That Restaurant at Beach Drive and Jacobsen: Quesnels

May 24, 2010 by 2 Comments

Quesnel’s Restaurant definately is piece of Beach Drive History.  Sadly we moved here after it’s existance…but we’re often asked about what happened to the restuarant and many have shared fond memories.

West Seattle Blog writes about this with the recent passing of Neal Shaffer, who ran the restaurant for many years along with the Shack Drive In.

What was a restaurant is now private residences at 4703 Beach Drive SW.

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The owne of these properties 4703 (the large beige triplex, former restaurant) and 4701, the smaller home has been doing a major remodel of the residence at 4701.

What are your memories of this restaurant?

Filed Under: Beach Drive Homes, Historic Homes

Boat Retrieved

May 20, 2010 by 1 Comment

Did you lose your Bayliner? 

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 Looks like our windy weather set a boat free from it's buoy.

Filed Under: Puget Sound

Help Spruce Up the Log House Museum

May 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Spring Cleanup for the Log House Museum:  Saturday, June 5, 2010, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., 3003 61st Ave. S.W.
 
Help spruce up a West Seattle icon.  The Log House Museum, marking the Birthplace of Seattle, needs a spring cleaning:  fence repair and painting, gutter cleaning, window washing, brick cleaning, patio sweeping, yard raking, box moving, paper shredding.  Join us for a community work party and choose a task appropriate to your talents.
Filed Under: Alki

Bald Eagle

May 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment

This fella was just south of Emma Schmitz Viewpoint just before our first good gusts of wind.

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See more of mypictures of this eagle by clicking here.

Filed Under: Wildlife

Warm Windy Wednesday

May 19, 2010 by 1 Comment

I was just on Facebook when I noticed that the West Seattle Blog commented that it's going to be be unusually windy today.   I had just checked the forecast yesterday and the forecast has been modified (which is why it's a good idea to check the forecast).

City of Seattle:  

…WINDY THIS EVENING…

TODAY…INCREASING CLOUDS WITH RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 65 TO 70. SOUTHEAST WIND TO 10 MPH RISING TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS AND WINDY. LOWS IN THE 40S. SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WIND DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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TODAY…SE WIND 10 TO 15 KT…BECOMING S 20 TO 30 KT LATE. WIND WAVES 1 OR 2 FT…BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…S WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT. RAIN IN THE EVENING…THEN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THU…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…

Our next high tide is 11.67 feet at 11:06 pm via Twitter.

UPDATE 10:20 am:  the Seattle forecast has updated with a wind advisory starting at 1:00 pm with a chance of thunderstroms.  With temps in the low 70s–it's going to seem like a tropical storm!

…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT…

REST OF TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING. RAIN DEVELOPING MIDDAY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. BECOMING WINDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. NORTHEAST WIND TO 10 MPH…BECOMING SOUTH AND RISING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…WINDY. RAIN AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE 40S. SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING…EASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT.

Filed Under: Weather

Loons?

May 17, 2010 by 1 Comment

We noticed this pair floating by yesterday.   We followed them along Emma Schmitz hoping to capture a better photo.

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Filed Under: Wildlife

Water Bubbling from Beach Drive?

May 17, 2010 by 1 Comment

We've had two different inquires on water issues along Beach Drive.  

From a Beach Drive reader last night:

I was biking along Beach Drive tonight heading north from Lincoln Park towards Emma Schmitz Park and ran across water bubbling out of the streets not far from where the slide was this past winter.
 
Do you have any idea what this is?  Is is just stormwater runoff or is it sewage?

From another BDB reader this morning:

On my way to work this morning (along the 5900 block of Beach Drive) there was a hole in the road and a small water geyser.

Looked like the water main under the road had broken.

Does anyone have information on what's going on around the 5900 block of Beach Drive? 

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Seattle Aquarium Field Trip to Emma Schmitz Marine Preserve

May 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment

This afternoon, we found a group of high school students on a field trip with the Seattle Aquarium at the Emma Schmitz Memorial Park to study to marine preserve.

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Along Beach Drive, we actually have two marine preserves: Emma Schmitz  and Charles Ritchey.

 

Filed Under: Parks, Puget Sound

Garage Sale today at 4770 Beach Drive

May 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Looks like 4770 Beach Drive SW, Seattle is having a garage sale today, Saturday, May 15, 2010 beginning at 9:00 a.m.   Stop by and tell them Beach Drive Blog sent you!

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By the way, if you're having a garage sale in the Beach Drive neighborhood, let us know by dropping us an email and feel free to post it on our Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/beachdriveblog

Filed Under: Garage Sales

Riding High on Beach Drive

May 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Just for fun
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