At a COVID-19 testing site in Renton, driver after driver learns how to properly swab
On the day Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario checked out a COVID-19 testing site in Renton, the lines are a little shorter than they were in...
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Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario
Gabriel Campanario illustrates life in the Puget Sound region.
There’s more to the emptiness at this airport-shuttle lot than the absence of passengers’ cars | Seattle Sketcher
The general manager of ShuttlePark2 near Sea-Tac Airport recounts the struggles the business has faced since the pandemic: Fewer travelers means fewer cars in his...
For the owner of Deez Dogz, it’s all about connection (and cream cheese) | Seattle Sketcher
Betty Aklilu sets up her hot-dog cart, Deez Dogz, every Tuesday through Saturday, with an occasional surprise day thrown in. It's all about connection —...
Expedia creates its own coastal destination with a park along Elliott Bay Trail | Seattle Sketcher
While it's not a "beach" in the dip-your-toes-in-the-water sense, The Beach at Expedia Group replaces a dangerous turn along the Elliott Bay Trail, and offers...
The owner of The Lion Heart bookstore serves as an uplifting narrator | Seattle Sketcher
Even amid a pandemic and a downturn in business, David Ghoddousi, owner of The Lion Heart bookstore at Pike Place Market, has an uplifting greeting...
A lopsided boat in Ballard is left high and dry — and moored in mystery | Seattle Sketcher
Tilted on its side, roadside, at a Ballard intersection, the trawler Al Hana Leviathan II raises all sorts of questions — but, so far, not...
The aging Salmon Bay Bridge stands as a tribute to endurance — and, now, as a path to the future | Seattle Sketcher
Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario contemplates the Salmon Bay Bridge and what it stands for: a graceful throwback to the times of slow travel, and, especially...
Grounded Boeing 737 MAX planes await clearance for takeoff — but they’re not at the airport | Seattle Sketcher
These brightly colored jets aren't waiting at the airport for overseas adventures; instead, they are grounded Boeing 737 MAX planes, parked idly on the former...
Passersby pay their respects as the beloved Pink Elephant packs its trunk | Seattle Sketcher
As Gabriel Campanario sketches the iconic Pink Elephant before its demolition, passersby pause to say goodbye to the neon landmark designed in 1956 by "queen...
Between global voyages, this oceanographic research ship docks at Portage Bay 
Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario not only catches a rare glimpse of the oceanographic research ship the R/V Thomas G. Thompson; he also gets to meet...