In Cabo San Lucas, the beach between Playa del Solmar and Land's End has a few rocky parts, and is a joy to scramble around. I was disa...

I'll be flying this weekend, but fortunately not on this airframe. It's Boeing 747-121 serial number 001 , rusting away in a parkin...

Yesterday's post reminded me that I haven't yet shown a Top Pot coffee. Let me correct that! It may surprise that my typical reaso...

I caught this security guard scooting down W Galer St last weekend. It must take fierce concentration to pilot a machine with such tiny whe...

The A option for what to do with the Montlake Interchange through SR520's replacement has just been chosen . The proposed twinning of ...

The Queen Anne neighborhood is quite hilly, like much of Seattle. The city constructed numerous stairways to allow pedestrian routes acros...

It's a little late for Halloween, but I can't resist showing one of this year's Jack-o'-Lanterns . A key design feature is ...

Building 33 at Microsoft in Redmond houses a segment of the Berlin Wall . It was donated to Bill Gates by Daimler-Benz AG in 1996, and is ...

This afternoon as the rain cleared up, we went for a walk in Southlands, a neighborhood on the north shore of the Fraser River, facing the V...

Here is a different perspective on Harbor Island , not long after takeoff from SeaTac aboard N598UA , a United 757-200. Both levels of the ...

The botanic gardens in central Madrid ( Real Jardín Botánico ) have an excellent collection of edible plants, bonsai, and landscaping plants...

Upon moving into a huge, vacant lab, I was instructed to "build a fort". Instead, I scavenged for hardware, and assembled this ni...

Fort Casey on Whidbey Island is a boy's (and my) dream. It's a maze of pre-WWI bunkers, magazines, and emplacements for disappeari...

Ciutadella is a well-kept town in Menorca, Spain. The heat of the day was still present during our September visit, so we kept a slow pace...

The street cafe scene in Madrid is excellent, especially in decent weather. Drinks, tapas, and chat flow out into the street around numerou...