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2:56 PM: What’s more summery than a bright floral backdrop? Victoria is modeling the selfie backdrop outside VAIN (WSB sponsor) on the west side of California south of Oregon – which awaits you before West Seattle Summer Fest wraps up at 5 pm. Also in the floral vein, a fleeting sighting:
It was on the corner of California/Alaska by the Fitness Together (WSB sponsor) booth … and then suddenly it was gone. Meantime, Verity Credit Union (WSB sponsor) has had visiting goats since about 1, scheduled to depart shortly:
But some festival features continue until the festival ends at 5 … like mural painting, either in Junction Plaza Park with West Seattle Art Nest or in the game zone north of Oregon with Stacey Sterling:
The finished creations will eventually be on display in The Junction.
3:28 PM: Three stages AND the open space here at Walk All Ways, if you’re looking for festival happenings:
Irish dancing now in Walk All Ways. 2 hours left for West Seattle Summer Fest! pic.twitter.com/ueJLyv8wN7
— West Seattle Blog (@westseattleblog) July 14, 2019
The Community Stage just hosted the kids’ pie-eating contest – here are the contenders beforehand:
Speaking of kids and food – simplifying family mealtime is the mission of Dream Dinners (WSB sponsor):
They’re here at Summer Fest to talk with you – but year-round you’ll find them on the lower east side of Jefferson Square. As we’ve been spotlighting, the Summer Fest shopping scene is a massive mix of year-round businesses with special sales, West Seattle businesses from elsewhere on the peninsula visiting (like Dream Dinners), and visiting vendors like this one:
Up at the California (main) Stage, we dropped in during the Fix performance a bit earlier:
music until 5 at Summer Fest pic.twitter.com/fGGwc4nCMI
— West Seattle Blog (@westseattleblog) July 14, 2019
The Boss Martians at 4 pm wrap up the main-stage schedule. More to come.
4:17 PM: Final hour. So we wandered up to the main stage:
The Boss Martians, last main-stage performance for West Seattle Summer Fest 2019 pic.twitter.com/IcYdhzCcAV
— West Seattle Blog (@westseattleblog) July 14, 2019
Here at California/Alaska, we have a balloon artist on the Easy Street Records corner and buskers playing at two other corners. The QFC booth across from us is selling everything for $2 (except the $1 water). Starting to fold up their orange umbrellas, too.
4:45 PM: That reminded us of Oranj, the company that declares it has the coolest T-shirts – local themes like these:
If you haven’t been there yet, they’re midblock on the east side of California between Alaska and Edmunds. Not far from the Wooden Instrument Stage, where Joe Ross was closing things out for an audience enjoying the shade:
Last performance at the Wooden Instrument Stage pic.twitter.com/9ol7MHNbFb
— West Seattle Blog (@westseattleblog) July 14, 2019
Overall, the weather has been outstanding all weekend – not hot, not cold. A little overcast here and there, but ultimately sunshine all three days. … Though breakdown is starting now, it’ll be hours before the Junction streets are fully cleared, so detours and reroutes (linked above) will continue until then.
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