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If we ever feel rejection, this may be 5 cents well spent!  

The Fifth & Columbia building is now providing a textbook example of decoration that makes a building look even more sturdy than it really is.  Look at those diagonals on the twisty building. In this picture, we see at top … Continue reading →

Here’s the view from that tall building next to Park Shore. 

From Betsy Hanson: If you borrowed Hound of the Baskervilles, you put Original Sin in the returned box instead of the Hound disc. Would you swap them? If you borrowed the movie Waking Ned Divine, you returned the box empty.  Please … Continue reading →

Near-total in Portland, 95% in Seattle.  Plan ahead for being south of the Columbia R.  10:45 am. 

In another four weeks, the sun will set at 7pm, right in the middle of dinner.

From the printout at our Sign-up Desk on 5th floor. 

They are in Miami FL. 

And more recently

In case you missed the Friday sunset. 

Pacific NW Ballet

This is the approved version, six stories higher than Skyline when counting the “mechanical penthouse” three stories high. 

This aerial view shows 8th Ave and Columbia St.  This is looking north from Columbia St near our garage entry.  These plans are snipped out of the latest PDF on file at Seattle.gov (search for “800 Columbia”).

800 Columbia (even though the entry is midblock on 8th Ave, for the confusion of drivers).  That is Skyline on the right.  This is the approved August 2016 revision, ready to go. 

Ever need a clothesline or a way to hang a picture? Your extra dental floss may become handy according to a NYT article. Apparently there is minimal confirming evidence that dental floss really prevents cavities or gingivitis. But absence of … Continue reading →

That’s Skyline at lower right.