In the Neighborhood & On the Scene

It’s Hal­loween today! Are you stop­ping by Colum­bia City to trick-or-treat in the busi­ness dis­trict between 3 – 6 pm?

Well bring the kids by Gather to see Jeremy Bert’s neon instal­la­tion “A to Z.” The whole alpha­bet is vibrat­ing in Day-Glo col­ors and kids love it.

Jenn and Josie take pic­tures. If you stand your Con­tinue reading

South­east Seat­tle res­i­dents Lee and Sachi LeFever make fan­tas­tic lit­tle videos that make it easy to under­stand com­pli­cated ideas.

What makes these films so dis­arm­ing? Well, they’re paper cut-outs ani­mated over a white­board, that’s what! And there’s Lee’s hint of North Car­olina on the ter­rific voice-overs.

But all this is pre­lude. “We made Con­tinue reading

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.

So the big election’s just a week away. Here are four posters from… Con­tinue reading

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… Con­tinue reading

Two weeks back, local blog­ger John Hoole pub­lished a long, illu­mi­nat­ing piece on his The Hoole Intel­li­gence Report called “NIM­BYs of the fight­ing South­east!” If you’re even think­ing about get­ting involved in the com­mu­nity or want to under­stand the con­tours of Colum­bia City/Southeast Seat­tle neigh­bor­hood activism, this is a must-read.

And it’s going to get in front of a few more eye­balls now. Crosscut.com has picked up “NIM­BYs of the fight­ing South­east!” (adding the sub­ti­tle, “How an obsessed fac­tion of res­i­dents dri­ves the pol­i­tics of an entire Seat­tle neigh­bor­hood”) and has it fea­tured on… Con­tinue reading

TWO PHOTOS: Some­one drove over a Colum­bia City traf­fic cir­cle, bring­ing the reflec­tor post down… Con­tinue reading

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… Con­tinue reading