Well-connected councilmember

May 22, 2007 5:25 pm

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| West Seattle online | West Seattle politics

Amusing high-tech tidbit about our County Councilmember Dow CÃ‚Â on Slog.

Next chance to speak out on the “nightlife premises legislation”

May 22, 2007 3:48 pm

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| West Seattle politics | West Seattle restaurants | WS beverages | WS culture/arts

With so many blossoming businesses in West Seattle — West 5, Skylark, etc. — concerned about the so-called “nightlife premises legislation” that’s been making its way through the City Council, we thought you might want to know the next hearing has just been set (June 4).

You love it, you hate it, you can walk on it

May 22, 2007 12:12 pm

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| WS miscellaneous

Time for our annual pitch for Race for the Cure (three weeks from Saturday). You never know, this could be the last year you get to walk on the viaduct. Really is a heck of a view from up there, when you’re on foot and able to enjoy it. P.S. Another cancer-fighting fundraiser happens evenÃ‚Â closer to home, Relay for Life at WS Stadium, June 22-23.

Semi-secret lunch spot

May 22, 2007 7:44 am

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| West Seattle restaurants

If you didn’t already know about this lunch option in The Junction (we didn’t), a reader tip points out that Blue Willow Catering, just west of the former Backstage Thrift, serves lunch 11-2 Tuesdays-Fridays. (We peeked at the menu the other day; the curried sweet-potato bisque sounded especially promising!)

Another pump-project permit

May 22, 2007 2:29 am

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| Fauntleroy | Utilities

Four and a half months after the Alki pump-project permit, comes a key permit just granted for the Barton Street pump project, just north of the ferry dock. Appears that starting later this year, this will tear up the Cove Park vicinity like last spring’s emergency repair work (followed by the post-windstorm repairs). In all, three pump-station projects are in the works for the West Seattle shoreline; various collateral can be found here.

47th/Admiral, revisited

May 22, 2007 12:19 am

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| West Seattle news

Today the P-I takes on the 47th/Admiral safety issues and the record of the driver who hit and killed Tatsuo Nakata, though without any new revelations (the Weekly thoroughly dug into the driver’s background earlier this month).

A really safe place to have been this afternoon

May 21, 2007 6:35 pm

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| Seen around town

Spotted passing Admiral Heights a few hours ago — this sizable contingent of Seattle Police on two-wheeled patrol. (TUESDAY UPDATE: SPD tells us this was an exercise for officers who hope to join the bike patrol – they get put through some tough paces on WS hills among other spots all over the city!)

Brew news

May 21, 2007 3:49 pm

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| WS beverages

The folks at Schooner Exact have just scored their first “full-time tap,” @ West 5.

This is a traffic alert. Really.

May 21, 2007 12:16 pm

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| Seen around town | Wildlife

Twice in the past two days, we’ve had to stop for these feathered pedestrians just east of Seacrest, and they’re hard to see from a distance.

Sign of impending summer

May 21, 2007 10:47 am

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| Seen around town

The Junction‘s hanging flower baskets are going up this morning — after arriving in a big yellow truck that staged just outside Village Woodworks. (Auspiciously, the sun came out shortly after the basket-unloading began.)

Three Four previews of note

May 21, 2007 8:15 am

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| WS miscellaneous

–10 AM TODAY: Ticketmaster sells tix to tomorrow night’s Robin Williams show @ the Showbox, with his proceeds going to the West Seattle Food Bank.

–6 PM TONIGHT: (added 11 am, thanks for the reminder) First meeting of Sustainable West Seattle, 6 pm, High Point Library.

–7 PM TOMORROW: community meeting @ Chief Sealth HS on the general topic of sex offenders in the community. (Here’s the site that shows if any live near you.)

–6 PM WEDNESDAY: Fauntleroy-area residents are invited to the Fauntleroy Community Association’s annual Membership Drive/Food Fest event. Free eats!

The joy of commuting by water

May 21, 2007 7:50 am

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| Elliott Bay Water Taxi | Transportation | West Seattle news

No new info in today’s P-I article on the Water Taxi — the year-round possibility hit the headlines 3 weeks ago — but it’s nice to see it get more time in the spotlight. Gives us an excuse to put up a photo left over from our weekend peek under the Seacrest pier – here’s how steep the walkway from the WT dock gets during a -3′ tide!

Staredown at sea

May 20, 2007 11:02 pm

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| Seen at sea | Transportation

Seen from Don Armeni through the late-afternoon rain: Orient Overseas Container Line’s Shanghai, dock-bound, and NCL’s Norwegian Pearl, Alaska-bound:

Chinchillanapped

May 20, 2007 6:20 pm

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| Crime | Pets

Stolen from Petco in The Junction, according to this.

New WSB feature

May 20, 2007 5:14 pm

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| West Seattle online

We’ve received some requests to add an “e-mail this” type link; after some weekend experimenting, we’ve settled on a feature called “Share This.” You’ll see the link at the bottom of every post. When you click on it, you’ll get a page giving you the opportunity not only to e-mail the post to someone, but also to save/share it via various “social web”/bookmarking sites, including del.icio.us, Digg, and Technorati. Let us know what you think. Thanks!

We think it looks better this way

May 20, 2007 1:26 pm

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| Seen around town | West Seattle housing

Some general exterior and interior sprucing-up is going on at Morgan Junction’s big beige public-housing building, Cal-Mor Circle, and this weekend it looks rather Christo-like:

Malicious road-work mischief

May 20, 2007 9:55 am

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| Crime | Transportation

As the Cali paving work enters a new phase (the blacktop’s all done up to just north of Charlestown; now the focus is on the stretch up to Admiral), we’ve received a reader’s troubling tale of late-night hijinks that could threaten safety. We’re passing along because at the very least, if you live in that area, you can help watch for this; if you drive in that area, be very careful. Full e-mail after the click:Read More

Peer beneath the pier

May 19, 2007 7:41 pm

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| Wildlife | WS miscellaneous

Along the walkway to the Water Taxi dock, at/below the waterline of the pilings beneath the Seacrest Boathouse pier, here’s the kaleidoscope from almost-mega-low-tide time this afternoon (tomorrow will be still good but not as low):

WS Gas Price Watch: No, our eyes weren’t deceiving us

May 19, 2007 2:49 pm

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| Gas prices | Transportation

Yes, price-drop fever seems to be breaking out almost all over. As a comment on last night’s post pointed out, Admiral/Cali Chevron (left) has dropped too (so the highest gas price in WS, Admiral/Cali’s price for premium, is now down to $3.79); and while driving along Delridge, we noticed the Arco near Home Depot has reclaimed the title of lowest posted gas price in WS — now $3.31/regular.

Looks like he’s at it again

May 19, 2007 12:52 pm

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| Seen around town | WS culture/arts

Courtesy of Cathy Woo, who tells us she took this picture just before 9 this morning at 59th & Alki. (Sure looks like the work of NTG.) 10:35 PM UPDATE: Went down to check it out. This is visible from the beach side of the walkway just east of the bathhouse. We also saw another one — unfortunately peeling badly — a bit further east along the beach walkway, and yet another one on the retaining wall along the bottom of California Way where it meets Harbor Ave near Seacrest.)

A funeral and a brunch

May 19, 2007 7:52 am

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| West Seattle people | West Seattle restaurants

Reminder that Skylark is closed for brunch today, opening at 3 pm, after services forÃ‚Â gone-too-soon waiter John Hartley. An e-mail newsletter from Skylark invites patrons to one last “disco brunch,” in John’s honor, tomorrow.

Guess where! No, really, guess!

May 19, 2007 7:34 am

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| Development

Love the townhouse boom or hate it, you have to agree a lot of these projects seem cookie-cutter. Here’s one example that made us laugh: A Craigslist ad for “luxurious townhomes in West Seattle” with no address, just a rendering (left) that could be any one of at least half a dozen we’ve seen. Which reminds us that a reader pointed out a reassuring note in a recent city memo, about a “Townhouse Design Workshop” in the works. Whew. What a relief.

WS Gas Price Watch: We are shocked, simply shocked

May 18, 2007 11:39 pm

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| Gas prices

For the first time since we started keeping a close eye on WS prices almost 4 weeks ago, THERE’S A PRICE CUT! After holding at $3.49/regular for 2 weeks, the 35th/Holden Chevron is down tonight to $3.45. (Sorry, no photo, too dark; tomorrow!)

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