Hangouts

Sociologists say that everybody has three places in their life; the place where they live, the place where they work, and the place where they hang out.  These "third places" are the village square, the general store, the neighborhood bar, the coffee shop or cafe.  They are the places where we meet our friends, talk art or current events, trade gossip, have coffee or hoist a beer, have a sandwich or a dinner.  They are the places where you are only a newcomer once if you smile, find out the server's name, find out what's good and what's going on.

Seattle has a lot of them.  I love them.  Every neighborhood that I frequent has at least one. 

This is an ongoing project with no end in sight.  There are currently about 40 prints in the project.

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