Whenever I travel outside the Northwest and people hear that I'm from the Seattle area, the next words out of their mouth are invariably...."how do you stand all that rain"?

I've learned over the years that I'm not going to convince them but I always love the opportunity to share "the other side" of the Puget Sound region. Those of us who love it here, know that a weekend like this makes up for a few weeks of gray and spitting rain....and then some! This is a completely un-retouched (other than resizing) photo of the 56 floor Two Union Square building taken on Saturday afternoon. 

photos of King County Washington Contrary to what many outside the area may think, sunshine like this isn't all that uncommon....well, maybe when the sun is accompanied by 60 degree temps.....on February 19.

Gorgeous!