Seattle Photographs, Part the Third: Et Cetera.

[rebeccmeister]

This is the kind of litter one would only find in Seattle. It's an espresso knockbox. I was so impressed that I had to take a picture of it.


I really wish the AZ Dept. of Transportation had someone with a similar sense of humor. Seattleites are, in general, much more conscientious about driving carefully than drivers I have encountered elsewhere. Arizona could use a LOT of these signs, considering that traffic here travels at much faster speeds, which are more likely to result in fatalities for people who aren't protected by 2 tons of steel.


I have been trying to learn how to glare for a long time. sytharin is an expert at the glare. See the previous post for the merest hint of the power of her glare. Alas, I do not think I'm capable of anything similar. The closest I can get is the Librarian-style Look Over the Rims of my Glasses. This photograph is courtesy of my brother, who always takes about 40 million pictures whenever I accidentally hand him my camera. He also took the one that's my userpic. Brothers. Such fun.

Comments

[boolean263.livejournal.com]

I dunno. That may not qualify as a glare, but I think it has good impact as a scornful scowl. (:

There was an ad campaign here a few years ago just like that road sign. It was in bus shelters and stuff though, it wasn't on actual road signs. That rocks.

What exactly is an espresso knockbox?

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I really liked the road signs. They were new as of the last time I went home.

An espresso knockbox is designed for knocking coffee grounds out of the portafilter, that thing with a handle that's filled with coffee to brew espresso. The metal bar in the center is a nice place to bang the top edge of the portafilter so the grounds come out looking like a little coffee puck (if the coffee has been properly tamped).