July 2021

The Birdhouse Coffee shop and restaurant (formerly Bird on a Wire) at 3507 SW Henderson Street has commissioned a large scale mural on an adjacent wall facing north that is full of Seattle and northwest symbolic art, all meant to beautify the area, be a kind of landmark and be a fundraiser too. T-shirts carrying the same design are for saie inside The Birdhouse and all proceeds raised from the T shirt sales, go back to Urban Artworks, who are helping to get the mural done.

Just over a week after the Lumberyard Bar in White Center was destroyed by an arson set fire, they announced via Facebook that they have found a new location. They are seeking help in getting the new space outfitted. 

The owners suspect that the fire was set as a hate crime since they are one of very few LGBTQ establishments on the Westside. It was originally deemed accidental until new video evidence was found that pointed to arson as the cause. A $10,000 reward is beiing offered to anyone whose information leads to arrest and conviction of the perpetrator(s).

The new space is located essentially across the street, east of the former location, in a space that had been in preparation previously for a new restaurant but had been halted for reasons that are not known at this time.

Seattle Police were alerted to a car that had been carjacked near 2nd and Michigan on Tuesday afternoon. Two women were in the car and pulled over to seek directions when three other women approached and one, using a handgun, ordered them out of the vehicle. 

Police were called and the carjackers had made their way up Highland Park Way SW when they were spotted. Attempting to flee they abandoned the car near 10th SW and SW Henderson according to noted Seattle photographer Tim Durkan who was in the neighborhood.

"They ran up this alleyway and that was a mistake," Durkan said.

Police followed and apprehended one of the suspects there. Two others, managed to get away and thus far have not been arrested.

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By Patrick Robinson

I have some shampoo that costs $35 for about 7 ounces. My hairstylist thinks that makes me a “Shampoo Snob” and maybe it does. But it takes me about a year to go through it. 

So why do I have it?

I love the smell of it (I’m very big on scent) and it makes me feel good. It’s a little luxury.

We all have some of these, or at least those that can afford it have them.

At some level, this is the Starbucks business model. Why would most people choose to pay $6 for a cup of coffee, sugar, and whipped cream? We all know it’s not for the caffeine. A cup of drip coffee has more. 

Why do we get a cookie, or candy bar, or an extra pat of butter on a muffin? Because it feels like we deserve it, and why not?

Luxuries come in many forms, from two hours of just time alone to relax, to the kind of bath tissue you use. 

By Greg McCorkle

Call this a rant or whatever, but some folks just can’t observe the posted speed limits and pose a danger to themselves and others.

I live across from White Center heights Park near the intersection of 8th Ave SW and SW 102nd street. Last summer a new traffic circle was installed to ease congestion at the 4 way stop at this intersection. It works just fine in easing traffic flow. However, for some it’s given them carte blanche to thumb their noses at the posted speed limit which is 20 mph as you approach the roundabout.

Since its opening there have been 3 accidents at this intersection. One was a solo wreck, one was a head on involving two vehicles, and one resulted in three vehicles being damaged and one totaled. All were a result of excessive speed. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported as a result of these occurrences.