Time to stop the teeth-gnashing at City Hall. SLUT is here to stay. Without an ounce of forethought, Seattle has stumbled onto one of the hallmarks of a proper big city: a memorable mass-transit name...
From top: The view east across Lake Washington from Seattle at Interstate 90 (right), with Bellevue in the distance (upper left); Foster Island in the Arboretum; and the view looking up Sammamish...
From top: The lovely path north of Seward Park in Seattle, right along Lake Washington; the Boeing plant in Renton, seen from across the lake; new construction sweeps away old industrial artifacts on...
From top: The author sets out in Kirkland; in solitude, looking out at Lake Washington from a bench in Wetherill Nature Preserve; and the view at Enatai Beach Park.