9 for your West Seattle Sunday

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(Rufous Hummingbird, photographed by Mark Wangerin)

Ready to take on your Sunday? Here are some possibilities, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND VOTING ENDS: Final day to help choose which project(s) get funded – here’s our original story.

SAFE BOATING CLASS: 8:30 am-5 pm safety class presented by the US Coast Guard Auxiliary at West Seattle Veterans’ Center. Details in our calendar listing. Still room. (3618 SW Alaska)

CINCO DE MAYO BRUNCH & BEYOND @ MISSION: 10 am-midnight at Mission Cantina (WSB sponsor) in Admiral:

Bottomless Mimosa Brunch!
Our Almost-Famous Pig Roast!
Special Cinco Menu*
Cocktail Specials!
All Mexican Drafts $4!
* Our normal brunch menu is available until 4 pm, followed by our special Cinco de Mayo menu featuring our delicious puerco asado

(2325 California SW)

WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: 10 am-2 pm in the street in the heart of The Junction. Fresh vegetables, fruits, meat, cheese, beverage, more, as well as flowers, plants, prepared food and snacks. (California SW between SW Oregon and SW Alaska)

CAMP SECOND CHANCE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE: 2 pm at Arrowhead Gardens, the monthly update on, and discussion of, the city-sanctioned encampment. All welcome. (9200 2nd SW)

‘OFFICE HOUR’: 3 pm curtain for first matinee performance of ArtsWest‘s new play. Online ticket sales here. (4711 California SW)

RAMON CABRERA: Live music at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 3-5 pm. No cover. All ages. (5612 California SW)

CINCO DE MAYO KARAOKE FUNDRAISER: 4-9 pm at Yen Wor Village, come sing – or don’t! – to raise money for Bender’s Hope Foundation helping first responders. (2300 California SW)

CINCO DE MAYO AT PARLIAMENT TAVERN: 9 pm, Michael Zabrek’s Proud and Nasty, plus Mexican banda horns. 21+. (4210 SW Admiral Way)

WHAT’S AHEAD? Check our complete calendar for a preview.

Danny McMillin May 5, 2019 (9:55 am)

Sweet Rufus, Mark!

KM May 5, 2019 (2:19 pm)

Any idea about the air traffic noise this afternoon? Definitely doesn’t sound commercial, and out of the ordinary.

WSB May 5, 2019 (3:03 pm)

No advisories, nor anything unusual on flight tracker (though that wouldn’t show military aircraft, for example). What area are you seeing/hearing this in? I’m currently at Arrowhead Gardens post-C2CCAC meeting, hadn’t noticed anything unusual in Upper Fauntleroy before leaving; now I keep thinking I’m hearing rumbling outside but this is much closer to Boeing Field …
- KM May 6, 2019 (9:38 pm)
  
  Forgot to check in on this! We were in Sunrise Heights. Also saw and heard some biplanes, but this was closer to the comment below that mentioned Blue Angel-like. Seemed like military based on sound.

Rick May 6, 2019 (1:41 pm)

Was headed to that area yesterday around noon and saw a couple aircraft travelling in odd directions. Just a bit out of the ordinary. And Mark-as always, killer bird pictures.

miws May 6, 2019 (2:37 pm)

I’m in the 9000 block of 16th SW and noticed some jet aircraft sounds that were reminiscent of the Blue Angels, without such high speed. I was curious. but didn’t bother to go outside and check, as I have a very limited view of the sky. Pretty much just a small “window” straight up, and the only direction I have any decent few in the distance is to the west. Sorry I didn’t notify you, WSB. —Mike

WSB May 6, 2019 (3:03 pm)

Later in the day, a couple old biplanes flew overhead – we’re in the BFI general-aviation path. Nothing on the Museum of Flight calendar, though!

miws May 6, 2019 (3:55 pm)

I’m in the path too and will occasionally hear what sounds like an old biplane. I was out in the alley behind my building a few days ago and heard what sounded like one (a bit of an unfamiliar sound this time of year when they start flying again—I don’t recall noticing them during Winter months). I looked up for a moment, but could not tell for sure if it was a biplane, or single-wing plane of the same era, as it was a bit off in the distance, and I had to watch where I was stepping. —Mike

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