The Day in Seattle

We went into Seattle to look at cameras.  Mine are getting long in the tooth.  When I bought my Canon Elph 310HS I bought three of them, broke two of them, bought two more.  It's a good camera, but they're old.  So we looked at small cameras.  The first we considered was a Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II.  Amazon has it for $429.  That's going to make buying five of them difficult.  I do like the sensor size, I don't like the pop up flash.  My finger goes there, and it's only a matter of time before it tries to go up under my finger.  Also, it's heavy.

This is the follow on to my current camera.  Thirteen percent of reviewers don't like it.  Apparently it's difficult to get the wifi to talk to the phone (not a problem for me), and the iris frequently breaks.  It's a plastic body, which I don't know if that's bad or not. 

The worst part of all this is: point and shoot cameras are on their way out.  It used to be that every year there were scores of new models.  Not only is that not happening, no one is writing reviews of point and shoots anymore.  I don't like taking pictures with a phone.  For one thing, I have to put my reading glasses on to see anything.  With a camera, all I have to do is point in the general direction of the interesting thing and push the button.  The whole process can be done without actually seeing through the camera. So, I guess whatever I get, I better get five of them, with extra batteries.

Seattle continues its current trajectory of paving everything there is.  This is the new tunnel that's replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct.  Note the lack of a full sized break down lane.

One of the many new apartment complexes in South Lake Union.  It's hard to see, but notice the windows are open.  These are not air conditioned.

Hydrangeas in court yards.

More hives.

As we walked on, we saw this RV parked on the street.  Some poor man was attempting to put large heavy boxes into the storage bays underneath the extended slide.  If it were me (and my back) I would have retracted the slide to improve my working conditions.

This is the door to the makeup room.  It's about four feet off the ground.  Stepping out of that could be painful.  Anyway, being the gawker that I am, I asked them who they were driving.  I thought it would be a band of some sort.  Actually, they were doing a photo shoot for plus size womens' clothing.  So there you go.

The woman in the white sweater was a study in bad manners.  First she jumped the queue for the hot dog stand.  She just walked up to the counter, in front the the six people who were waiting, and ordered two hot dogs.  THEN she tried to pay with Canadian dollars, but with no exchange rate.  The kid working the grill told her they couldn't take the money.  She got hostile.  Then an African-American man told her nicely that they could not exchange her currency.  She looked at him and said that since he was obviously unemployed, what would he know about anything?  The guy is a port worker, strong union, good wages.  He started laughing at her.  Eventually she paid using US$.

This is one of the guys that runs Dog in the Park.  If you're ever in Seattle, go there.  They also have vegan dogs.

Speaking of vegans, these are vegan activists protesting in Westlake Park.  One of them was debating a guy who was trying to mansplain her that humans MUST eat meat.  She was having none of that.

It was a good day.  Nice weather, a good walk and a hotdog with grilled cabbage and onions.  What could be better?