Archie McPhee

With the Archie McPhee shop about to close up and reopen over in Wallingford, here are some pictures of the emptying interior:

The counter area:

And another shot of the counter area:

I noticed a garage door on the east side of the store, mentioned it to one of the Archie McPhee clerks as something boats would use, and found out that apparently the building’s going to be a marine store once McPhee leaves.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer coin box

About a month after the demise of the print P-I, here’s a shot of an empty P-I coin box outside Java Bean on the day of its demise.

Salmon Mural at the Sunset Bowl

A mural of what looks like a chinook and a coho salmon leaping on the side of the Sunset Bowl building.

Ballard Skate Bowl in the Snow

The Ballard Skate Bowl on the afternoon of the 21st.

Looking at Ballard Bridge

Peering through some missing windows at the recently torn down site by the Edith Macefield house to traffic on the Ballard Bridge.

Deadliest Barge

A Deadliest Barge tied up near the 24th Street dock in Ballard.

The Li’l Beaver Train

A train, Ballard’s Li’l Beaver, makes a showing on the railroad tracks of the parking lot at the Ballard Locks.

Corn Grows in Ballard

A few corn stalks reach toward the sky in front of a house in Ballard. They look healthy enough, but why aren’t they producing ears?

More Sherman Alexie at Library

Another sign of Sherman Alexie’s very high popularity in Seattle, as people peer through the windows simply to see him talk, without actually hearing him. At the end of his talk, there was still a bit of overflow spilling outside the library meeting room.

Sherman Alexie at Library

A look at the crowd gathered around the outside of Ballard library’s meeting room (the room was completely full) for the start of Sherman Alexie’s very popular talk there this evening.