my apartment on Harvard Avenue.

Watching the wind and rain whip the trees during a rain storm.

I love to watch the storm-thrashed trees from my warm, dry office on the 4th floor.

The smell of evergreen trees during a light rain shower

I love that there are enough mature urban evergreen trees in Seattle that I can enjoy this smell amongst the less desirable smells of the city.

Visiting a bar or restaurant for the first time.

when the lobby of my apartment building smells like shelves of old books at the library

walking across grates in the sidewalk downtown.

The type of grates that cover a large deep space with a far-away floor or one I can't see at all from the street.

Gevalia Kaffe

...Columbia Ground Coffee

Beers from Fremont Oktoberfest

...Tangerine Wheat Ale from Left Coast Brewery, Sam Adams Oktoberfest & two other beers I enjoyed too much to remember their names.

Morning sunshine reflecting off of glass office towers downtown