day : 24/08/2007 7 results

Extra week for extra Water Taxi run

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From KC Councilmember Dow C: Even though the Freeway Fright ’07 work wraps up tomorrow am, the added 6:10 am weekday Water Taxi run (shown above on its first day, 8/13) will continue all through next week (last one will be Friday 8/31).

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Mystery plane

August 24, 2007 5:25 pm

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| Seen around town

We noticed it while out walking in our Upper Fauntleroy hood a little while ago, and some readers wrote us that they saw it too: this mysterious white plane doing low circles over WS. We tried calling the FAA to find out what they knew; their 866-TELL-FAA hotline was amazingly unhelpful, and when we finally found a local number, they were closed, with a recording “leave a message.” Here’s hoping it’s nothing to worry about. We would speculate the dark object hanging off the side might be a camera, though we thought more aerial photography is done with helicopters than planes. Any enlightenment welcome. 9:45 PM SEMI-UPDATE: We think we at least know whose plane it was; an e-mail tip says a call to 911 yielded a mention that a State Patrol plane was in the area — this article about those planes mentions the camera mounted in a “black bubble” on the side.

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Who rode what, when, during FF ’07

August 24, 2007 4:18 pm

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| Freeway Fright '07 | Transportation

Interesting numbers in this wrap-up from Metro.

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Shadowland takes shape

August 24, 2007 2:26 pm

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| West Seattle restaurants | WS beverages

The facade of the former Neilsen Florist shop in The Junction continues to evolve toward the space’s new identity as Shadowland.

Its proprietor tells WSB “things are moving along well” — they’re now drywalling inside, and hoping to open in about a month, though he adds it’s been tough to nail down a date (so many factors outside a would-be entrepreneur’s control, as we have learned while watching other new WS businesses-in-progress).

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Gather ’round Camp Fire

August 24, 2007 12:30 pm

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| Fun stuff to do | West Seattle people

With school starting in less than 2 weeks, the machinery’s starting to rumble for kid activities too. WeÃ‚Â got e-mailÃ‚Â this week from Camp Fire USA, which wants WS families to know it’s starting registration for group programs (and in addition to what’s mentioned in that link, even has a preschooler-level program for kids as young as three; Camp Fire offers “community family clubs” too).Ã‚Â We have a soft spot for Camp Fire; one of us was a Blue Bird way back whenÃ‚Â (and was sad to learn whileÃ‚Â working onÃ‚Â this post that the Blue Bird designation was retired in ’89).

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WS weekend lineup: Cross your fingers for sunshine

August 24, 2007 9:00 am

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| Fun stuff to do | West Seattle festivals | WS & Sports | WS culture/arts | WS Weekend Lineup

Last weekend in August, and we just can’t bear to see any more rain. We’ve got rowing & volleyball at Alki, the Art in Nature Festival, a narrated history walk around eastern WS, and a job fair (today!) … 31 ways to have fun without leaving the peninsula:Read More

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Freeway Fright ’07, we hardly knew ye

August 24, 2007 7:01 am

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| Freeway Fright '07

This is it … the final weekday morning of the I-5 work that once swamped us in speculation that West Seattle would be cut off from the rest of the known world. The state still promises it’ll all be over by this time tomorrow; all we’ll have to show for it is a slightly smoother drive on part of 5, and the knowledge we are flexible enough to try alternative means of commuting when we absolutely have to. Next up: “Early work” to shore up part of The Viaduct, though the state’s latest handout materials (page 5) promise that won’t involve lane closures.