Winston, a French Bull Dog, who lives on Beach Drive is all ready for Halloween.
Please feel free to send us your photos of your costumed Beach Drive pet or haunted Beach Drive home – we’d love to share them here!
Fat Tuesday may bring a Big Fat Storm
February 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Looks like we're in for some weather over the next few days with possible snow this weekend. What has our attention will be the 11.9 tide at 5:27 am on Wednesday combined strong gusts and waves up to 3-5 feet.
Seattle Tides:
Tuesday, Feb 21:
- 5:04 am at 11.9
- 10:54 am at 4.5
- 4:17 pm at 10.5
- 10:39 pm at 0.3
Wednesday, Feb 22:
- 5:27 am at 11.9
- 11:28 am at 3.8
- 5:03 pm at 10.4
- 11:17 pm at 1.0
Here are the reports that we check out:
…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…
TODAY…S WIND 10 TO 20 KT…BECOMING SW 20 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 4 FT. RAIN.
TONIGHT…SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 4 FT. RAIN.
WED…W WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. RAIN LIKELY EARLY…THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
WED NIGHT…W WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
Today: Rain. High near 54. Windy, with a southwest wind between 28 and 32 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Tonight: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 45. Windy, with a southwest wind between 25 and 33 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday: Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a west southwest wind between 22 and 29 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind between 8 and 15 mph.
So get your candles ready, check your generators and get your jambalaya or spicy red beans with rice ready! Scupper says "let's hope we don't all become Mardi Gras floats".
Ringing in the New Year… Beach Drive style!
December 30, 2011 by 2 Comments
In granting you all the best wishes for 2012, I thought you might get a grin out of an old tradition that happened right here in our hood…
Photo courtesy Southwest Seattle Histocial Soceity
According to info submitted by the SWSHS Log House Museum folks, this 6 inch high brass bell named the Pioneer Bell…
"made it's way to Washington by way of the Oregon Trail. The family who owned it settled on what is now Beach Drive in West Seattle. Whenever a new family settled there, the neighbors welcomed the newcomers by joining in a procession, led by a community member ringing this bell. It was also used to ring in the new year."
I wonder if the parade ever came down this scene of Beach Drive photographed by the City of Seattle back in 1927…
Beach Drive Blog highly recommends that anyone with a "history tooth" consider joining, donating or volunteering at the local museum. Rumour has it that they have many more photos to share:). Speaking of photos, does anyone have access to images of the Schmitz Estate that used to reside in Mee-Kwa-Mooks park or the restaurant named Quisnell's that used to operate at the base of Jacobson Street?
Best wishes in 2012!
Scupper, reporting for Beach Drive Blog
Holiday Wishes from Beach Drive Blog
December 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This month year has been pretty busy with my day job in the mortgage biz demanding most of my attention. With my husband, aka Scupper, helping out with this blog and recently joining my mortgage team, I know you'll be seeing more articles coming your way from Beach Drive Blog. We also welcome your contributions of articles, topics and photos of all things Beach Drive.
From our home to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a healthy Happy New Year.
PS: It's not too late to send us your holiday photos!
Argosy Christmas Ships cruising by tomorrow night
December 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Argosy Chrismas ships will be sailing along the Beach Drive waterfront on Saturday, December 10, 2011. Here's the schedule from their website:
Departing Pier 55 at 8:0 pm
Lowman Park 8:50 – 9:10 pm
Alki from 9:40 – 10:00 pm
Speaking of the holidays, we at Beach Drive Blog, invite you to email us photos of your decked out Beach Drive homes…then Scupper and I won't have to feel boarderline creepy driving around and taking photos of your illuminated homes and yards in the evenings!
Happy Halloween from Beach Drive Blog
October 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Creeps hanging around this Beach Drive condo…
October 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Anyone lend these guys a big can of Raid?
Halloween on Beach Drive
October 22, 2011 by 1 Comment
We spied this bone-chilling house on the 4800 block of Beach Drive the other day. 
With Halloween just a few days away, it would be spooktacular to share photos of your haunted Beach Drive homes, ghoulish carved pumpkins and spooky pets dressed in costumes on the blog. Email us your photos before Halloween!
Happy Independence Day
July 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This photo was captured at the 4200 block of Beach Drive.
Beach Drive Decked Out
December 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Special holiday greeting to Jim for submitting this photo of a lovely Christmas display on Beach Drive by Andover Park.
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