Finishing a Hundred-Plus at Pike Place Market

3/6/25 Fishmongers at Pike Place Fish Co.

LINK light rail southbound

On Day 4 of One Week 100 People, Roy, Mary Jean and I met at Pike Place Market to hammer out a few more. All of us were close to hitting a hundred, so the pressure was off, and it was pure fun.

After warming up on my light rail ride into town (at left), I got rolling at Pike Place Fish Company (top of post), famous for throwing salmon to each other to entertain tourists. At 10 a.m., the Market was still relatively empty enough that I actually had an unobstructed view of the fishmongers for a few minutes.

For the rest of my hundred, I strategically stood near the intersection of First and Pike, which has an all-way walk signal. That means pedestrians have to wait a bit longer than usual to cross, giving me a little more time. The most fun, though, was the guy making balloon animals (99), who eventually fashioned himself eye-catching headgear (103).

Roy shared his halo-halo with us!

I sketched 103 – 107 (I just realized I counted 103 twice) over lunch at Ludi’s Restaurant (below), which has a menu focused on authentic Filipino dishes. On Roy’s recommendation, I got a traditional silog with (nontraditional) veggie lumpia, all of which was delicious. The highlight of the meal, though, was the bright purple, ube-flavored halo-halo that Roy shared with us for dessert! It’s an amazing concoction of shave ice, sweet beans, coconut milk and some kind of unfamiliar fruit, all topped with ube ice cream, three cherries and a plastic flamingo. What a mess we made on the table sharing it!

Lunch at Ludi's Restaurant. All three of our round-robin concertina books are close enough to being filled that we decided to call the project finished. It's so much fun to go back through it and see the sketches MJ and Roy made. I cherish my book!

LINK light rail northbound

On the light rail ride home, I managed two more. The last one on the train, 109 (at right), may be my favorite of the whole week (despite being caught sketching her).

Since I knew Day 5 would be very busy, I didn’t expect to get any people sketched. You probably know, though, that I can be an over-achiever, so with one day left to the challenge, I couldn’t let it go. I snagged a few more at the Safeway pharmacy and Aegis (below). My final total: 113 (or maybe 114, since I can’t seem to count and draw at the same time).

3/7/25 Sketchwaiting at the Safeway pharmacy
and a couple of folks at Aegis

Caregiver at Aegis