Adventures in Seattle: "The Ave"

Located in the “U-District” surrounding the University of Washington, University Avenue, or simply, “The Ave” is an excellent college town block of shops, ethnic food, and cheap pints. Key highlights include a Thai restaurant approximately every 200 ft (much like the rest of Seattle), eclectic coffee lounges, and a bizarre-looking mix of people. The factors that bore the Grunge movement are evident.

All of these taken with my new Pentax ME Super film SLR camera. The film type varies; they are mostly Kodak Ultra Max 400 and Fujicolor Superia 400. One roll was Kodak Professional Ultra Color.

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A tea parlor on the Ave.

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A rather loud crowd consisting of a rather dirty musician and what appear to be his rather oily groupies. The students refer to the many such people who frequent the Ave as “Ave Rats.”

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Sunset in the U-District.

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A delicious smelling bakery. Good thing they didn’t charge for sniffing.