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Rolling On Northgate

Kicks Hobby Japan

Kicks Hobby Japan

I took a ride about today out to Northgate.  Took the #16 from Belltown straight to Northgate & then spent most of the day there.  Caught a movie, ate some grub, and mainly fiddled around the mall.  It’s been a long time since I’ve been out to a mall, probably 3-4 months at least.  Before tearing into the mall though I actually checked out a Japanese Toy Store called Kicks Hobby Japan.  They have awesome Japanese toys with high detail and surreal poses from Mobile Suit Gundam, Ghost in the Shell, and others.  I’ve posted some of the images of the toys they carry below.

The Northgate Mall is a pretty decent place.  A fair selection of chain stores, nothing really local of course.  The bus routes that come into and out of the area is pretty steady.  After a day around the area the return trip included a random trip on the #75 out along Sandy and then a transfer to the #30 bus back into Belltown.  Overall, a good little adventure off into Northgate.

Bikini Girl

Bikini Girl

Bumblebee

Bumblebee

 

Amtrak For The Win!

One of the most successful Amtrak Routes in the country is the Amtrak Cascades with over 600,000 riders per year.  Recently the route got wifi, which means those 600k+ riders can ride the Internetz at the same time they’re riding the rails!  I decided to test out the wifi with some uploads and such, so everything in this blog entry is uploaded and published via the Amtrak Cascades Wifi.

Amtrak Wifi!

Amtrak Wifi!

If you’re interested in the Agile Open Northwest Conference I’ll have some coverage on my Composite Code Blog.

Portland, Oregon TriMet Yellow Line

This is the Yellow Line coming across Burnside.  When this was under construction a lot of people said this would be a place were wrecks occurred on a frequent basis.  So far, that hasn’t happened yet and doesn’t look like it will happen.  It has however traffic calmed the street a large degree making it a much better environment for pedestrians.

This is the same train after I rode it a stop, departing and heading away from Union Station to traverse the Steal Bridge on its north bound journey.