I haven't scared the bejebus out of my mom in a while, so here's a quick rundown on some prowling and crime reports that have come across my screen recently. Over on Facebook, Michelle wrote: Nic just caught a prowler in my neighbor's garage on 1st ave NW [...] Early to mid twenties, light brown wavy hair cut short on the sides and longer on top in "jersey douche" cut. Tanned, dark framed square eyeglasses, white T-shirt, black backpack and blue jeans.…
I followed Jordan's advice and read the voter guides put up by local media. They are all horseshit, my pardon to Doug. Why does The Stranger support Mike O’Brien? Because he opposes the downtown tunnel and the "lying bureaucrats running it". Why does the the Seattle Times oppose him? Because he does "lefty" things like take a kayak out to the Shell drilling platform to oppose it. Doug mentions a few policy issues, but fails to draw any contrasts with the other candidates,…
Primary elections are coming up, with ballots due by this coming Tuesday, August 4th. Incredibly, there are 47 candidates running for city council alone (not in one district, but still), so maybe you need a hand getting your decisions all sorted out. Thankfully, there are people wonkier than thou who have taken the time sift through the candidates and develop opinions they'd love you to share. Here's a quick rundown on some sources you may wish to reference: DOUG's Voter's Guide:…
Fences have been erected along 40th starting at Latona and continuing under I-5, which means the goats shall return! They'll be there shortly, munching on blackberries and other hard to remove invasive weeds. Thankfully, the fence posts have been sunk into the ground this year, to avoid a second showing of the Goat Rodeo of 2013. (Thanks for the tip, Madi!)
In my Meridian House For Sale post, I lamented that I once had a photo of the vines at that house devouring an old car, but couldn't find it. Thanks to Jim for finding this photo by Jim Flanagan on Flickr:
I've been watching the house on the corner of 41st and Meridian for a long time. It was odd because the lawn was always well-cared for (or at least well mown), but you could see from the decaying shades that nobody had lived there for a long, long time. And then there were the 1950's-era cars parked under the raised deck, slowly being devoured by vines. I snapped a picture a while back and deemed it art, but can't seem to dig…
It's a perennial problem for the organic, locally-grown fruit loving flaneur: juicy purple plums hanging over the sidewalk, shiny red apples practically dropping into your hands, apricots sweating juice on bended boughs...on someone else's property. Should you let it fall to the ground to rot, or enter it into your own personal food supply chain? On the one hand, we're respectful neighbors who wouldn't think of poaching peaches: it's stealing! But on the other hand, with the hunger in the world,…