Trump Shreds Social Safety Net, Creating Perfect Storm for Homelessness
Trump actions are set to deepen the homelessness crisis, while kids face ICE deportation without any legal defense. County and City of Seattle leaders are scrambling to respond.
Riding the Seven Series
Smells Like Chicken
Five minutes after a phone conversation in which I got dumped, this guy showed up and asked if I wanted any fried chicken. He was an Ezell’s employee, a squat and friendly face in the wee hours, absolutely loaded with tenders, wings, rolls, you name it. I don’t
Stories from Metro Route 7: Emerald City Fish & Chips and Stop 8360
The stop has no number written on the outside. It’s exposed. But on this day, this Saturday afternoon, the weather is fine. The sun breaks. Two picnic tables are outside, southwest facing. They hope the sun returns so that they can be social again, meet new people. The tables.
Stories from Metro Route 7: Bookworm Exchange and Stop 8250
Metro stop 8250 is slightly north of Bookworm Exchange on Rainier Avenue South. Jim and his shop once lived in Columbia City. But he closed that one and moved all the books to a storage unit. The shop then went virtual. He re-opened in brick and mortar this past summer
Stories from Metro Route 7: King Donuts and Stop 8080
Metro stops 8080 and 8070 surround the northern and southern ends, respectively, of a lakeside bend of Rainier Avenue South. In the bend’s lee, does preside King Donuts Teriyaki Laundromat. Through a quirk of bio-evolutionary history, when the lake was lowered nine feet by the Corps of Engineers, for
Stories from Metro Route 7: Mekong Supermarket and Stop 8380
The sign for Metro stop 8380 has a smudge on the second eight, which makes it look like a six. Because confirming the number is an eight rather than six takes what seems like way too long with a GPS-enabled phone, I cross the Mekong Supermarket’s lot and pass
Stories from Metro Route 7: Cafe Avole, Rainier Mini-Mart and Stop 8190
An iron compass, set into the concrete just outside Metro bus stop 8190, lets you know that you’ll never be lost, and that all directions are possible. I let it point me south-east a few feet to see Solomon Dubie and his good friend, Bisrat, at Rainier Mini Mart
Stories from Metro Route 7: Redwing Cafe and Stop 8040
With more than a few minutes until the next Seven arrives, I stand, phone in hand, under Metro Stop 8040 to assess my options. Old Town Rainier Beach has many: Nate’s and Jude’s are as promising now as Montera’s and O’Harra’s one hundred years ago.