Erik Skjoldbjaerg opens “Pyromaniac” quietly, from the first-person view of a car as it barrels down the road and sets upon a house at the edge of the woods. Inside, an elderly couple tidy their kitchen and untuck their sheets just so as they settle down for the night. They awaken to find their home in flames, the idyllic silence broken by the roar of the fire.
“I would have liked to be serving in a different Congress with a different president,” she said in a recent interview with Pacific Publishing Company. “But we are where we are.”
Members of Central Co-op gathered at Washington Hall on April 23 for the annual owner meeting to discuss and make crucial decisions for the co-op’s future, and learned that an expansion to complement Capitol Hill light rail wasn’t in the cards.
The mid-20th Century was a time for a new business enterprise to start up with little or no overhead, tax free. It was a green company with few requirements--perhaps a 1927 Issue 45 Cal—it was a cash removal company called a Holdup!
As in past years, the event begins at 9:15 a.m. at Al Larkins Park where decorated bicycles, tricycles, strollers, etc., their riders, and assorted friends, neighbors, and relatives will gather in eager anticipation for the 9:30 a.m. parade to the Madrona Playfield.
In our younger days, we never thought twice about heading out on an adventure. As we age, we now think twice, or maybe even three times, before committing to trips away from home.
Nextdoor is an online bulletin board where residents may post anything about their neighborhood: lost cats and dogs, things they’re giving away or selling, upcoming events — or perhaps a post about criminal activity or something else amiss in their community.
Following a 2016 inventory list and report regarding the 1,150 unreinforced masonry buildings in Seattle, the city convened a policy committee that is now finalizing recommendations for a program that would make seismic retrofits mandatory.
Life in Dog Ears is a new feature in which editor and obsessive reader Daniel Nash provides brief reviews and analysis of his reading list from the past month. Some selections are new, some are less new, and others are incredibly not new. Have a recommendation? Write Daniel at MPTimes@nwlink.com or tweet him @dlewisnash.
The French have decided they love Seattle, and not just our pastoral fish-throwin’ and whale-watchin’ tourist draws. They love our arts scene.
The festival will feature a nice, round 400 films, split across 161 features, 58 documentaries, 14 archival showings and 163 short films. Actor spotlights will celebrate the work of Anjelica Huston and Sam Elliott.
“I don’t know what I was expecting,” said a Trump supporter who identified himself as Mark. “This was the first time I’ve done any of this.”
A two-hour rally for sign-making and speeches -- delivered to an open field under cold morning rain -- began at Judkins Park, followed by a march to Seattle Center in Lower Queen Anne that passed through the Central District, Capitol Hill, First Hill and the Sixth Avenue downtown corridor.
