A May Thursday

Getting ready for my Europe trip is starting to take over my life a little bit, but I am glad I took some time for a photo walk around Wallingford.

Light speckles and bricks and bars

I didn't take a single photo on Monday and it felt so wrong.

But I made up for this wrongness by taking tons of photos on a walk with a friend. She was borrowing a DSLR so we were snapping photos all along the way to and from Thai food on The Ave. It was so much fun! Now I just need to convince her to blog with me...

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P.S. I booked my flight today and will be spending the end of May in London and Paris! I have never been abroad so if you have any suggestions for me or recommendations of things to do or places to go I would love your advice.

Tree decorations

I noticed this tree on one of my photo walks around my neighborhood. It is filled with metal music notes, letters, combs, and other fun things that look like they belong in the tree and you don't notice until you get up close. This is one of the things I love most about Seattle: the fun, quirky ways people decorate their environment. I feel like I can take my camera almost anywhere in this city and find a little surprise like this tree. I want to have more art in my life. It's one of the reasons I started this blog. So, people of Seattle, thank you for being so awesome and putting your art out for me to enjoy!

Essential Baking Company

The other day Justin and I were craving a pastry and we stumbled upon:

I was really excited to find this place, since I read about it on Anna's blog last month. She made it sound so warm and inviting, and Essential is definitely that. I loved the exposed brick walls and the space was very open and full of beautiful afternoon light. Justin and I shared some kind of pear pastry that was surprisingly cold but very delicious and our coffee was excellent. I will be back there for more baked goodness very soon, I'm sure.