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Straight Talk in a Crooked World
It’s time. The Totem Lake Mall in Kirkland, Washington is coming down. This curious combination of upper and lower mall divided by 120th Avenue Northeast originally opened in 1973. After years of legal wrangling, a developer is finally going forward with plans to demolish most of the lower mall and all of the upper. If […]
Read More A Glimpse of ’73It was nearly two years ago that I wrote The Kirkland Cannery in hopes that this grand old building in Kirkland, Washington could be saved. A local nonprofit organization has purchased the building and work is going on… On the same street just a couple of blocks away, I noticed a sign advertising free bay laurel… […]
Read More Kirkland Cannery Continued…Imagine listening to these two dialogues at the same time: 1. Blah blah blah blah blah, where can we get more wine, do you want to get some more wine, oh, girl, this is how they cut my hair, blah blah blah blah, I want to play drunken bingo, we should go to the burger […]
Read More No Respect for the BardIt’s not summer in Seattle without the Seafair Pirates. After today’s Fourth of July Parade in Kirkland, Washington, I cracked up when I saw this boatload of boisterous buccaneers disembark at the Eagles Club for refreshments. It was fitting since the Eagles are one of the most proudly patriotic places in town judging from their floats […]
Read More Post-Parade Pirate Party“Yeah, I could see that,” I thought to myself as I stood under the rich reddish rafters of the almost 80 year-old building. I could picture farm-fresh flowers and laughter lighting up the whitewashed main hall once again, sunbeams dancing through the Depression-era windows as footsteps clomped up and down the stairs. Inwardly I smiled. […]
Read More The Kirkland CanneryCue a Pirates of the Caribbean techno remix: (It’s Tiesto, but I can’t find the mix I like better.) Today I met a movie star– the Lady Washington. Based in Grays Harbor, Washington, she is the official ship of the state of Washington. She set sail in 1989 and in 2003 she was featured in the first […]
Read More Lady WashingtonLooks like Fred and Barney have learned what not to drive in a Seattle-area snowstorm… I came upon this prehistoric Prius in Kirkland today, lodged in a field of snow just over a slush bank bordering the main drag. Evidently it’s for sale now as the Flintstones and Rubbles have decided to upgrade to a four-wheel drive from a […]
Read More Yubba Dubba… DudeThe Kirkland Views blog posted this video of a robotic Christmas tree appearing to drive itself around Kirkland, Washington: http://www.kirklandviews.com/archives/31000/. The letter to the editor that provides the details says: I… was walking my dog… in downtown Kirkland near Marina Park and was surprised to see a fully lit Christmas Tree spinning and dancing itself […]
Read More Automaton TannenbaumEvery year this giant spider greets travelers along Market Street in Kirkland… …and this year some dedicated, mysterious people have been decorating the cow and coyote sculpture in downtown Kirkland for every holiday. I don’t celebrate the devil and dead things part of Halloween, but I admire the creativity that the cow and coyote’s costumers have. Stay […]
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