It is a cold winter's night and I can barely take the excitement of knowing that I'm home. My mother turns the car to the left and I can see pike's sign glowing ahead of us, across the street people wait in the cold for their expereince at the world's first starbucks. I watch tourists take pictures together in front of the signs. Next door the french bakery is closing as I see a young man sweeping the floors. I sit patiently in the passengers seat watching the city glow, taking in every memory of it. If I tilt my head over far enough I can see the space needle glowing and remeber all the times of calling it the big green spot as a child. I know that soon we will be there. I remeber all the days spent playing in the field in front of the
KeyArena and the nights of watching the trees glow from the Christmas lights. I remember the times spent playing in the
fountain as any other child is now your best playmate. The rides in the center below the space needle and the pure fear i felt of the drop from the frogger ride. I take in every memory of growing up here, as I then ease into a sort of peace.
For my layout I wanted to keep it simple so that the focus would stay on what I posted. I picked an image of the Pike’s Place Market sign as I always loved being there and watching the men throw fish as they sang. I chose the title “The Emerald City” as it is a well-known nickname for Seattle, so I thought it would be fitting. As for my first post, I picked this image as it incorporates my favorite piece of art with my favorite city and as it was an image that I owned. I decided to tell the events of driving down the streets of Seattle and what you’d see if you were in certain parts. I then tied in the area underneath the Space Needle which is also where the KeyArena is located and all the different things that are in that area, as it has always been an area that I loved. I wanted to keep my story open for the most part here because that way I can take it in any direction after learning about the next blog assignment. For now it is a girl driving through her hometown and remembering all the times she had growing up in Seattle. Where her mother is taking her though, only time will tell.
ReplyDeleteI think this blog is very well done. The most important part of this whole process is the writing. This is written strongly using vivid language that makes it very easy to create pictures in the readers mind of what is happening. The story was simple and to the point and can be taken anywhere after the first blog. I find this interesting and smart, it leaves the author lots of room to think freely and come up with original ideas. I like the way the author made the setting easily identifiable with allusions to real landmarks. The writing was done well. The rest of the blog is also interesting. The font and the title seem very inviting and they mesh well together. The Gold accent line at the top is a nice inviting touch. There are enough design elements to tell that the author has carefully thought about her choices and decided to keep the layout simple yet inviting and it makes it very easy to focus on the writing which in the end is the most important part of this whole blog. Lastly the picture that the author used was very cool. It was a modern take on a classic painting that shows Seattle's uniqueness and creativity. Very well done.
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