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Make fun out of your friends with this amazing cracked screen application. Just run it, select the image you wish to appear, the delay after which the prank will start and the type of trigger and give someone your phone and then wait for a response. Do not forget to increase the sound volume. With this broken screen application you can easily fool other people that you have a broken phone, or that they broke your phone.
Amazing broken display can also work in the 'live' mode which means that after cracking the screen you phone will continue to work as normal. You can browse the photos, play games and do anything you want and the crack will remain on the screen. To remove it you have to run the app once again. Until then the cracked screen image will be displayed over the actual application.
You can of course use the live mode along with delayed crack which means you will be able to start a game or any other activity and wait for the crack to appear. Victim will be still able to play the game but you can start yelling that he broke your screen and should get you a new phone.
The application contains nine different images broken screen and a few random sounds.
The application itself is absolutely useless, but you can have a fun with it.
Go ahead, start the amazing broken display, select the crack image you would like to use and fool your friends.
Now new version comes with the sessionm support. Have fun and at the same time earn the mpoints.
What's New
Voice Changer Prank
Change your voice and select effect to get fun and trick your friends!!!
How to use:
1 Record your Voice
2 Select effect
3 You can share your voice changed
4 You can set as Ringtones or notification sounds
Get fun with Voice Changer Prank!!!!!
Ghosts in your Photos 2 - Joke
Deceives and scare your friends and your colleagues. Terrorizing your girlfriend or your family with this new version of Joke to create photos and ghost detector.
With this application you can create a photomontage of terror and edit your photos with ghosts, scary characters and other effects. It also contains a simulator ghosts while recording a video or take a picture in real time.
This application contains two sets of terror:
- Set 1: Ghosts in your photos.
Edit your photo absolutely free with elements that are very scary. The available items are:
- - Ghosts: more than 10 different types, including Exorcist girl, corpse bride, veterans and Devil Doll.
- - Variety of stains and traces of blood, which you can simulate the scene of a crime or murder.
- - Knives nailed and cut fingers.
- - Vampires and werewolves.
- - Aliens, UFOs and spaceships.
- Game 2: Ghost Detector
Another very funny joke that everyone talks about. Imagine that your house is ... Ghosts !! ... Now you can fool everyone you have a ghost detector !!! Pebble will not need to see them!
All photographs do'll customize them as you like and also can free ...
- Edit the photo of your choice on your device
- Add amazing effects and styles to photos: Blood, weathered ...
- Add to your favorite characters terror, resize and transparency to make them look real in your photography.
- Share the photo on whatsapp, facebook and other social networks or email.
- Play with your family to see who gets the scariest photo
- Fool your friends into thinking you have a ghost detector
- Scare your family
- Perfect for halloween.
Display Shot
You can also shoot pictures and the live camera preview.
This is joke app. Don't take it serious.
Mail us your ideas or bugs.
Available weapons:
-rocket launcher
Buy more weapons or disable ads.
Recommend Display Shot to your friends and you will geht another weapon for free.
This app works for Google TV, especially for Logitech Revue. Works on other Google TVs with the official Google TV app for Android.
Amazing Candy - Free!
Through over 100 addictive puzzles! Collect more stars as best you can!
- Enjoy last bonus!
- Met most shinning candies
- Colorful and vivid graphics!
- Over 100 different interesting levels
- Time limits mode and Moves limits mode
- Leaderboards to watch your friends and competitors!
- Magic Boosts: Bomb Candies, Chocolate Candies, and many other interesting items
Free join in the sweetest Amazing Candy Worlds!
Fingerprint Lock Screen Prank
You can lock and unlock your phone using your fingerprint! Get fun with FINGERPRINT LOCK!
Unlock your phone by keeping your finger scanned for 3 seconds.
Tap touch panel while app analizes your fingerprint.
Xray beam (x-ray) will scan your fingerprint.
Lock your phone, Keep it safe from nosy friends!
Works as a true screen lock using 30 different wallpaper or background.
Fingerprint Lock Screen Prank is a prank, joke or simulate app.
Electric Screen Joke
Touch your screen and feel the super energy of lightning!
Your smartphone will generate a ligthning on the screen instantly and vibrate, so you have a full illusion of holding a real lightning tight in your hands!
It feels like you are a Mighty God of ancient Greece - Zeus!
This is a great joke app. Laugh at your mom, friends, sister or younger brother! But beware - they may be scared and drop your phone on the floor!
SpongeBob Diner Dash
Mr. Krabs is expanding his Krabby Patty empire, one restaurant at a time. Help SpongeBob seat, serve and satisfy all kinds of fishy customers in wide array of colorful Bikini Bottom restaurants. Slide and tap to send SpongeBob to customers' tables. Take orders, seat customers, and collect big tips to upgrade your restaurants!
Dive into the undersea antics of SpongeBob and his crew with SpongeBob Diner Dash!
Sponge-tastic Game Features:
- Get 7 free levels of free, fast-paced and hilarious fun! Love SpongeBob Diner Dash? Upgrade the game for even more fun-filled levels and quirky restaurants!
- Explore fun and familiar restaurants from the SpongeBob cartoon, including the Krusty Krab, Dutchman's Inn, and more
- Look for special guest appearances from Patrick Star and other characters from the show!
- Shop for awesome power-ups at the store
- Unlock additional restaurants, including the Goo Lagoon and Crab Casino, through in-App purchase
PLEASE NOTE: SpongeBob Diner Dash is free to play, but charges real money for additional in-app content. You may restrict in-app purchases by adjusting your Google Play account settings.
SpongeBob Diner Dash collects personal user data as well as non-personal user data (including aggregated data), connects with 3rd party social media applications, allows communication with other app users, and/or offers in-app purchases. User data collection is in accordance with applicable law, such as COPPA. User data may be used, for example, to respond to user requests; enable users to take advantage of certain features and services; personalize content and advertising; and manage and improve PlayFirst's services. For more information regarding PlayFirst's use of personal user data, please visit the PlayFirst Privacy Policy: http://www.playfirst.com/privacypolicy.html. Our Privacy Policy is in addition to any terms, conditions or policies agreed to between you and Apple, Inc., and PlayFirst and its affiliated entities are not responsible for Apple's collection or use of your personal user data and information. Use of this app is subject to the PlayFirst End User License Agreement: http://www.playfirst.com/eula.
The Amazing Claw Machine
We've all played those toy crane grabbing machines at the arcades, and usually walked away dejected with no toys and no money either !
No more, now you can play The Amazing Claw Machine on your phone or tablet. It won't cost you a penny and you can practice and tune your skills because this game is physics based and in 3d.
Take into consideration claw angle, swing rate and rotation. Look around the machine using the swipe button, then carefully time your grab and with luck you'll be a winner. The game doesn't cheat, it wont just pick up a gift if it touches it, no the claw has to grab the items just right. As we said before its physics based, and as challenging as the real thing.
There are plenty of toys to collect and also a "REFILL" button on the settings screen if you want a new set of toys. Refill is also useful if the chute gets clogged up with too many toys!
If you have a faster phone then we can pack in even more toys, if its a basic phone then sorry but you'll not have as many toys to choose from.
So download The Amazing Claw Machine, have a good practice then get off to the arcade and clean out the real thing :-)
Mood check joke
Have you ever wondered if friends see you are in an optimistic mood? Scan your finger and see if the application will brighten your day!
Will other people dare to test it themselves and see the results ? If your friends think they are relaxed or peaceful, they will be amused by this game.
In order to scan you must touch the screen and hold it there for two seconds. The application will start analysing. Your result will be displayed immediately. Possible results are: amused, calm, happy, optimistic, sad and others.
We thank you for downloading our detector game! Remember: it is just for fun, a way to play a joke on your friends and bring joy to your day.
Probably everybody goes through periods when they are sad. So stop worrying that you are not happy with the help of this application.
Fake Call & Fake SMS Free
With our application you can simulate phone calls to fool your friends or your girlfriend.
You can also fool your family simulating a conversation by false messages (sms)
How It Works:
1 Choose you want to simulate: Call or SMS false false
2nd Set Name, telephone and photography
3rd Fool your friends !!!
Why use our app called False & Sms false?
- Fake Call is free. It will always be free.
- You can make fake calls all you want and send SMS false
- We will update the application regularly
An application prank to scare your friends!
Princess Back SPA -girls games
Baby Care & Baby Hospital
Paper Toss
This game is oddly satisfying . . . much like tossing a real ball of crumpled paper into a metal trash basket. So realistic, you will think you are stuck in an office killing time.
Amaze, share and compare your scores with friends and others on the online global scoreboard.
Game includes:
-Gorgeous graphics
-6 levels of varied difficulty
-Innovative flick control
-Hi-Res graphics for newer devices
-Global online scoreboard
-Animated paper
-Real office sounds
-Varying wind speed from fan impacts paper flight
-Verbal abuse from angry co-workers
Let us know what you think.
You can follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/backflipstudios
"Paper Toss" has been installed more than 35,000,000 times - give it a shot if you haven't yet. Also try "NinJump" our latest FREE game for Android.
Customize the colors of your lighter, its flame, and the background
Personalize your lighter by adding an engraving to the side
Tilt your phone and see the flame follow your movements
Blow on your phone's mic to put out the flame
Remember the days before cell phones, when music fans held lighters above their heads at concerts? Neither do we, but apparently old people did it all the time. Now you can approximate that experience--and avoid setting your hair on fire--with Lighter Free, an app for your Android device.
Lighter Free displays a realistic-looking metal cigarette lighter on your device's screen. Use your finger to flip the lighter open, then touch the flint wheel to create a flame. When you tilt your phone, the flame follows your movements. To put out the flame, blow on your phone's microphone.
Personalize your lighter by changing the color of its components, the flame, and the background. You can even add a customized engraving that will appear on the lighter's side (we recommend something like "Pink Floyd Rules").
Prom Spa Salon - Girls Games
In the luxuriant room, dress up her with so many nice prom queen dresses, you will find one dress which you like best, after spa, makeup, and dressup, she will be a wonderful girl and go to her Prom Dancing Party. That is really an unforgettable journey!
In the Facial Spa room, you could make the girl more relaxing and clean her face, this is really a Facial SPA experience like a realistic life. After that, she will come to a beautiful makeup room, choose your like or more suitable her style and makeover her. Really? That's more fun! You can do anything as your like and manually.
Don't forget to share your perfect prom queen via Facebook or E-mail, your friends will enjoy your work and this nice girl and kids game.
Game is ALL FREE! I have to tell you this at the last. You won't spend any money in this game and you could own so many nice items. How amazing? Yes, of course. It's a all free girl and kids games. So you parents don't worry about this and it's safe for girl and kids.
If you'd like my game, don't forget to rate us, thanks very much!
City Island: Airport 2
Turn this exotic paradise into a tourist island by building a city and airport. Awesome graphics!
Your main goal is to further build your ville and your airfield into a sparkling city with a large airport that handles many tourists. Do this by building your city, managing departures and arrival flights, build tourist attractions and handle all the airport madness and flight control.
- FREE to play
- Send planes to fly from your hangars and airport terminal
- Increase your score to unlock new items (e.g. another aircraft type, a new building, runway, hotels, cool landmarks like the statue of liberty, ferriswheel, crazy rotor tourist attraction)
- Use your flight tracker to gain maximum profit from your flights
- Fly each plane to destinations all over the world
- Citybuilder game with beautiful realistic graphics
- Sim game to build a great tourist city island paradise
- Lots of quests and rewards to play
- Manage the tourism of the island
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Augmented Lightsaber
Slide down to hide all the icons and leave only the lightsaber to get the the most of it. Slide up to display all the icons once again and be able to change the blade color and hilt type. Sliding icons down also hides the advertisement so you can enjoy the app without looking at the ads.
It's the only lightsaber on the market that let you use the camera image as a background to your saber.
A real must have for every fan.
If you spot any bug or would like some improvement please drop me an email at email@example.com
Lie Detector
Amazing Scary Display
trigger and give someone your phone and then wait for a response. Do not forget to increase the volume.
The application contains few different horrow images and a few random sounds.
The best options is to set the timer to max value and then run some game that needs a concentration. After the selected time the scary image will appear.
Just make sure then the person that's holding the phone will not drop it on something hard and therefore will not break your phone.
This app is similiar to the amazing broken display application. If you like this one you might as well try the broken display.
The application itself is absolutely useless, but you can have fun with it. If you enjoyed it then please post a good rating. If you haven't then please include what I could change to make it better.
Scary art and media by Alex Bird.
Ghosts On Radar
Of course please keep in mind that ghost radar is for entertainment only. You can use it to play jokes on your friends and nothing more.
Ghosts On Radar Ultimate
If the ghost gets really close to the phone it might even try to break the phone screen or will interact with your display and will display itself on the screen. Sometimes it might even use the phone speaker to try scare you.
Of course please keep in mind that this application is for entertainment only. You can use it to play jokes on your friends and nothing more. Use the options to select what should happen when the ghost gets close to the centre of radar - the choices are: crack the screen, display the ghost or nothing.
IQ Scanner
Of course it's best to be used on some parties where there is plenty of people around. Just tap the 'idiot' part and give it to some intelligent person. Then have a lot of fun.
Cracked Display-Broken Screen
You can easily prank your friends that they broke the display in your phone. You can choose when the cracks will appear. They can appear either after some predefined time, after touch or after few touches. It's up to you to decide.
Just select one of the broken phone images, set the options like trigger and delay, pump up the volume and start the application. Then give it to the victim and enjoy the view.
Alternatively you can run it by yourself and show the broken phone to your friends when they ask to see your phone.
You can also start the application, set the delay to 60 seconds or even more and then run some nice game and hand it over to someone else to play. When the time is up the prank will start and display the broken display. Then you can blame the person who was playing that he/she broke your phone ;).
The application is completely free and offers a lot of enjoyment. But beware - someone can drop the phone, so try to be careful where do you play your pranks. This cracked screen is a perfect way to fool your friends, family, co-workers and anyone you want. Just keep in mind that sometimes you have to play you role in the joke so when you hear the breaking glass sound then do your part and start to play panic.
Mood scanner
Joe Platformer Free
Take Joe for the adventure of his life as he travels through colourful worlds, face the dangerous creatures, avoid deadly traps to finally reach home. Collect the stones to help Joe defend himself against the giant ants, prehistoric birds ,bees and deadly spiders. Grab the teeth to reach the next levels and buy some upgrades. Break the rocky platforms - you can find some meat there that will make Joe less angry and more healthy for a while. Beat the final boss in each level to move to the next world.
You can use the teeth you collected,to buy some upgrades for your hero in order to give him more powerful abilities. The game is really hard at later levels so try to save as many lives as you can in first two worlds.
- Jump upgrade will let Joe jump higher and avoid the enemies
- Run upgrade will let Joe run though the level faster and gain more points by finishing the levels before time runs up
- Rock sack upgrade will let Joe hold more stones to be able to defend better against the angry creatures that roam the land
- Health upgrade grants the additional health slots that will make Joe tougher and will let him withstand more hits before loosing life.
- Life upgrade will grant additional life.
Run as fast as you can to gain the time bonus. Kill all enemies and collect all teeth in the level to get three stars.
Game features the achievements and leaderboards through the google play services, simple and colourful graphics, and nice music.
If you are a fan of good old games from the 90s you should definitely give Joe Platformer a try.
Will you beat other players and score the max stars? Can you beat the game and get all the achievements? Go and give it a try! Try our platformer, give Joe a chance to get back home.
Joe was going home from his farm when he tripped over a stone, fell through some strange portal and somehow travelled to the prehistoric time. To get back home he needs to find the portal that will take him back. Joe is hungry and angry, it looks like a long journey awaits him- will you help him?
Heroes is a 2d platformer hack and slash game with bit of an RPG experience. Choose from one of the five available heroes:Wizard,Barbarian,Ranger,Archer or Knight. Travel throught four different level types, fight over 20 enemy types and collect many different items.
Different quests awaits you. Meet the NPC that you already know from movies or from real world. Help Albert Hitchcock deal with the birds attacking his house or Gollom to get back his one necklace. And when you are done with the quests try to talk with the bard and visit the endless dungeon - the deep dungeons under the local church that seems to have no end. Visit the random dungeons to collect more loot and become even more powerfull.
If you run into problems with the game try to let us know instead of rating it low. We will do our best to fix the problems and make sure you have the best gaming experience.
Currently game contains 8 quests but expect more of them to come soon.
Logic dice game
Game instructions:
- rotate the dice to find the number displayed in dice menu. When you find the number touch it to claim the points.
- if the dice shows number larger than 6 it means you have to touch more than one side to obtain the number of dots. If for instance dice shows 0/9 it means you have to touch 6 (dice will display 6/9) and then 3. Or 5 and 4. The moves shows how many moves you can make to reach the goal.
Contains three difficulty levels and two play modes:
- normal mode: you have only few seconds to reach the goal - after you do so the timer resets and you have another few seconds to reach next goal.
- time trial - you have 60 seconds (or less in normal and hard difficulty) to grab as many goals as possible.
Logic dice game contains the leaderboards which means you can compete with the friends.
Amazing Castle Defense
Destroy your enemy castle to win the game. If he will destroy yours you will loose.
- Three different difficulty levels: Hard, Normal, Easy
- Four different unit types: Archer, Warrior, Knight and Warlock
- Three different castle defenders: Archer, Crossbowman and Warlock
- Three spells: Heal, Repair and Thunder Strike.
This game was inspired by old flash game called Age of War that I used to play few years ago.
If you spot some bugs then please let me know and I'll try to fix it as fast as I can.
This is the first release of the game, if you like please let me know by giving it a good rate. If there will be interest I will add new units, new levels and new features, like multiplayer that would let you fight with you friends. If you have some other ideas then just let me know and I'll try to implement them.
Unit sprites based on free graphics by Clint Bellanger. Available at http://opengameart.org
Gravity Crush
Gravity Crush is a innovative casual jewel type game that will bring you a lot of fun. And we are working on more levels so make it even better.
Angry Joe
Joe was going home from his farm when he tripped over a stone, fell through some strange portal and somehow travelled to the prehistoric time. To get back home he needs to find the portal that will take him back. Joe is hungry and angry, it looks like a long journey awaits him- will you help him?
Take Joe for the adventure of his life as he travels through colourful worlds, face the dangerous creatures, avoid deadly traps to finally reach home. Collect the stones to help Joe defend himself against the giant ants ,bees and deadly spiders. Grab the teeth to reach the next levels and buy some upgrades. Break the rocky platforms - you can find some meat there that will make Joe less angry and more healthy for a while.
You can use the teeth you collected,to buy some upgrades for your hero in order to give him more powerful abilities.
- Jump upgrade will let Joe jump higher and avoid the enemies
- Run upgrade will let Joe run though the level faster and gain more points by finishing the levels before time runs up
- Rock sack upgrade will let Joe hold more stones to be able to defend better against the angry creatures that roam the land
- Health upgrade grants the additional health slots that will make Joe tougher and will let him withstand more hits before loosing life.
- Life upgrade will grant additional life.
Run as fast as you can to gain the time bonus. Kill all enemies and collect all teeth in the level to get three stars.
Game features the achievements and leaderboards through the google play services, simple and colourful graphics, and nice music.
Will you beat other players and score the max stars? Can you beat the game and get all the achievements? Go and give it a try! Try our platformer, give Joe a chance to get back home.
Christmas Santa's sleigh
Children are waiting for their presents. Get into the sleigh and fly over calm towns and drop the presents to the chimneys. Pay attention to the type of the present each kid awaits - they are being displayed as small icons over each chimney. Touch the appropriate icon to drop the present and make the children happy.
Santa Sleight game is a simple slide scroller where you fly over calm towns in Santa Claus sleigh and drop the presents. It consists of 22 levels, some simple and some quite demanding. With each level Santa speeds up his sleigh to bring the presents on time so you have to act quicker.


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Replanking...filling old nail holes?
dwpcApril 13, 2010
We're replanking an older deck that was originally nailed. Quite a few nails have popped over the years; these spots were refastened with screws. I expect those holes to show some dry rot. The new planks and screw spacing will be shifted to miss the original nail holes. Question: Is it sufficient to fill the old nail holes with caulking compound?
New decking will be 2x6 common redwood.

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Neighborhood Conservation Districts to honor history? Next step includes 3 meetings, one in West SeattleMarch 19, 2015 at 4:32 pm | In Development, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 4 Comments
(From the Seattle Municipal Archives, 1900 photo of store in 1600 block 44th SW)
Last fall, we reported on Councilmember Tom Rasmussen's study of whether Neighborhood Conservation Districts might help some areas work to keep some of their character, even in a time of growth and change. Now, he's taking the next step – public meetings to find out if neighborhoods are interested in the idea. One of those meetings will be in West Seattle next month. Here's the announcement:
Does your neighborhood have strong character that should be preserved, but isn't eligible or appropriate for historic district status?
Councilmember Tom Rasmussen is holding a series of Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD) public meetings to gather resident input about establishing a program in Seattle. NCDs can be best described as a hybrid between Seattle's Landmark Review Districts and our Design Review Program where unique neighborhoods can help dictate architectural style, square footage requirements, or other design elements.
Learn more & share your perspective:
· West Seattle, April 7, 6:00 p.m., High Point Center, 6920 34th Ave SW
Wondering how this relates to yesterday's announcement about a "historical character survey" of The Junction? That *could* be a preface to a special district, although, as Southwest Seattle Historical Society executive director Clay Eals replied when we asked a related question during yesterday's briefing, creating a district would mean going through a "political" process – while the survey, for starters, has no strings attached.
VIDEO: West Seattle Junction 'historical character' survey finally launched; 45 property owners invited to participateMarch 18, 2015 at 9:06 am | In West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 9 Comments
(UPDATED 4:27 PM with video)
(WSB photos by Patrick Sand. Above, Susan Melrose ceremonially presents Jack Menashe with first letter inviting survey participation)
9:06 AM: As West Seattle grows and changes, there's been talk for more than a year of doing a survey to capture the historic character of at least part of our area. We first wrote about it in January 2014; updates have ensued as the Southwest District Council met; and this morning, it's finally "a go," as announced at a news conference that's under way right now at Husky Deli in The Junction.
For the first time, the historical character of the West Seattle Junction will be documented in a professional survey.
Funded by 4Culture, the West Seattle Junction Historical Survey, launched on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, will interview property owners in the two-block Junction core to elicit data and anecdotal information and contract with an architectural historian to identify elements that define The Junction's character, give it uniqueness and allow it to thrive as the business hub of the West Seattle peninsula.
The project teams the Southwest Seattle Historical Society (the survey's fiscal agent) with the Southwest District Council, West Seattle Junction Association, Junction Neighborhood Organization and ArtsWest.
The 4Culture grant totals $10,000, most of which will pay for the evaluation services of a professional architectural historian. The grant states that while The Junction "has undergone dramatic changes," elements such as "the low-story look, the traditional narrow and deep interiors and the compression of multiple businesses into small spaces" have allowed the district to retain a distinctly "small-town feel."
It also states that because there is only "outdated and insufficient knowledge about the worthiness of any of the structures" in The Junction, the survey will have great value.
One aim of the survey is to determine if buildings in The Junction would qualify for nomination as Seattle landmarks, which is part of why property owners are "key stakeholders" in the survey.
Over the next six months, all 45 property owners in the survey area will be invited to be interviewed about the history of their buildings, including enhancements and uses, along with how the district's milieu has contributed to the success of the businesses operating in their buildings. The interview findings will be merged with architectural data, and results of the survey will be made available to the public.
"We trust that the resulting information and insights will be useful to property owners, businesses and the community at large in shaping the future of this treasure of a business district," says the survey's letter to property owners.
The district got its name immediately prior to West Seattle's annexation to Seattle, in 1907, when the West Seattle and Fauntleroy streetcar lines converged at a transfer point at California Avenue and Alaska Street, forming "The Junction." Among the oldest buildings in The Junction are the Campbell Building (1918), housing Cupcake Royale, and the Hamm Building (1926), home of Easy Street Records.
We're at the news conference with numerous community leaders and will add photos/video later.
10:16 AM: Adding our photos for starters (we were the only news organization at the event). Photo above shows those who spoke at this morning's event and/or are integrally involved with making this happen – from left, Clay Eals of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society; Jack Miller of Husky Deli; Susan Melrose of the West Seattle Junction Association; René Commons of the Junction Neighborhood Organization, Jack Menashe of Menashe & Sons Jewelers (WSB sponsor), Deb Barker and Chas Redmond on behalf of the Southwest District Council.
Photo immediately above this line shows many of the community leaders who were there to be part of it. Video and a few event notes still in the works.
ADDED 4:27 PM: Three video clips; the first and third are by WSB's Patrick Sand, from this morning's event; in the middle, the video clip shown at the event, profiling Jack Miller and Husky Deli, is courtesy of the Junction Neighborhood Organization:
Though all that's set in motion right now is a report – in Q/A after the announcement, SWSHS's Eals expressed confidence that it will be a spark to preservation and celebration, not just a reference document. We'll check in from time to time to see how it's going.
Alki Homestead sold. What's next? Southwest Seattle Historical Society plans 'major announcement' tomorrow morningMarch 13, 2015 at 7:20 pm | In Alki Homestead, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 9 Comments
The city-landmark Alki Homestead officially has a new owner, according to documents filed with the county, dated today: Fir Lodge LLC has purchased it for $1,250,000. Fir Lodge, of course, is the historic name of the log building at 2717 61st SW. And the LLC is in the name of Dennis Schilling, with whom we talked back in January about his prospective purchase of the Homestead, closed since a fire damaged its interior six years ago.
Schilling is a Mercer Island-based investor who already has a success story in Alki, having purchased and fixed up the once-threatened-with-demolition Shoremont Apartments, just blocks east of the Homestead. His interest in the historic lodge came more than three years after former owner Tom Lin's proposed renovation plan went idle following multiple reviews with members of the city's Landmarks Board, which has jurisdiction over changes to buildings and sites that are under city landmark protection, as this one has been since 1996. Schilling has been talking with the Landmarks Board and other city reps about his hopes of renovating the building and possibly building a few apartments on part of its current parking lot; we were there as he talked with the board's Architectural Review Committee in late January.
New ownership is only a first step into the Homestead's future, but we expect to find out much more about what's next for it tomorrow morning, as the Southwest Seattle Historical Society – which has been working for years to save the Homestead – has announced a media briefing with "a major announcement" at 9 am, and we'll be there. SWSHS has many ties to the Homestead/Fir Lodge, not the least of which is the fact that its headquarters building, the Log House Museum a half block away, was its carriage house decades ago.
ADDED SATURDAY MORNING: The official news release is on the Log House Museum site; we're at the LHM news conference where the sale and restoration plan are being officially announced.
Log House Museum leadership change: You're invited to farewell reception Thursday for manager Sarah BaylinsonFebruary 28, 2015 at 6:21 pm | In West Seattle history, West Seattle news | Comments Off
After two and a half years as manager of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society's Log House Museum, Sarah Baylinson is heading south; you're invited to a farewell reception next Thursday (March 5th). SWSHS executive director Clay Eals has announced that Baylinson is departing to become collections manager at the Bowman Museum in the Central Oregon town of Prineville. She joined SWSHS as a volunteer in 2010 and became museum manager in fall 2012. Her farewell reception is set for 3-4 pm Thursday, March 5th, at the museum (61st/Stevens). If you attend, you'll also get a chance to meet new interim LHM manager Lissa Kramer, a Morgan Junction resident who started volunteering for SWSHS last year and has 15 years of experience in museums and public programs. Baylinson's last day is Sunday, March 8th; recruitment of a new permanent manager is expected to start shortly thereafter. The full announcement with more information is on the Log House Museum website. (Photo of Sarah Baylinson, left, and Lissa Kramer, courtesy SWSHS)
West Seattle schools: Denny teacher shares Black History Month lessonFebruary 14, 2015 at 4:27 pm | In West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 1 Comment
(Photo courtesy Alan Blackman, who's at right with guests James and Michael Dixon)
February is Black History Month. Denny International Middle School's 7th grade US History teacher Alan Blackman brought guests to his 4th-period class on Thursday, and wanted to share the story with you:
Here at Denny, we strive to prepare scholars to become responsible, informed citizens by utilizing multiple perspectives in their educational journey. In my American History class, we have dissected such events as the Columbian exchange and the American Revolution by examining the varying experiences of all groups involved.
(On Thursday), we were extremely fortunate to be joined by Michael Dixon, a former Black Panther, and his son James, who volunteered at Denny during the 2013-14 school year with the City Year program. Mr. Dixon was not only a member of the Seattle Panthers – his brother Aaron founded the city's chapter in 1968. Mr. Dixon spoke to students about the events of the 1960s and the aims of the Black Panther Party. Students were very eager to ask Mr. Dixon about the origins of the Black Panthers, and his thoughts in hindsight of that time. It was a great opportunity for students to interact with and learn from an individual who experienced and participated in such a tumultuous, powerful, and significant period of American history.
Mr. Dixon emphasized the role of community service in his words to scholars, recalling the community programs that the Seattle Panthers organized, such as the free breakfast program in Madrona. He encouraged students to recognize the impact each of them could have on their community, using his own activism as an example. Students definitely left class feeling encouraged and empowered.
The UW's website has an extensive archive about this chapter in the city's history; it starts here. More-recent background on Aaron Dixon, who ran for US Senate in 2006 and authored a memoir in 2012, is here.
Gone but not forgotten: Parts of historic ferry Kalakala are now forever ashore at Salty's on AlkiFebruary 12, 2015 at 4:10 pm | In West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 17 Comments
The art outside and near Salty's on Alki (WSB sponsor) includes something new that's also something old: Pieces of the recently scrapped, once-gleaming art-deco ferry Kalakala. Alki photographer David Hutchinson shared the photos and this link to SeattlePI.com, which reports that Salty's proprietor Gerry Kingen bought "the wheelhouse, massive rudder and crank, a piston and rod, and a hatch" to display outside his West Seattle restaurant, where the grounds already sport sections of a demolished local bridge.
In addition to that unique view of the city, the new feature also provides a portrait view of Salty's itself.
SeattlePI.com quotes Kingen as saying this is just the start of the display, which will also include interpretive features.
If you hadn't been following the saga, the Kalakala, half a century out of service, finally met its end recently at a scrap yard in Tacoma. Meantime, in addition to the Kalakala pieces and bridge sections – explained by Kingen in this video featured at the Southwest Seattle Historical Society brunch gala last year (WSB coverage here). P.S. If you stroll the area, you can also see the Luna Girls on Alki steel sculpture by Lezlie Jane; it's on city-owned land just west of Salty's.
'How do I get to 'yes'?' prospective Alki Homestead purchaser asks Landmarks Board committee at first reviewJanuary 30, 2015 at 8:19 pm | In Alki Homestead, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 6 Comments
(2012 WSB photo of Alki Homestead, with part of parking lot visible at left)
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor
If you own a city landmark, what you do with it is subject to a set of rules that can delve into details as minute as window trim.
And you usually have to go before the city Landmarks Preservation Board to get approval before renovations/changes. If they're significant enough, before you ever get to the full board, you'll need to deal first with a subset of the board, its Architectural Review Committee.
This morning on the 40th floor of the city Municipal Tower downtown, that committee met with someone who isn't even a landmark owner yet: Prospective Alki Homestead (Fir Lodge) purchaser Dennis Schilling, who, as reported here earlier this week, has to decide soon whether to go ahead with a deal to buy the 111-year-old log structure, vacant since an electrical fire six years ago. He made it clear he is seeking reassurance that he won't be buying himself a long-drawn-out process; toward the end of the discussion, he asked flat out, "How do I get to 'yes'?"
He didn't get a specific answer on that, but he did get positive feedback on the part of the proposal that had to be evaluated first:
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Can the man who saved the Shoremont save the Alki Homestead?January 27, 2015 at 5:28 pm | In Alki Homestead, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 25 Comments
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor
"It's fixable, in my opinion."
So says Dennis Schilling of the historic West Seattle landmark he's considering buying and repairing, the Alki Homestead (originally Fir Lodge), vacant since the fire that charred its interior six years ago this month.
This Friday, Schilling takes a new repair/restoration/renovation plan to the city Landmarks Preservation Board's Architectural Review Committee. The meeting agenda is the first public document pointing to his involvement with the Homestead; after finding the damaged landmark on the ARC agenda for the first time in 3 1/2 years, we looked up the Department of Planning and Development files for the site and found Schilling involved.
If you can't place his name, Schilling is the Mercer Island man who saved the Shoremont Apartments, blocks east of the Homestead, as first reported here in 2011. That classic brick building was at one point proposed for demolition and replacement with an ultramodern-style building. He bought it instead, fixed it up, and says everything's "been great" since then.
One day while visiting Alki to go to the Shoremont, Schilling told us in an interview outside the Homestead today, he noticed the big "for sale" sign that's been up for months. (He explains that every time he goes somewhere, he tries to "not drive home the same way twice.") The rest was history.
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VIDEO: Southwest Seattle Historical Society's rock 'n' roll & 'rebirth' Champagne Gala Brunch scores sizable supportNovember 9, 2014 at 10:49 am | In West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 1 Comment
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor
West Seattle rocks.
You already knew that.
The hundreds who gathered at Salty's on Alki (WSB sponsor) Saturday for the Southwest Seattle Historical Society's annual Champagne Gala Brunch were served many reminders of why it's true, and gave big in response.
For the gala's centerpiece, they were the live audience for an on-location half-hour-long Marty Riemer podcast, co-hosted by his once-and-future radio partner Jodi Brothers, about West Seattle's role in Seattle's rock scene, with guests including a rock star, a record-label exec, and the owner of the city's most-famous record store. Here's the video (toplines later in this story, if you don't have time to watch/listen):
The Marty Reimer Show at Salty's on Alki from Avenue Collection on Vimeo.
Wait – you might think – didn't you say "Historical Society"? Doesn't that conjure an image of great-grandmas, tea, cookies, and lectures about the distant, misty past, more than rock 'n' roll?
Certainly, a few great-grandmas and great-grandpas were in the audience somewhere. And the family in the spotlight brought a multi-generational group – all 27 of whom gathered in front of the trademark Salty's view windows; that would be the Schmitz Family, right after three members spoke movingly about the living legacy that traces back to one Schmitz's emigration from Germany and eventual arrival in Seattle.
(WSB photos by Torin Record-Sand unless otherwise credited)
But when SWSHS executive director Clay Eals (above right, with Vicki Schmitz-Block and Dietrich Schmitz) spoke of "rebirth," he made it clear the organization is looking ahead even as it celebrates the past. Especially what he said about this year's biggest SWSHS event, the unveiling of the restored Admiral Way Viewpoint totem pole on June 6th, at its new home on the east side of SWSHS's Log House Museum. He showed this five-minute video capturing the essence of the unveiling ceremony:
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'No ordinary cookbook': 114 recipes from 49 locals in 'Apron Strings'October 4, 2014 at 10:20 am | In West Seattle books, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 1 Comment
(WSB photo: Cookbook editors Joan & Joey arranging stacks at LHM on Friday)
Get 'em while they're hot! Copies of "Apron Strings," a brand-new local cookbook, are officially on sale. This weekend, you can buy it during regular hours at the Log House Museum (noon-4 pm Saturdays, Sundays, and Thursdays and Fridays) – or maybe you'll be at the LHM for the volunteer orientation today (11 am-1 pm) and get yours then – or, look for the Southwest Seattle Historical Society at the West Seattle Farmers' Market tomorrow. And get busy making recipes like this one:
Here's the SWSHS announcement about "Apron Strings":
Just in time for Thanksgiving meal planning and the search for a unique holiday gift, the Southwest Seattle Historical Society is releasing a new, home-grown cookbook.
"Apron Strings: Recipes and Recollections from the Duwamish Peninsula" is a 180-page paperback with 114 recipes from 49 local residents. Stories accompany many of the recipes, and the book is laced with 16 photos from the historical society's archive.
Editors of the cookbook are three longtime members of the historical society: Dayle Banks, Joey Richesson (former board secretary) and Joan Stover (former board treasurer). The cover features a colorful, quilted vintage apron from Merrilee Hagen, past president of the historical society.
"Apron Strings," priced at $25, is on sale at the historical society's "Birthplace of Seattle" Log House Museum. It also will have its public debut from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, at a table at the West Seattle Farmers Market in The Junction.
Net proceeds will go to the Southwest Seattle Historical Society.
Three years in the making, "Apron Strings" is "no ordinary cookbook," the editors write in the book's preface. "It is a collection of recipes that reflect the history and culture of Duwamish Peninsula families and friends. … Entwined with the details for sifting, stirring, baking and frying are the stories of the people and circumstances surrounding the dishes, the family traditions of meals and snacks, and the community history of food that is uniquely West Seattle, White Center and beyond."
Golden Ticket time! Buy yours at Log House MuseumOctober 2, 2014 at 1:44 pm | In How to help, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | Comments Off
As part of its fall fundraising, the Southwest Seattle Historical Society is now selling Golden Tickets in its drawing for an Alaskan cruise. One hundred tickets are on sale, at $100 each, for that grand prize – described as:
… a cruise for two with an ocean-view cabin aboard the ms Westerdam of the Holland America Line, sailing from Seattle on Sept. 19, 2015, to Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan, Alaska, and Victoria, B.C., returning on Sept. 26, 2015. Programs on Pacific Northwest totem poles will be featured. (The prize does not include government or port taxes, shore excursions or airfare.)
The drawing will happen during the SWSHS Champagne Gala Brunch, 11 am Saturday, November 8th at Salty's on Alki (WSB sponsor). You don't have to be at the brunch to win – but you do have to buy your Golden Ticket in person at the Log House Museum (or AT the brunch), which is open Thursdays-Sundays, noon-4 pm, 61st/Stevens. Questions about the Golden Ticket drawing? If you have questions about the Golden Ticket drawing, please call the museum at 206-938-5293 or contact SWSHS executive director Clay Eals at 206-484-8008 or email@example.com.
P.S. The discounted Early Bird ticket rate for the brunch has less than a week to go – more on that here.
P.P.S. The next edition of the SWSHS-presented "Words, Writers, West Seattle" series is tomorrow, 5-7 pm at Barnes and Noble/Westwood Village, featuring Susan Rich.
Followup: Tickets now available for Southwest Seattle Historical Society gala. New info, too: Wine, coffee, cruise!September 14, 2014 at 7:41 pm | In How to help, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | Comments Off
Earlier this summer, the Southwest Seattle Historical Society went public with some details of this year's Champagne Gala Brunch on November 8th. Now, not only are more details available, tickets are too – go here to get yours at the "early bird" rate (available until October 8th). Here are the newest details from SWSHS:
With a program featuring West Seattle deejay Marty Riemer, a half-dozen West Seattle-based music luminaries and the mother-son-daughter combination of Vicki Schmitz-Block, Dietrich Schmitz and Julie Schmitz Broker, this year's Gala promises to be rousing and memorable.
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Followup: Fauntleroy Schoolhouse crowdlending goal reached!August 28, 2014 at 2:54 pm | In Fauntleroy, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 2 Comments
Update from the Fauntleroy Community Service Agency: The crowdlending campaign to raise money for remaining work at the historic Fauntleroy Schoolhouse has just passed its $500,000 goal! This is for the second phase of repair work, involving roof, painting, gutter/downspouts, and earthquake-resistance retrofitting. As reported here last month, the campaign launched in connection with Semble hit the halfway mark within its first week; by the start of this week, it was three-quarters of the way to goal; and today, it passed the half-million mark. FCSA hopes to get the work done before fall rainy season arrives.
Two special spotlights previewed for Southwest Seattle Historical Society's 2014 Gala Champagne BrunchAugust 28, 2014 at 11:24 am | In How to help, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | Comments Off
Fall is approaching, and that means fundraising-gala season. So again this year, the Southwest Seattle Historical Society gathered board members and longtime backers at The Pacific Institute across from Seacrest Park for a preview of this year's Gala Champagne Brunch. At last night's gathering, SWSHS executive director Clay Eals announced that the gala, 11:30 am November 8th at Salty's on Alki (WSB sponsor), will feature two special spotlights.
As Eals mentions in our brief clip, one relates to the gala's theme, celebrating the renovated Admiral Way totem pole unveiled in June at SWSHS's Log House Museum:
The totem pole was carved from a log cut in Schmitz Park, one of the West Seattle treasures donated by the Schmitz family, whose Vicki and Dietrich Schmitz will discuss the family's unique historical legacy.
Also in the spotlight at the SWSHS gala brunch: A panel spotlighting West Seattleites' roles in the world-renowned Northwest music scene – "Why West Seattle?" Marty Riemer and Jodi Brothers will host panelists including Chris Ballew, Tim Bierman, Gary Crow, Megan Jasper, Nicole Vandenberg, and Matt Vaughan. Here's Marty's video invitation:
Postal-mail invitations are going out soon, but even if you don't get one, you're very much welcome at the event (sponsors, by the way, include WSB). Reservations will be available via the SWSHS website in about a week. If you reserve your seat by October 8th, you'll get a $10 discount – we'll publish an update as soon as we get word the page is live.
Charlestown Court not worthy of landmark status, says Landmarks Preservation Board, againAugust 6, 2014 at 5:53 pm | In Development, West Seattle history, West Seattle housing, West Seattle news | 19 Comments
(County archives photo of the building now known as Charlestown Court)
We're at the Municipal Tower downtown, where the city Landmarks Preservation Board voted this afternoon to reject landmark status for Charlestown Court. The building is proposed for demolition to make way for an 8-unit townhouse project.
This was the second time the Tudor-style 1920s-era brick fourplex at 3811 California SW had been nominated; the last time, in a process that played out 2007-2008, the board said "no," but development proposals then stalled until the current one, and the city said too much time had elapsed for them simply to refer to that previous vote, so the process needed to start again.
Before today's presentation about the building, Paul Cesmat said he has owned it since 2007 and declared it has structural issues – "the brick's not structurally sound, the chimney has issues, this has been pointed out to us … and we have insurability issues … I feel that this building does not meet historical criteria … and it's not structurally worth saving." It is wood-framed without concrete backing the brick, he explained in response to a question later.
The presentation focused on changes made to the building, including its windows, contending the changes made over the years affected the fourplex's "physical integrity." The photo you see at the top of the story was shown, with the comment "It's a shame that's not there any more." (The nomination document from the June meeting, including photos and history, can be seen as a PDF here.)
In pre-vote discussion, board members said basically that while you could consider it "handsome" or "charming," it just didn't "rise" to landmark status.
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Saturday with SW Seattle Historical Society: Volunteer orientation in the a.m., WS Outdoor Movies in the p.m.August 1, 2014 at 10:10 pm | In West Seattle history, West Seattle news, West Seattle Outdoor Movies | Comments Off
Make it a historic Saturday:
VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION: 11 am-1 pm tomorrow (Saturday, August 2nd) at the Log House Museum, it's the next orientation for prospective Southwest Seattle Historical Society volunteers. No, you don't have to know all about WS history to help – learn some along the way, and put a variety of skills into action. Read about it here, then show up at the LHM, 61st/Stevens.
WEST SEATTLE OUTDOOR MOVIES: SWSHS is sponsoring tomorrow night's West Seattle Outdoor Movies presentation of "Sleepless in Seattle," which you probably know includes a famous – and contextually infamous – West Seattle scene. It's also a wrapup event for this summer's celebration of the West Seattle Bridge's 30th anniversary; Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor), adjacent to the WSOM screen/courtyard, still has anniversary T-shirts and commemorative coffee on sale. Gate opens 6:30 pm, movie at dusk (9-ish), free but bring $ for benefit raffle tickets/concessions.
West Seattle Bridge anniversary: One more big event aheadJuly 27, 2014 at 3:19 pm | In West Seattle history, West Seattle news, West Seattle Outdoor Movies | Comments Off
Next Saturday night, "Sleepless in Seattle" (the movie that inspired the cry, "You can't get to Alki like THAT!") will be onscreen as part of West Seattle Outdoor Movies, sponsored by the Southwest Seattle Historical Society as a wrapup of the summerlong celebration of the 30th anniversary of the dedication of the "high bridge." As you know if you've been to a WSOM screening before, the screen is on a big wall in the courtyard outside Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor), which has been partnering with SWSHS in the summerlong celebration.
Back on July 14th, 30 years to the day after the bridge's dedication, the courtyard was the site of a panel discussion of the bridge's history – not just how it got built, but also, the bizarre spinoff story that became a murder mystery. In case you missed that event, here's our video:
Back to next Saturday's WS Outdoor Movies presentation: According to the full preview on the SWSHS website, preshow entertainment includes live music and more of those historic bridge-related video clips previewed here earlier this month. And as with all WSOM shows, it's free! But you can bring $ for not only nonprofit-benefiting concessions and raffles, but also to buy an anniversary T-shirt and commemorative coffee. Make a night of it – August 2nd, 4410 California SW.
Fauntleroy Schoolhouse centennial celebration: You can help!July 9, 2014 at 11:34 am | In Fauntleroy, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | Comments Off
That photo was taken on the grounds of the historic Fauntleroy Schoolhouse, shortly after its 1917 opening. Though it's not in service as a public school any more, it's part of the heart of the Fauntleroy community, and that's why planning is already accelerating for the schoolhouse's centennial celebration. Fauntleroy communicator/community advocate Judy Pickens shares this information on how to help, starting now:
The Fauntleroy Schoolhouse will turn 100 in 2017, and a planning committee is laying the groundwork for several events to honor "A Century of Serving the Community." Here's how you might help:
§ Photos and memorabilia from your time at the school, either donated or loaned.
§ To build a database, your full name, contact information, and year(s) you were a student or staff member at the school.
§ Centennial event planning. If you would like to help, meet at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 31, at the Original Bakery.
If you can help with any of the above, please email email@example.com.
The first centennial event will be an open house next May. Grander celebrations will follow in 2017.
The schoolhouse (file photo above) has been community-owned since the purchase from Seattle Public Schools was completed four years ago.
West Seattle Summer Fest countdown: Meet 'Seymour History'July 8, 2014 at 4:07 pm | In West Seattle festivals, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 2 Comments
Three days until West Seattle Summer Fest – our area's biggest party of the year, in the heart of The Junction, Friday-Sunday, July 11th-13th. We're continuing to roll out previews of what you can see and do, and today we have an update from the Southwest Seattle Historical Society, which will have a booth at the fair to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the "high bridge," partnering with Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor). SWSHS's Clay Eals sends word that in honor of another anniversary – the state's 125th birthday – you can "meet" Seymour History at the booth. That's Seymour at left; he is a 10-inch-high doll replica of an Olympic Marmot, the state's official land mammal, available for photo ops at the booth, where you can also enter a contest to win him or other prizes including two "History Is Not for Wimps" T-shirts, the book "Washington Curiosities," and four guest passes to the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. If you stop by the booth 11 am-3 pm on Summer Fest day 1 this Friday, you'll also meet staffers from the Washington State Historical Society; other hours, SWSHS volunteers will do double duty as Seymour's handlers, while also leading the bridge-a-versary activities including an interactive art opportunity and more chances to buy commemorative T-shirts and coffee beans. Get ready for everything Summer Fest has to offer by browsing the official site here.
West Seattle 4th of July: Picnic, bridge-anniversary celebration, volunteer awards at Log House MuseumJuly 4, 2014 at 1:23 pm | In Holidays, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | Comments Off
How many bridges have connected West Seattle to the mainland? What year did the first one open? What year did the bridge get hit by a freighter, paving the way (so to speak) for the current high bridge? Those are three of the trivia questions* that Southwest Seattle Historical Society executive director Clay Eals has asked so far in a quiz during the Log House Museum's traditional 4th of July picnic.
The trivia quiz is part of the SWSHS-led celebration of the 30th anniversary of the high bridge's completion, with more events to come, as listed here – including a special booth during West Seattle Summer Fest July 11th-13th and an event at the Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor) courtyard on the 30th anniversary of the bridge's completion, July 14th. Meantime, today's picnic is on until 3 pm, and you're welcome to come by – 61st/Stevens, one block inland from the beach, home of the renovated Admiral totem pole, and if you're not already a SWSHS member, consider signing up during your visit (info here). The museum also celebrates its volunteers on this day; President's Volunteer Service Awards were received by two people – (L to R) volunteer coordinator Bethany Green presented the awards to Kerry Korsgaard, and Dave Hrachovina:
*(Trivia answers: 13, 1890, 1978. The T-shirt Clay Eals is wearing was today's quiz prize – the special commemorative shirt you can still buy at the LH Museum & Hotwire.)
Also tomorrow: Explore Hiawatha's Olmsted Parks historyJune 20, 2014 at 5:17 pm | In West Seattle history, West Seattle news, West Seattle parks | Comments Off
Just got word of this, and it's a rare opportunity: Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks is offering a free public walking tour tomorrow (10 am Saturday) of Hiawatha Playfield, designed by John Charles Olmsted more than a century ago. Meet by the park entrance at Walnut/Forest. Prepare with this history lesson (and find out about the other Olmsted parks in West Seattle via this clickable map).
Landmarks Board votes to formally consider Charlestown Court for landmark statusJune 18, 2014 at 5:19 pm | In West Seattle history, West Seattle housing, West Seattle news | 13 Comments
Quick update from the city Municipal Tower downtown: The city Landmarks Preservation Board has just voted to approve the nomination of Charlestown Court, the brick fourplex at 3811 California SW, as a potential city landmark. A consultant hired by its owners – who want to demolish it and replace it with eight townhouses - said they don't think it merits landmark status, a decision reached by the board six years ago when another demolition/redevelopment proposal was pending. (Since more than five years have passed, city reps explained, a new review was warranted.) Today's vote sets the stage for a final vote on August 6th.
West Seattle Bridge's 30th anniversary! Celebration starts rolling at Hotwire Online Coffeehouse during Thursday's WS Art WalkJune 11, 2014 at 9:05 pm | In West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 11 Comments
(Photos courtesy Southwest Seattle Historical Society)
Every West Seattle Art Walk has a multitude of reasons for you to visit local venues and see what – but tomorrow night, there's an extra reason: The start of a summer-long celebration of the West Seattle Bridge's 30th anniversary – a reason to talk about the bridge WITHOUT a discussion of traffic trouble! The photos accompanying this preview – and others – went up tonight at Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor), which will be showing them off as part of the June Art Walk (and beyond).
Hotwire and other local businesses are collaborating with the Southwest Seattle Historical Society for the multi-site, multi-date celebration. Stop by Hotwire Thursday night not only to see the photo exhibit but also to see the new "Bridging the Gap" T-shirt in honor of the anniversary and meet its artist (more info on the SWSHS website) and to check out the "Bridge Blend" coffee beans that Hotwire is launching. Part of the proceeds from T-shirt and coffee sales will benefit SWSHS.
(Added: As Mike points out in comments, today is the 36th anniversary of the ship-vs.-bridge collision that led to construction of the new bridge!)
Read on for other highlighted events celebrating the anniversary over the next month and a half or so:
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More Log House Museum totem-pole celebration photos: The people who were there to write a new chapter in its historyJune 6, 2014 at 10:30 pm | In West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 2 Comments
(Our first report on this morning's ceremony is here)
(Photo by David Hutchinson)
This morning's celebration of the former Admiral Way totem pole's new home at the Log House Museum wasn't really about the pole – it was about the people. Not just the dignitaries:
(This and subsequent photos by WSB's Patrick Sand unless otherwise credited)
It was especially about the kids – most of whom arrived with the dignitaries – County Executive Dow Constantine walking from his alma mater, Schmitz Park Elementary, through the park:
Mayor Ed Murray, who attended Alki Elementary, walked with its students, and talked with kids even once he was in place:
At Murray's left is Marcy Johnsen from the Southwest Seattle Historical Society, a childhood playmate of his, from her time living in what's now the museum. The young attendees made the event especially memorable:
Some helped keep their fellow students safe, as they guarded intersections on the walk to the museum – following a quick run to get ahead:
Also there with safety in mind – SPD:
(Photo by Liesbet T.)
Considering the Schmitz Park, Alki, and Lafayette students on hand helped the crowd total pass 900, it was amazingly calm. Finally, the big moment came, and student representatives joined dignitaries in pulling streamers to unveil the totem pole:
Here's video of what happened from there:
(More of the ceremony is in the archived Livestream video in our first report.) A Native American blessing was bestowed by Blake Shelafoe:
The energetic voice that guided everyone through today's event, that of Historical Society executive director Clay Eals, who emceed:
Some of the people who were there today represented both past and present – the Schmitz family, for example, represented by family members including Dietrich Schmitz and Vicki Schmitz Block:
The pole was carved in 1966 from a log that came from a tree in the Schmitz Park forest.
(Photo by Liesbet T.)
And now you can make your own memories – visit the pole on 61st south of Stevens any time, and learn about West Seattle history inside the Log House Museum during its regular hours Thursdays-Sundays, noon-4 pm. (You might even want to become a volunteer – the next orientation is tomorrow morning, 11 am Saturday!)
P.S. If you missed our earlier reports including more about the pole's history – see this page on the museum website.
ADDED 4:17 PM: Time-lapse of the event by SWSHS volunteer Brad Chrisman, starting with preparations, then the gathering of the immense crowd, and beyond:
Happening now: Went to West Seattle High School, any year(s)? This reunion's for youJune 6, 2014 at 6:12 pm | In West Seattle history, West Seattle news | Comments Off
It's All-School Reunion night at West Seattle High School – this year's spotlighted 50th-anniversary class is the Class of 1964, gathering in the Commons, while other years gather in rooms around the school. Also there, Marcy Johnsen from the Southwest Seattle Historical Society, just hours after their big totem-pole ceremony, showing off the SWSHS tote bags ($20):
And Janet Jones with the Steps at Stevens project, which has another design meeting coming up June 23rd. If you have some ties to WSHS, drop by in the hours ahead!
8:14 PM: Also seen during our brief stop – Gail Stevens Anderson, WSHS '63, with the West Seattle Garden Tour book for this year:
The tour's coming up July 20th; WSB is again among the co-sponsors. And from the class of '63 and '64 respectively, Mike Munson and Marsha Munson:
Along with socializing and reminiscing, the All-School Reunion also includes scholarship presentations.
Seen from West Seattle: P-51s' D-Day anniversary flyoverJune 6, 2014 at 2:53 pm | In Seen around town, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 11 Comments
Thanks to Gary Jones for sharing photos from the P-51 Mustang flyover previewed here last night – scheduled to wrap up right about now at the Snohomish County home of the Historic Flight Foundation, which coordinated it in honor of the 70th anniversary of D-Day today. The warplanes flew over downtown around noontime:
Click the top photo to open a similar view at twice the size. (And thanks again to Bob, who gave us the heads-up about this!)
ADDED 5:48 PM: A view from Jim Clark:
1st report: Log House Museum hosts hundreds to celebrate Admiral Way totem pole's new home and public displayJune 6, 2014 at 10:25 am | In West Seattle history, West Seattle live, West Seattle news | 8 Comments
(Added – our photo from immediately after the unveiling)
10:25 AM: We're testing live streaming today with the Log House Museum totem-pole unveiling – here's the link to the page on Livestream.com where you'll see live video/audio, if it's working.
11:10 AM: Awesome event! Lots of coverage to come.
(Including County Executive Dow Constantine and Dietrich Schmitz leading Schmitz Park Elementary students on a walk down to the museum – where they joined Alki and Lafayette students as well as other attendees.)
(Crowd & media, with Duwamish Tribe chair Cecile Hansen at center, in hat)
11:25 AM: Adding a photo or two here pending full coverage later. And here's the archive of the second half of our live stream, which includes the unveiling – our second report later will have our main clip, but check this out for starters:
Thanks to those who checked out the live stream – it was done via handheld iPhone, and there are steadier ways to do it, but you have to start somewhere. P.S. The Log House Museum is open until 4 pm today (noon-4 Thursdays-Sundays), and the totem-pole exhibit we mentioned yesterday is now open to visitors too.
4:49 PM: It'll be mid-evening before our mega-roundup is done – we're off to cover a few early-evening stories. Two photos we wanted to add here in the meantime – both from Alki photographer David Hutchinson. First, Mayor Murray walking from Alki Elementary:
And a splendid view of the totem pole:
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In the last weeks of the winter of 1929, tensions escalate between the Communists, National Socialists, and Berlin police. Gudrun Braun becomes more deeply involved with Otto the Communist and agrees to march in the upcoming May Day demonstration. Having overcome his writers' block, Kurt returns to the typewriter with renewed energy and intent. Meanwhile, Marthe learns the truth about Anna's romantic interest in her and must confront her own conflicted feelings, which are complicated by her entanglement in the life of Pola, the artists' model.


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I am throwing my niece a baby shower in December and I need some new ideas for games! I have done the baby food game,the diaper/candy bar game... I want some new ideas! Anyone have some or can lead me to a website that does have some ideas. Thanks! Julie
Just went to one Sunday, passifier candy in a baby bottle - guess how many candies. Another, necklaces with passifiers on it, if someone says baby and someone hears it, the person hearing it can take the ither person's necklace. Whoever has the most wins.
The mother wrapped gifts in baby blankets & tied balloons to them, used them as decorations. You could have people guess what's inside.
I went to one this summer. They handed out blank BINGO cards - you had to fill in the spaces with things you thought the new mom would get at the shower when she unwrapped the gifts. As they were unwrapped, you checked off your card. You could play any variety of BINGO you wanted to - I think we played just regular old 'across, up and down, diagonal'. Black-out would be pretty hard.
Unscramble baby related words--fastest wins
List of animals--fastest to fill in the name of the babies: ie cow=calf
Everyone takes yarn and cuts off the amount of yarn they think will go around the pregnant guest of honor's tummy---closest wins
Put diaper pins on everyone as they enter. Every time you catch someone crossing their legs, you get their pin. Most pins wins.
Have the guests put suggestions for baby care on cards, Mother to be reads the cards and gives a prize to the most outlandish, or most helpful.
Can you tell I've been to a few showers?
Hope these help!
One baby shower I went to had a list of stuff from mother's gift register - you had to guess the price - closest guess got 1 pont, next 2 points ect - at the end the person who had the least amount of points won. It was pretty fun. they had print outs of the items. there was also a game where there was a big box of baby items and you got a quick look at them and had to write down what was in the box, who ever guessed the most amount of stuff won.
The type of shower depends on the age of the Mother and the amount and ages of people who attend;
I hosted a baby shower for a coworker last year. It was coed so it was not too silly. A couple of things I did:
I had a book set up on my desk a little out of the way and asked everyone to put in good thoughts or suggestions for the mother. I then had beads and string and people put the beads on the string to represent good thoughts and the Mother wore it (or had it in her hand) during delivery. It was a big hit.
We didn't play games as it was a big group and most people wanted to socialize. I just had guess the baby food and how many pieces of candy in the bottle but they were off to the side ie people saw the items and guessed as they passed through; it wasn't everyone sit down and guess. Unwrapping the gifts takes quite a bit of time and we had cake. Time-wise it worked out well.
Good luck.
I went to this one baby shower were everything was diapers . . . diaper decorations, diaper-themed gifts, diaper games. Even diaper invitations! The cutest gift was this gift pack of personalized diapers. It was in a pink pouch and five diapers came in a pack. The diapers had "Honeymoon Souvenir" printed on them, which was so funny because that's how it happened!


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Faucet placement for a D shape sink?
I'm trying to figure out a sink and faucet, which is turning out to be difficult!
The current plan calls for the sink cabinet to be 25.25 ", the run it's on is only 96" and we will be putting a DW, it is a L shape.
I've found a D shape Blanco sink which measures 22.5" wide and 20.5" front to back.
Our counters will be granite and 25.5", and I've now realized that perhaps the faucet will not fit behind the sink???
Do all D shape sinks have the faucet off to the side?
I'm thinking I should have the cabinet made to 27" in order to facilitate finding a sink...
I thought so... Unfortunately I don't really like that look...now what...
Making the sink base bigger makes my corner cabinet door really narrow.
Any reccs for a sink that will fit in a 25" cabinet?
Yeah, it seems to me that they only specify the cabs in which a sink will fit to the standard 3" increments. A 25.25" cabinet should have 23.75" interior dimensions. Generally, your installer needs some room for clips to attach to the counter, but he or she could always use a Sinksetter to obviate that need.
Here is a link that might be useful: Sink Setter
I have a Blanco silgranite D-shaped sink (Diamand U 1 in Canada) in a 26 1/2" cabinet. I can put my hand up either side of the sink between the bowl and the cabinet wall, so this could perhaps have been slightly narrower. The flange around the top of the sink is about 1" wide and the actual sink measures 24" across with 22" bowl. My cabinet is actually 27" deep though 1 1/4" of that is the backsplash which is the same 3 cm granite as on the counter. It was very tight, but the granite people cut the basin hole starting 3 1/2" back from the edge and there is also 3 1/2" at the back between the bowl and the back splash - just room to put the faucet in the middle of the D shape. Do you have room to bring your counter out a couple of inches?
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