Last week I spent a couple of days in Seattle, flying up on Wednesday and coming back on Friday afternoon. I took one small backpack with spare shirt, shorts, socks, toothbrush and just the G12. I stayed at the Green Tortoise Hostel which is located at the corner of Pike and First Street. It is literally across the street from Pikes Market Place. First of all the hostel was great. I stayed in a room with four beds with only three of them occupied. Andrew was from England and Bosco was from Miami. The hostel provided breakfast each morning: eggs, pancakes and toast. The only stipulation required you to make your own breakfast and then cleanup after yourself. On Tuesdays from 1:00-5:00 pm they offered the Dead Guy tour where they load you up in the hostel van for a tour of Seattle. Along the way they take you to the graves of Jimmy Hendrix, Bruce Lee, and Brandon Lee. I passed on that. They offered free dinner on Tuesday and Thursday. So, I did indulge in the taco dinner on Thursday.
Pikes Place is always a colorful place. Here you will meet the farmer who grows the food, the butcher who knows where the meat came from and the seafood purveyor who picked up the catch of the day just this morning. The farmers did a wonderful job of presenting their fruits and vegetables, the colors were overwhelming.
Some of the color included the people. It seemed there were a lot homeless, many of them were begging. One man asked me for two dollars. When I said no, he mumbled profanity and walked away. Not sure this guy really needs anymore weed. He was out there each day and on the same corner. As a photographer the options for images was endless.
6 Comments
ken bello
Man, those chili peppers are making my mouth water! And I have lots of weeds in my back yard for the guy with the sign. People like that have more nerve than dignity. Great shot, though.
Monte Stevens
The veggie colors were wonderful. And, there are vegetables in the market I’ve never seen or heard of before. The image of the man with the sign was shot through a window so it’s not that good.
Anita Jesse
That is a lot of heat packed into that frame! The colors are gorgeous.
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Anita!!!!!
Paul
Love the peppers. I bought some last weekend that were supposed to be really hot. They were fairly tame. Next time, Habeneros!
I love the guy with the sign. He’s being honest! 🙂
Monte Stevens
Don’t enjoy the hot peppers as much as I did in the past. Getting older!
Maybe he needs to invest in a more permanent or bigger sign. It didn’t seem like he was making much money.