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The Diller Hotel, located in the heart of downtown Seattle at the corner of 1st and University, opened to the public in 1890, but struggled financially until 1897 when gold was discovered in Alaska.

Thanks in large part to the Diller’s proximity to the waterfront, the four story working man’s hotel became a second home for Klondike pioneers, prospectors and miners seeking their fortune.

In 1916, four years before the entire country followed suit, Washington adopted a prohibition policy that banned the sale of alcohol statewide. Speakeasies popped up all over town, including at the Diller, where the ground floor Chinese laundry was merely a front for bottles of contraband hooch.
The Diller Room occupies the former lobby of the long-gone hotel, where vestiges of its colorful past remain intact. With exposed brick walls, vintage stained glass windows, and a handcrafted wooden bar, the Diller evokes a feeling of history, yet never gets caught up in manufactured nost...

I consider myself to be somewhat of a generalist as a photographer. In fact, Walkabout, probably best describes my style as I wonder around the Pacific Northwest looking for ordinary but interesting everyday objects, scenes, and places of interest. I am currently located in the beautiful community of Poulsbo, located on the Kitsap Peninsula of Washington State. The area is bordered by the Olympic Peninsula and Mountains on one side and the Puget Sound and Seattle on the other side. This location provides an abundance of photographic opportunity. As a result, this, along with Eastern Washington, where I grew up, is where most of my Walkabout photography time is spent. The two quotes below summarize my feelings about photography: ...