Seen around town 781 results

No kidding

| Environment | Seen around town | Wildlife

Thanks again to eagle-eyed goat-spotters for letting us know Rent-A-Ruminant (read a recent article about them) is in action along Admiral. Here’s the photographic proof:

Share This

Hoofing it

| Environment | Seen around town | WS culture/arts

We won’t be able to check this out in person for a few hours, so we don’t know yet if they’re back in action today, but a couple notes have come in saying The Goats were at work in West Seattle again, this time on hillside brush toward the bridge end of Admiral.

Share This

Even cooler pix

July 11, 2007 12:20 am

| 1 COMMENT

| Seen around town | West Seattle weather

People in WSB-land who haven’t passed out from heat exhaustion yet (78 at midnight! 12 degrees above San Diego!) were nice enough to send photos that might cool you off a degree or two.

First, from Luckie, a “party island” spotted off Alki on pirate day:

Second, from Jerry at JetCityOrange, a decorated tree in the window at Sleep Country in Westwood Village (we’re sorry we didn’t snap the inflatable snowman we saw the other day at Renton Honda, would have been a nice accompaniment):

Send us your pics, thoughts, tips, rumors, whatever, anytime.

Share This

There’s always eBay

July 10, 2007 1:47 pm

| 4 COMMENTS

| Delridge | Seen around town | West Seattle weather | Westwood

If you’re still in the market for a fan or air conditioner you’re not completely out of luck, but you’re running out of choices.

Here’s the mini-AC shelf at the Delridge Home Depot as seen just before noon.

And as of lunchtime this is what the fan aisle at Target looks like.

Share This

Week in review, via reader pix

July 8, 2007 9:39 am

| 3 COMMENTS

| Seen around town

This holiday week has been anything but quiet. Along the way, we received three reader pix we didn’t get a chance to use. Click ahead to see them:Read More

Share This

Never mind the pirates, we saw the potato

July 7, 2007 1:21 pm

| 5 COMMENTS

| Seen around town

Just back from the Seafair Pirates’ Landing @ Alki. More on that later, but first, a truly tasty costumed character seen in the pre-landing crowd:

Share This

This’ll get your goat

June 25, 2007 7:15 pm

| 11 COMMENTS

| Arbor Heights | Seen around town | Wildlife | WS miscellaneous

Creighton, whose blog is on our Other Blogs in WS page, tells us goats are grazing the hill along Marine View Drive, just up from the Endolyne area of Fauntleroy, clearing brush and delighting onlookers; he sent this photo.

Share This

After the storm

June 24, 2007 9:09 pm

| Comments Off on After the storm

| Seen around town | West Seattle weather

Appropriate for this to show up on a day when a whole lot of rainbow-displaying was going on just a few miles away. Thanks to Christy from On Focus Photo for the pic, shot between Seacrest and Salty’s.

Share This

Saturday scenes around WS

June 23, 2007 3:29 pm

| Comments Off on Saturday scenes around WS

| Seen around town

First, the crowd gathered for the Duwamish Tribe Longhouse groundbreaking (the site is across from Herring’s House Park but parking was full there too, so we were reduced to drive-by photography):

Next, people wrapping up at Relay for Life @ West Seattle Stadium just before noon (the end of an intense 18 hours; you can still donate to their fight against cancer here):

Last but not least, the amateur-radio operators of the Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service at South Seattle Community College, starting their 24-hour participation (through 11 am Sunday) in the Amateur Radio Relay League Field Day. They’re utilizing alternative energy, which explains why the tall structure in the photo isn’t an antenna, but rather an Air-X:

Share This

Lights, camera, advertisement

June 23, 2007 10:32 am

| Comments Off on Lights, camera, advertisement

| Seen around town

A big camera/production crew is very busy amid the trees @ Hiawatha this morning (with several large lights like the one in the center of the photo). Tipster says it’s a commercial for Mervyn’s (which would be a bit ironic since their nearest location, at Southcenter, is no more):

Share This

West Gatewood, 2nd evening of summer

June 22, 2007 10:42 pm

| 1 COMMENT

| Gatewood | Seen around town

The sun, trying to outrun the clouds:

Share This

Caffeinated Charger

June 20, 2007 7:11 pm

| 4 COMMENTS

| Seen around town | Triangle | WS beverages

Yeah, we know not everybody loves ’em (comments). But the new SPD cars sure photograph well. Christopher Boffoli caught this one outside Diva:

Share This

Got $32m ‘n’ change?

June 20, 2007 5:31 am

| Comments Off on Got $32m ‘n’ change?

| Delridge | Seen around town

Back on Flag Day, our photo post featuring the megaflag at the SGA building on the north end of Delridge generated a side discussion about the building’s fate. Just looked up its for-sale listing: $32,500,000. (Maybe when Paul runs out of property to buy on the other side of the city? WS needs a streetcar too!)

Share This

3 scenes from a non-sunny Sunday

June 17, 2007 6:19 pm

| 1 COMMENT

| Seen around town | West Seattle beaches | West Seattle businesses

Late-afternoon outdoor wedding just west of the Alki Bathhouse:

Mid-afternoon, still low-enough tide to see this inscription on the water side of the Alki bulkhead/staircases … we know what 1851 refers to; was 1925 when these were put in? (have to go dig out our West Side Story)

Early afternoon, ample free parking behind Junction businesses on the east side of Cali, even as the lots on the west side overflowed (with drivers circling in frustration):

Share This

Reintroduced to the wild (side of WS)

June 14, 2007 5:53 pm

| Comments Off on Reintroduced to the wild (side of WS)

| Seen around town | WS culture/arts

More NTG (or at least, his style) creations sighted on our side of the bay — this time, on the approach to the low bridge. Thanks to sneakyfreak‘s Nick for the pic:

Share This

Lady in wading

June 11, 2007 11:23 pm

| 1 COMMENT

| Environment | Seen around town | West Seattle beaches

Next Monday, if you’re out for a walk on Alki around 9-something am, watch for a woman heading out into the water. No, not a polar-bear swimmer … a County Public Health employee. We’ve seen her the last two Mondays –Ã‚Â today, wading quite some distance from shore –Ã‚Â taking water samples, then returning to her official county government car. Trying to find out where we can see the test results!

Share This

Fine day for a drill

June 10, 2007 3:57 pm

| Comments Off on Fine day for a drill

| Seen around town

Two days after our last sighting of Seattle Fire Department training in WS, we happened onto another round this afternoon — the fireboat Chief Seattle tied up just west of Salty’s, running a hose (and a couple of small support boats) to the shore. We observed for a few minutes, took pix, then came home to find much better photos in our inbox from Christy of On Focus Photo Blog — so we’ll gratefully use hers instead:

—

Share This

Demolition assistance

June 8, 2007 10:33 am

| 3 COMMENTS

| Development | Seen around town

Chainsaw buzz is echoing through the Cali/Charlestown vicinity this morning as the Seattle Fire Dept. carries out a “training exercise” as part of the demolition of the teardowns-to-townhomes at 3906 and 3910 Cali. So far, as our photo shows, they’re tearing up the roofs; will they set the houses on fire later today? We’ll see what we can find out.

Share This

So close and yet so far

June 1, 2007 9:58 pm

| 1 COMMENT

| Seen around town

One of the things we adore about West Seattle is that downtown is so close … yet it can be “out of sight, out of mind” until and unless you choose to stop for a view like this:

Share This

West Gatewood sunset

May 31, 2007 9:39 pm

| 1 COMMENT

| Gatewood | Seen around town

Supposedly next week brings the gray back, so we’re hoarding the beauty shots till then:

Share This

Went to see the sunset and a moonrise broke out

May 30, 2007 9:37 pm

| 5 COMMENTS

| Seen around town

First photo from Alki Beach. Second, about 15 minutes later from just south of Alki Point.

Share This

West Seattle’s other spectacular sunset view

May 29, 2007 9:45 pm

| 6 COMMENTS

| Arbor Heights | Seen around town

Much as we love sun-behind-Olympics sunsets from Alki, Beach Drive, Lincoln Park, etc., we also are fond of the Mount Rainier sunset-time view from Arbor Heights: