common views

Steamy restaurant kitchens.

Sidewalk restaurants.  Sidewalk kitchens.

Roasted sweet potatoes.  The best way to warm up cold hands.  

The roasting barrel, perched on a three wheeled trike, parked in the shadow of multi-million dollar commercial development.

How's that for a view?  We live three or four blocks on the other side the overpass. This is our 'neighborhood'.  Today we ate lunch in the basement cafeteria of the big mall on the left. (those are office building high rises towering above the mall.)

This gorgeous building is not quite open ... notice the construction wall.  It's right by the girls' school and we think it's such a great blend of western and eastern architecture styles.  Still haven't been able to figure out what the building is for.

and blue skies!  this winter has had particularly bad pollution days, too many hours of too many days where we hover in the 'very unhealthy' and 'hazardous' range.  but the day of this picture (Sunday) was just beautiful!

Walking home.  This green area is set back from the sidewalks and stretches almost all the way to our apartment.

And another walk, on a different day.  Matt dropping Isaac off at school.

These are common views, things I see often, but sometimes don't think to photograph!