Wherever I travel, I'm attracted to signs and interesting graphics. Here are some that caught my eye in Seattle recently:
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The above was on a lamppost. Below, an acid-yellow/green escalator and sign in the city's arrestingly beautiful public library:
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Okay, this isn't specific to Seattle, but I think the Brooks Brothers symbol of the Golden Fleece is one of the prettiest corporate logos I've ever seen:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-FLCim0V_A7iLi-fc5XBYDZO8nx24I7y8e1XDs7R6lu0-QbflP8d4TCKG4GTWEtesqwLhLVHRdSevfdpjkj4V6wQn1zxTImkzjNIvxzUAdaHpFH7549TXDQFGl2jozOUx__fY6IaQtIa/s400/Seattle+Oct+2009+167.jpg)
And here's the sign above the original Starbucks coffee shop at Pike Place Market. I like the old-fashioned look of the original mermaid, below,
but I think
she's prettier now. The words "tea" and "spices" didn't survive her plastic surgery, either:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00US64O5U-w32Cwzw95f1cwB_UGkWQ9XIBHqAKHeppSu40R770iDKwdYpAN_yWromcbAOfyhTMwdiCCQF6TyQiV93EYRTZE7CDTxtTf6nQxwejerGZwCQi8iRdxJ4O9IY-VNDwzKbwlql/s400/Seattle+Oct+2009+136.jpg)
Don't know why the Doyle Building sign warranted a little bird nestled on it, but isn't he/she sweet?:
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Yup, we're under a bridge. And yup, the street we're standing on has a
big ol' troll lurking under the bridge. So, the sign is 100% accurate:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yaDaXFIUuKuL0o73q13zM72iF6XEreij4Jep1zMeoQ9KpIdBJYxzzmej-5fR4hNgBPwdRl8zn33I0acdvi639n_TrJnME4YpSQKYqSH4lLckRQypfWyad3zymrDUVdV2TmVgavAoBE9C/s400/Seattle+Oct+2009+087.jpg)
I thought the sign below might be for a local beer, but when I came back home I saw this around Los Angeles, too. And in taking this photo I dopily stood where the "Express Lanes" sign partially obliterated the fin on the beer bottle. Still, it's a cute billboard:
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This sign below makes me soooo happy! More on why, tomorrow:
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So long 'til then!
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