Here’s a shot looking north from near the bank (across from the movie theater). It was just starting to snow again. As you can see, there aren’t many cars on the road, let alone parked.

Still, it was a weekend day, so quite a few people were out trying to enjoy the snow. That said, I don’t think this woman was having much fun trying to push that stroller through the snow.

The lucky Number 7 was faring better than she was. As of today, however, bus service is still running less than half its normal routes (in fact, number 14 isn’t running at all). Make sure you call for information, (206)553‑3000 before you head out, or check transit.metrokc.gov.

In fact, you’ll probably do better with the 7 than these bikes!

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These kids spilling out of the school killed me. They said they’d held a Kids Vote at the New School. Let’s see, Barack Obama got 338 votes to John McCain’s 35. Rough day for John! Bob Barr (I know!) got 5 votes. Each of the “girls” got 4 votes apiece, I’m told. These kids have a pretty impressive head for numbers. Better than mine, anyway.

These residents had just cast their votes:

Arthur Pressley has lived in the Columbia City area for 40 years. He has voted in every election. He is 74 years old.

I also got some election literature which had a Chinese translation on the back. Is Chinese really the dominant second language in Columbia City? Makes no sense to me.

Mernie Zahnow is a King County poll worker who is a Columbia City resident. She is 82 years old. She wanted a copy of her portrait but did not have an email address. I took her street address instead.

I filled out an absentee ballot on November 3rd at home with the aid of endorsement grids that I found on the internet. I almost could not imagine myself standing for as long as many of these voters did — without internet access — to fill out a ballot.

King and Pierce Counties are the only ones left this year to offer polling stations like these. They will soon join the rest of Washington State in having an all-mail voting system. Like the stickers said, “Farewell to polls.”

Katie L. Wilson is a King County poll worker who lives in the Central Area. She’s been a poll worker for at least 26 years and is 79 years old.

Teachers at the Columbia School led their classes through the gymnasium intermittently to show their students an historic, real-life civics lesson.

Trish Emory and Jill Tonge-Seymour (joined by a Columbia City resident who had just voted) were smiling and waving Obama-Biden signs at the corner of S Ferdinand St and Rainier Ave S. They were getting lots of happy honks. They don’t live in the neighborhood but today wanted to stand at a corner where they felt a strong connection.

[UPDATE: Victory! The 37th District Democrats celebrated at Columbia City Theater. Will Austin’s photos show how it went down.]

(Photos by Columbia City Blog, available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons license)

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Yesterday was me and the little tyke’s first time out.

She was made to go trick-or-treating in her civvies because she had peed in her bumblebee costume earlier.

At first she was shy saying “Trick or treat” to strangers, but was soon roaring out a full-throated version. Still, “Happy Halloween” was sometimes rendered as “Happy jack-o’-lantern!”

We had fun.

Update: see 174 more photos at Halloween at Gather.

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From The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family, “Our House is a Disaster (But We Don’t Mind a Bit)”:

Several hundred people overflowed our house yesterday, breaking all previous attendance records for the Pumpkin Carving Party.

(Photos by tqn69, available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons license)

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Columbia City Blog must now admit to a intensely-felt, long-held blog crush on Mid Beacon Hill Blog. (This is so bl*gging public.)

It’s even stronger today because, on this perfect Autumn day, the fair JvA visited our Columbia City and poked in at a few of my favorite haunts: Lottie’s Lounge, Gather Gallery and the very last Farmer’s Market of the season.

She has photos, of course.

I doubt there will be a day this nice again for the rest of the year.

(PHOTOS: © Mid Beacon Hill)

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Happy birthday! Seems only yesterday that it opened, but today Columbia City Bakery turns three. Congratulations, Evan.

Here’s the cool thing. The Bakery will donate one-half of today’s sales to UNICEF. I cannot think of a more compassionate way to celebrate.

So drop by. Buy a lot of goodies. All for a good cause.

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