WEST SEATTLE SATURDAY: 21 notes!

(Friday sunset, photographed at Cove Park by Tom Trulin)

Welcome to the weekend! From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar and inbox:

MAUI BENEFITS: We’ve updated our list of businesses either fundraising or collecting items for Maui fire survivors; see it here. If you have someplace local to add, please email us – westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!

YARD/GARAGE SALES: A few for today are listed in the WSB Community Forums.

GLASS FLOAT HUNT CONTINUES: Update from organizers:

49 have been found, and we’ve hidden 50 more! Cheers to the second week of the float hunt!

The territory remains the same: Alki to Roxbury, the Sound to the Duwamish.

No locations will be repeated from the 1st week.

They’re indoors and outdoors. If they’re outside, they’re on public property.

(Backstory here.)

TLC FOR SHORELINE STREET END: 9 am-noon, volunteer work party at Shoreline Street End #7, just south of Constellation Park. Info’s in the preview we published earlier this week.

FREE OPERA IN THE PARK: The youth-geared “Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World” has an encore performance during a 10 am-noon event at Highland Park (1100 SW Cloverdale).

SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE GARDEN CENTER: 10 am-2 pm, the South Seattle College (WSB sponsor) Garden Center will be open, with a sizable selection of student-grown plants. (6000 16th SW, north end of campus)

SOUTH DELRIDGE FARMERS’ MARKET: The farmers’ market on the grounds of Hope Academy (9421 18th SW) is happening every week, 10 am-2 pm Saturday, prioritizing vendors of color and presented by African Community Housing & Development.

TLC FOR WEBSTER POND: 10 am-1 pm, volunteers needed:

Meet at the green space across the street from Delridge Home Depot [map]. Seattle Tree Stewards and Dirt Corps are hosting volunteer opportunities at Webster Pond! We’ll be focusing on invasive-plant removal and trash clean-up, and all are welcome to join in beautifying this wonderful greenspace in the heart of Delridge! No tools or experience needed! Volunteers should bring sun protection, water, and comfortable clothing. Register to join us!

FREE WRITING GROUP: 10:30 am in West Seattle, registration required – see full details in our calendar listing.

FAMILY READING TIME: Every Saturday at 11 am at Paper Boat Booksellers (6040 California SW).

SPRAYPARK OPEN: Highland Park Spraypark is open daily, 11 am-8 pm. (1100 SW Cloverdale)

CHERRY CONSIGNMENT CELEBRATES 14 YEARS: All weekend, Cherry Consignment on the north edge of The Junction is celebrating 14 years in business – 14 percent off, special treats, and an art pop-up today (12-2 pm) – the shop is open noon-5. (4142 California SW)

COLMAN POOL OPEN: The public is welcome at the city-run outdoor pool on the shore at Lincoln Park (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW), open noon-7 pm (session schedule here).

2 WADING POOLS OPEN: Lincoln Park (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW), 12-7 pm, in the upper park near the north play area; Hiawatha (2700 California SW), 12-5:30 pm, in the park, northeast of the community center.

VIETNAMESE CULTURAL CENTER: The center is open to visitors noon-3 pm, as explained here. (2234 SW Orchard)

LOG HOUSE MUSEUM: See what’s new at the home of West Seattle’s history – visit the Log House Museum (61st/Stevens) 12-4 pm.

VISCON CELLARS: 1-6 pm, visit the tasting room at Viscon Cellars (WSB sponsor) – offering wine by the glass or bottle. Learn about Viscon wines here! (5910 California SW)

NORTHWEST WINE ACADEMY: 1-6 pm, with student-produced wines available. North end of South Seattle College (WSB sponsor) campus. (6000 16th SW)

SALSA & BACHATA ON ALKI: Dance the night away at Statue of Liberty Plaza (61st/Alki), 4:30 pm-9:30 pm. Wristbands sold on site.

LIVE AT EASY STREET RECORDS: 7 pm, free live, all-ages in-store show by The Zack Static Sect, celebrating their record release. (4559 California SW)

LIVE AT C & P COFFEE: 7 pm-9 pm, Guitar Gil performs at C & P Coffee (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor). No cover, all ages.

Planning a show, sale, event, meeting, seminar, reading, field trip, fundraiser, class, game, or ? Get it on our calendar! Please email info to westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!

15 Replies to "WEST SEATTLE SATURDAY: 21 notes!"

  • Glass hunter August 12, 2023 (7:10 am)

    Is there a list of all the places the glass art was hidden so we know where not to look this week? I saw a partial list earlier in the week. Thanks! 

  • Pete August 12, 2023 (8:00 am)

    I found a lovely glass orb! I won’t say where, as I don’t want to ruin any fun, but it was a little more hidden than I thought it would be and just above the tide line :) Future primitive is great btw!

  • Scooterista August 12, 2023 (9:33 am)

    Any way to get a list of the 49 places the floats were already found?

  • WSB August 12, 2023 (10:13 am)

    From The Junction’s Instagram page, sites where floats already were found:

    Found floats:
    Admiral Pub
    Alki Kayak Tours
    Beveridge Place Pub
    By & By Skateshop
    C&P Coffee
    Capers
    Classics by Kenzie
    Cupcake Royale
    Dream Dinners
    Dumplings of Fury
    Easy Street
    Emerald Water Anglers
    Falafel Salam
    Flower Lab
    Hoste
    Hotwire
    Jet City Labs
    Lake Washington Physical Therapy
    Lars Gesing Fine Art
    Launchpad Coworking
    Log House / Historical Society
    Lumina Vascular
    Meeples Games
    Next-to-Nature
    Pine Lake Cellars
    Princess and the Bear
    Seattle E-Bikes
    Southpaw Barbershop
    Starbucks (corner of Alaska & California)
    The Alley
    The Bridge
    The Grove
    Three 9 Lounge
    Tom’s Automotive
    WEND Jewelry
    West Seattle Wonder Dogs
    Westside Dermatology
    Outside of Marination
    Me-Kwa-Mooks
    Around the corner from the Nursery
    Whale Tail
    Jack Block
    Belvedere Park
    Schmitz Park
    Lowman Beach Park
    Dakota Place Park
    Totem Pole Park
    Madison Middle School
    Outside of Hope Lutheran

  • Metroid August 12, 2023 (10:58 am)

    Is there a Metroid shower tonight?I heard it will be spectacular 

  • TMS Tech August 12, 2023 (12:53 pm)

    Probably a silly question, but by chance does anyone know what gives with the multiple noisy passes by big multiple-propeller-driven plane(s) today? Seems too far apart to be another airshow, but it’s hard to imagine why there would be a lot of such traffic going out across (or coming in from) the Pacific. (^_^)˚

    • Hannah August 12, 2023 (2:12 pm)

      I came to the blog to find the answer to this question!

    • Jeff August 12, 2023 (5:52 pm)

      The one I saw a few times was a B-25 Mitchell, and when I looked it up I found a flying heritage type group was operating out of the museum of flight today and I think tomorrow.    Prices were high (though I’m sure it takes that to keep these 80 year old planes flying) but you might even still be able to take a flight on it (or a B-17) tomorrow still.  

      • TMS tech August 13, 2023 (9:30 am)

        Thank you for figuring it out, the one(s) I’ve seen was/were just a B-17 (or more accurately, aircraft that have 4 props and look to be from WW2)..

    • newnative August 12, 2023 (5:53 pm)

      two afternoons in a row we’ve had really low fly-bys in North Admiral. It sounds like 5 O’Clock Charlie. This is an unusual path as they usually fly a block south of us (it’s an east to west path). 

  • WSB August 12, 2023 (4:45 pm)

    Nothing specific in Boeing Field alerts. They’ve had some runway closures but mostly overnight and early morning. Last night we had an eastbound small private plane super-low directly over SW Thistle just 400 feet up but that actually used to happen far more often ….

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