Monthly Archives: March 2019

Bremerton’s Highest Point

Sylvan and Olympus

A high point that’s easy to find

This post is about elevation not cannabis stores.

The highest point in Bremerton is not actually in Bremerton—at least not in a part of the city where there are homes and parks and stores. In fact, it’s in an area that’s off limits to the general public. The photo shows the highest point you can go to. But that point is a lot lower than Bremerton’s highest point.
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Night Baseball

The first MLB game played under the lights took place on May 24, 1935, in Cincinnati. This week, 84 years later, a two-game series between the Mariners and Athletics takes night baseball to the extreme—at least for Seattle and Oakland fans on the West Coast who want to watch or listen live as their teams kick off the 2019 season. The games are in Tokyo.
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Mud Bay in Business Names

MudBay Dispenser

In case you didn’t bring a pet waste mitt

The names of at least two Olympia-area businesses are inspired by the Mud Bay that’s located west of the city at the head of Eld Inlet. One, MudBay [pet products], helps advertise its products by providing a dispenser of free pet waste mitts at the Old Ferry Landing park in Gig Harbor (see photo taken last summer). There may be other similar dispensers in the Puget Sound area, but this is the only one I have noticed.
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Neighborhood Book Exchanges

Marine Drive Book Box

Converted from an old newspaper vending box

Does your neighborhood have a book exchange box (see photo), often called a Little Free Library? If you walk or bike much on the streets near your home, you most likely know the answer to this question. Rocky Point, my neighborhood, has one. Marine Drive, a smaller neighborhood just to the west of us, has three. Perhaps Marine Drive has more readers and more community spirit.
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A Housing Project to Watch

Rocky Point Building Site

It looks like two lots are being combined.

Because I bike the length of Rocky Point Road almost every morning, I should spot any changes to its established homes and few remaining wooded lots right away. Not always so. On today’s ride I noticed a new housing start at the corner of Rocky Point Road and Water’s Edge Lane (see photo). Either delivery of the first load of building materials and site clearing have happened since Friday, or I’m not as observant as I thought.
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What’s Different This Time, Jay?

Like many career politicians, Washington Governor Jay Inslee has a history of using an elected position as a springboard for seeking higher office. In 2012, then-U.S. Representative Inslee resigned before his term was up to run full time for governor. In 2019, after announcing his candidacy for president last week, he has no plans to quit his day job. Are there differences between 2012 and 2019?
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No Room for an Airblade

Dyson Airblade

Airblade at Skipper’s restaurant in Silverdale

What high-end appliance would you want in your kitchen assuming you had the space and the budget? How about a La Cornue range or a Sub-Zero refrigerator? My choice wouldn’t have anything to do with cooking or food storage. It would be a Dyson Airblade db hand dryer (see photo) so I can say goodbye to wasted paper towels and damp dish towels.
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