four? and that was just the first 18 hours–I suspect Jeff wouldn’t mind if we visited Seattle often.)
The New York Times > Magazine – Architecture
NYTimes Magazine special issue on architecture
Setting the Table – New York Times
Eva Zeisel’s Classic Century dinnerware
Arial, Mon Amour, and Other Font Passions – New York Times
“The Internet is a nice place for font wonks to hang out. They can laugh at other people’s typographic blunders, swap alphabets, snipe at famous designers and ban fonts they hate.”
The Last of the Moderns – New York Times
the life and work of Oscar Niemeyer
red tree at morning, sailors take warning
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Monday, when we went to Seattle Center, turned out to be very gray and rainy (in contrast to our beautiful, relatively clear and dry Saturday). The original photo of the back entrance to the Experience Music Project, then, was rather drab, so I decided to focus on the red tree and play with the contrast, causing the silver walls of the EMP to fade away into the gray skies.
welcome to the 1962 world’s fair…
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Taken through a wire mesh covered opening on the observation deck of the Volunteer Park water tower at full zoom (300mm), the sides of the frame are a bit dark where the edges of the mesh are fuzzed almost to obscurity. That gave the original photo a bit of a lomo-like effect that I decided to highlight by adding some oversaturation, a histogram equalization and a little bit of grain, in order to give this the feel of a postcard from the era of the Seattle World’s Fair (coincidentally, the very year I was born), and that treatment is more evident at the large size.
the colors of a seattle spring
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the colors of a seattle spring
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