Fireworks!

Bellevue's fireworks display, which is in/above/next to the park near our home, was excellent. Well-attended, but Bellevue is small enough that we were able to arrive less than ten minutes before the fireworks started and find a good place to stand. We were next to the narrow canal in the park, and when the fireworks were uncomfortably bright, I looked at their reflections in the water.

There were some nice spiral effects, and pretty fountains, along with the multicolored bursts. I didn't like the loud noises, but I don't think I'd have liked them much better from this apartment, which is only a little further away (but looks away from the park).

(There were private fireworks noises starting well before the large display, and there are more now. But I'm used to sleeping with the window closed, just for general street noise.)