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| Pike Place Market (Seattle)
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| Pike Place
Public Market.
| One arcade within the market, and lots of colorful vegetables.
| Fruit.
I bought a few lychee from this stand.
| "Dried fruit logs." Scary.
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| So many different kinds and colors of orzo!
| More pastas.
| Almost unnaturally vibrant flowers.
| Fish.
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| Cheese.
| Beecher's, the shop
selling the cheese in the previous photograph, makes their cheese
on-site. The machines that make the cheese are all along the wall in
this picture. At right are hanging bags of dairy. Also, if you view the
full-sized version of the picture, near the top you'll see many signs
describing the steps in making cheese.
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One bakery sold regular beignets and Tuscan beignets. I'd never heard
of the latter previously. If I recall correctly, I think they looked
like massive semi-squashed donuts.
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A stand sold funky t-shirts "nothing else to wear", "it's all good", and
"smile: it confuses people".
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| Di Yin in front of Saigon Restaurant, where we bought part of our lunch.
| A tofu and mushroom banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich), made good due to its
warm, soft tofu.
| Jack's Fish
Spot, where we bought another part of our lunch: oysters.
| Le Panier, a "Very
French Bakery," sold many breads and pastries, including the two
pictured here that we had as part of lunch. At left is a champignons
(filled with mushrooms in a cream sauce); at right is a dauphinois
(filled with potatoes, bacon, and cheese). My champignons was buttery,
light, delicate, and fairly flaky. The dauphinois smelled
(unsurprisingly) of bacon.
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| Le Panier's menu of feuilletes (savory pastry tarts).
| A beautifully sculpted meringue at Le Panier.
| Piroshky
Piroshky sells many varieties of piroshky (baked European breads
filled with stuff), including dessert piroshky. If you view the
full-sized image, you can read the signs labeling items.
| A woman making piroshky.
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We had a very good, light, and slightly sweet, cabbage and onion
piroshky. I forgot to photograph it.
| A potato, onion, and cheese piroshky. The bread was very soft!
| The view of Puget Sound from Pike Place Market.
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| On the way from Pike Place to our car, we spotted this rooftop garden.
| A close-up of the garden.
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| Lake Padden Park (Washington)
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| This part of Washington is covered with forests.
| A view across Lake Padden.
| A panorama of Lake Padden.
There are some wildflowers in the foreground at left.
| A panoramic movie of Lake Padden, taken from a different place.
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| Yours truly, lounging.
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| Border Crossing
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| Taken while waiting in the line to go through customs into Canada. The
lawn before the booth is precisely manicured.
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