On the Streets

On the Streets: Capitol Hill

Scott Baerst

Jan 26, 2021 • 2 min read

I don't want to jinx us, but it's been a nice late January in Seattle. The days getting longer is a welcome counter to pandemic gloom.

Capitol Hill's Central Co-op is a gem. I ducked in there tonight to get a few chow hall eats staples. I wasn't really in the mood for cooking, though, so I also got one of their prepared meals - tofu in super spicy sunrice sauce. I had to read it twice. I'm not sure what sunrice is. Rice, tofu, some beans - thumbs up from me. I added some kimchi to it.

Mask life is strange. I keep doing double takes - is that so and so? I won't miss the masks.

Old light in an old building — Still life in an old apartment. I love my apartment, but there are some things I'd change.

A dark Capitol Hill Seattle — I liked how the light was hitting the top floor of the building and the clouds. Took a couple of shots but nothing really worked. I messed around a little with it in Lightroom, but it went from muddy to flat and dull.

Capitol Hill Seattle — Pandemic moods. I'm not artsy or conceptual, but I'm more aware than ever of the things that divide us. Politically, physically. When I walk by Cal Anderson and see people out with their dogs, there's social connection, but it's still distanced.

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