Posted Tue, Aug 3, 5:01 p.m.

Thanks for sharing your story. I'm familiar with your experience.

Posted Wed, Jul 7, 4:17 p.m.

Sometimes you Crosscut commenters just make my day. With the exception of the first one, your thoughts above left me feeling hopeful. Thanks.

Posted Tue, Apr 13, 8:16 p.m.

What I remember best about that era was the Christmas my mother decided the whole world would be going up in radioactive smoke the following year so she went out and spent way more than usual on gifts for extended family. It took a while to stabilize finances again.

Posted Wed, Mar 17, 4:43 p.m.

Maybe a (Fred) Anhalt alley somewhere on Capital Hill.

Posted Fri, Mar 12, 4:49 p.m.

ah, dbreneman - I've often felt at odds with you, but this time your comment above brought forth a chuckle of agreement. Thanks.

Posted Thu, Mar 11, 4:12 p.m.

I have fond memories of that building. I worked there while saving money for college. The FBI had the 3rd floor. They could choose to make any elevator an express for themselves to ferry a felon from the basement garage to their offices for questioning. Most of them looked like ...

Posted Thu, Dec 10, 11:54 a.m.

Personally, I would have preferred Jim Dever. Black seems like a nice, safe choice. Maybe she'll surprise us.

Posted Mon, Dec 7, 12:34 p.m.

I was 6 yrs. old and living near Green Lake at the time. Our next door neighbor was our Air Raid Warden. The basement of his house was full of cots and blankets and first aid supplies. Our basement windows and the upper parts of the other house windows were ...

Posted Mon, Jun 15, 3:17 p.m.

I like that guy who was "Alone in the Wilderness." It's so refreshingly low key and really back to basics. But I also enjoyed watching the 24 Hours of LeMans on cable this past weekend. d.smith - loved the spell chk comment.

Posted Thu, Mar 5, 2:38 p.m.

dbreneman, Oh please... would you want to be equated with Chihuly? (My impression has been that you're from the Tacoma area.) -an old native Seattlite (who never wanted to live in a "world class city")

Posted Tue, Dec 23, 1:34 p.m.

Sue, I am absolutely one hundred percent with you on this subject. Thanks for mentioning the dropped G's. Another thing I've noticed over time is how my handwriting has deteriorated with more computer use.

Posted Mon, Dec 22, 10:49 a.m.

You wear pajamas? I wonder how many Seattle natives do. Well, maybe during a prolonged cold spell... s a calvert

Posted Wed, Oct 8, 3:56 p.m.

ha!: Those are my kind of people.

Posted Wed, Sep 17, 6:04 p.m.

Thanks...: for the reminder of what's possible.

Posted Fri, Jun 20, 3:33 p.m.

RE: Check out the Ford Focus: And if you ever need work on that tranny, you should save a pretty penny there too. And if your battery ever dies, you can still start in compression!

Posted Thu, May 22, 7:26 p.m.

numbered streets: Generally speaking ('cause I'm not sure if it's absolute), avenues run north/south, streets run east/west. If the number comes before the geographic direction (can't think of proper terminology) as in 45th NE, it's an avenue. If the number comes last, NE 45th, it's a street. And Madison St. ...

Posted Wed, Apr 9, 2:25 p.m.

Where...: Wow, Cameron, where does it identify Ron Sims as a city councilman?

Posted Thu, Feb 21, 12:16 a.m.

housing: I too live in a north Seattle neighborhood built up in 1949-50. Several years ago, on "Neighbors Night Out" at our block party, several of the younger couples were talking about how they would like to add on, build up, etc., as they needed more room. Finally I said, ...

Posted Mon, Oct 22, 2:40 p.m.

wasted money: bravo! Maybe if no campaign money were spent, the voters would pay more attention.

Posted Thu, Oct 4, 10:47 a.m.

memories: After reading this piece, my mind went wandering down memory lane. I was a child then and I remember seeing an anti-aircraft gun with camouflage net draped over it, sitting somewhere north of the Hec Ed pavilion... and the blimps over Bremerton. An irony suddenly occurred to me... what ...

Posted Fri, May 18, 12:09 p.m.

subscriptions: I had a similar experience when I subscribed to the daily P.I. about 2 yrs. ago. Instead I received the Times. After a couple days of this, I called to complain and the 'mistake' was corrected.