All about the West Seattle neighborhood around Beach Drive
Purina has added some of their foods to the recall. They stress that dry foods are not affected, however, my dog has been sick tonight and if he’s not doing better tomorrow morning, we will be at the vet. He (and our cats) have Purina dry food. More brands have been added as well, however, I’m having a tough time tracking them down.
Bottom line. Any sign of a sick pet, they need to get into their vets. This is very discouraging. Many humans are making food for their pets…I may start, too.
The Mariner‘s has a Salute to Armed Forces Night for tonight’s game. Go M’s.
I’m very pleased to introduce, Natalie. This is her first contribution to Beach Drive Blog.
We are fortunate to have a new, authentic French bakery up on the hill called Bakery Nouveau! Chocolate, Pastry & Bread!! David & I tried the ham & cheese baguette, turkey & havarti croissant, pepperoni pizza and a brownie. Everything was delicious and my next trip will be for some brioche. If you are looking to wow someone on Easter, they have beautiful handmade chocolate Easter eggs filled with chocolates. Although I was sad to see Borracchini’s leave, the treats at Bakery Nouveau are just what us West Siders needed!
To celebrate April as Earth Month, I thought it would be appropriate to feature the parks we have on Beach Drive on the blog.
Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook is located at 4503 Beach Drive SW. On a sunny day (it doesn’t even have to be warm out) many people will gather to take in a few rays and enjoy the view of Puget Sound and the Olympics.
Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook was donated in 1945 by Emma Schmitz "for park…and no other purpose whatsoever."
This park is also where we have noticed the fun earth art on a couple of occasions. Last summer, there would sometimes be a Bagpiper serenading the sunset (I hope he visits again soon) along the rocks at the park.
A few weeks ago, we found this lovely bird in front of Emma Schmitz Memorial View Point.
Right away, we could tell he was not like the rest of the flock he was swimming with. My husband decided to rescue him. The bird was not afraid and seems very comfortable with humans. He must be someone’s pet.
This creature has been making our neighbors a bit uncomfortable as he just stares constantly without flinching, or even blinking!
We noticed the bird has not been eating much (if anything at all) and doesn’t want to 
leave his new perch.
Are you missing this fowl? He’s large (about the size of a Canadian Goose), appears to be hollow and perhaps plastic.
We would love to return this beautiful bird to it’s rightful owner.
We just returned from a trip to Costo in Seattle where we found they have Flora Springs Chardonnay 2005 in stock. This is one of our favorite summer time wines.
It’s available at Costco for $20.99 a bottle. It won’t be there for long. Wine Spectator has rated this a 92 "Best Buy".
Cheers!
I was just out walking my dog (actually, he walks me) when a neighbor informed me that his daughters car was broken into last week. The car was parked on the 4500 block of Beach Drive. The vandals took a big plain box (there was a car seat inside, the theives would not have known this) and sunglasses. The daughter assumes they might have got in by a slightly opened window in the vehicle.
Do we have any block watch captains? This would be good information to add to the neighborhood list. If so, please contact me.
When I was driving down California Avenue, I noticed that West Seattle Nursery is having a Spring Open House this Saturday from 1:00 – 3:00. I know I have a lot of dead plants thanks to Old Man Winter and my black thumb! Just thought you might like to know…
Check out Chuck’s comments on his recent experience at Beato. I wish I could figure out how to have the Comment Section on Beach Drive Blog show at least a "teaser" portion…if anyone out there is an expert with Typepad blogs (the platform that I’m using for BDB), please let me know. Since we currently don’t have teaser comments…I’ll give you a little tease from Chuck’s review:
"I would definitely save room for the chocolate ravioli….The wine list is excellent…."
The Comment Section is on the left, just under where you can subscribe to email updates from BDB.
If you click on the link that has the title the post, it will take you to that post and you can read the commentary from readers. And by the way, blogs love to have comments so, as Bob says, don’t be bashful!
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