Sunday night notes

-Just back from our first official drive in search of WS’s best Christmas lights. Will post our findings sometime tomorrow. To generalize wildly — so far, the north side of WS appears to have many more lavish displays than the south side.

-Sorry if this is old news to Morgan Junctionites; just noticed the big CLOSED FOR REMODELING, REOPENING FALL 2007 signs in the windows of Washington Federal Savings at Cali & Fauntleroy. Somehow you gotta wonder, will they really reopen as a bank? That corner is so incredibly prime … you’d think those “mixed-use” developers would be clamoring for it.

-Earlier this fall, when we posted a few times about best-selling author Terry Brooks (who lives in WS at least part of the time), someone wrote to say that other best-selling authors live in WS, including a couple, Skye Moody & G.M. Ford. If that’s so, apparently they won’t be here much longer, according to her MySpace page, which mentions they’re moving to the Oregon Coast next month.

2 Replies to "Sunday night notes"

  • eli flynn December 12, 2006 (2:11 pm)

    Also in West Seattle is New York Times best-selling author Susan Andersen, not far from Terry Brooks!

  • dunsany December 12, 2006 (4:44 pm)

    Let’s not forget Richard Hugo. He doesn’t live in WS anymore (cuz he’s dead) but he’s one of this citiest best and most beloved poets and teachers. http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5082

    This says he lived in White Center, but I believe he was actually over the border near Pigeon Point. I know he attended West Seattle High.

    His most famous book, is the “The Real West Marginal Way”. How about that for a WS book?+
    http://www2.wwnorton.com/catalog/backlist/030860.htm

    He’s so beloved, there’s an entire local non-profit organization dedicated to promoting his ideals (teaching writing to all).
    http://www.hugohouse.org/

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