Twenty-four Pictures from 2024 with Captions
By Sam Craven
Bringing back my tradition of a year-in-review photos post. Previous years: 2019, 2020
January 11 - After my trip to Shmoocon was canceled due to the logistics fallout of Alaska yeeting a door off of a plane, I decided to treat myself to a night out in Seattle. It turned out to be a borderline -mageddon snow event.
February 22 - A trip to Seattle Furniture Company yields these delightful PLC longue chairs. My tiny basement apartment now has a dedicated reading nook!
February 25 - Visiting the LeMay Car Museum for their Porsche 75th anniversary exhibition
March 16 - Finally getting my hands on the toy I’ve wanted since I was eleven years old - a 2000 Corvette convertible with under 30,000 miles.
March 19 - A neighbor cat we affectionally refer to as “Stupid Cat” hides under the backyard table.
March 24 - The University of Washington’s iconic cherry blossoms in full bloom.
April 4 - Dallas’ Dealey Plaza, where JFK was assassinated, seen from the Sixth Floor Museum in the former Texas School Book Depository.
April 8 - Totality of the solar eclipse, seen from downtown Ennis, Texas.
April 19 - Andrea’s real estate agent sprints out of frame after a second showing of what would shortly become her new house.
May 11 - A bartender at Ummo offers me a pour of Chartreuse.
June 8 - Andrea proposed drinking the champagne her agent had gifted her upon closing. I went to Fisherman’s Terminal for some oysters to accompany.
June 15 - Joe, JoAnn, and I atop Mount Timpanogos at Sundance, Utah.
July 4 - On a beautifully clear day, I took my first trip to check out the most iconic view in Seattle.
July 13 - Carly Rae Jepsen joins Jack Antonoff during Bleachers’ set at Day in Day Out at Seattle Center.
July 19 - Chappel Roan performs for a capacity crowd at Capitol Hill Block Party.
August 30 - Will, Liz, Asher, Penny, and I at Shoreline South station during the openinging festivities of the Lynnwood Link extension.
September 5 - Kitchen tour at Ever. More pictures from this meal in my Blue Team Con photodump [HERE].
September 6 - A bunch of hoodlums exit Three Dots and a Dash.
September 20 - Matt and I atop Rattlesnake Ridge.
September 21 - Matt and I at my first Big Ten game - Northwestern at Washington. UW won 24-5.
October 16 - A Japanese Maple lets us know that fall is very much in swing.
October 23 - My first time at Chicago’s famous The Weiner’s Circle.
November 14 - The Seattle skyline seen from Gasworks Park. More pictures from this urban hike [HERE].
December 12 - Carl returns to the table to find a dazzling array of the finest shellfish the Pacific Northwest has to offer.