Katie and I are big into taking pictures of places so that we can share them, and, later down the line, remember the times we had. And with our upcoming trip to Europe, it just made sense that we invest in a decent camera. Katie has a 3 megapixel camera that was quite long in the tooth, and I have a 5 megapixel camera that was great for quick shots (it was the size of a deck of cards) but doesn’t take decent pictures.
That all being said, you’re probably guessing that we got ourselves a new camera – and you’re right. We picked it up on Friday and right away started working on honing our skills that night. We just discovered a month or so ago the roof patio in the building next to ours; so while dinner was in the oven, we headed over for some intro shots – shots to get us used to the camera & multiple lenses that we got. Here are a few:
(I was on the phone with my mom while Katie played with it – my shots weren’t worth posting 
).
When I was playing around with it inside, I had changed the white balance to indoors and then forgotten to take it off, so many of our pics from that day came out with a bit of blue tint to them.
Here are Katie’s close up tests:
That night, Katie took it out for some more night shots:
Saturday morning while Katie was out running her 14 miles, I took the camera and went downtown to get some flowers.
Taken from the sky bridge between Nordstrom’s and a mall.
They were having some kind of festival going on as well as some water demonstrations behind it on the Puget Sound.
If you don’t like crowds, don’t go to the market on a nice spring or summer weekend in Seattle. Especially when they’re having a festival.
Normally you can get bouquets for $5, but when it’s super nice and busy, the vendors raise their prices a bit (which is understandable). So I came back with 7 tulips for $7 instead.
That afternoon, we decided we’d go over to Fremont and have a late lunch and walk around a bit.
The 17 bus has been consistently 10 minutes late the last 3 times we’ve attempted to take it, regardless of the stop.
Walking across the Fremont bridge.
The conveyor belt @ Blu C Sushi in Fremont – I like the Kalifornia Rolls the best (mostly because I’m not big into the fishy taste). You simply pick the plates you want off of the belt.
It was really more of a small snack – we only had 5 plates between us. The plates are color coded to the cost.
As we sat at the window, Katie saw this drive by (fortunately it came back by and was stopped in traffic for a second). It’s a Tesla Roadster, a fully electric sports car. as of April 2, 2009, only 320 of these had been delivered. 0 to 60mph in 3.9 seconds.
After sushi, we walked around a bit, finally finding ourselves down by the Fremont canal. We climbed down to the edge, stuck our feet in the water, and relaxed for an hour or so.
Mr and Mrs Duck were pretty desensitized to humans. I’m pretty sure they wanted food, because they kept on coming up and swimming right by where we were.
Me trying to be somewhat artistic.
On our walk back to the bus stop, we walked by Google’s Fremont campus, which is right on the canal and next to the Fremont bridge.
Google’s Fremont building.
Their building goes a ways down the canal and has an awesome view (especially on nice days like this one).
The bridge letting boats go through.
The view from the opposite side of the canal.
Some of the crazy mural artwork near the bus stop.
We took the bus back down to the market to get some rhubarb from the fresh produce stands. We stopped at a pub Kells to get a Guinness and watch the Penguins game before we went home to have Gnocchi w/ marinara sauce & spend the evening relaxing on the couch.
Fresh off the tap
The United States Courthouse sign on the walk back.
