Nov 9th, 2008
by Scottso.
Alexander Sasonoff grew up in "Rat City" and lived to write about it.
by Scott Schaefer
Last week we posted the first excerpt from longtime area resident, architect, artist and now author Alexander Sasonoff’s recently-published autobiography called “Growing Up in Rat City and Beyond.”
(Serendipitous side note o’trivia: the office we currently occupy was actually designed by Mr. [...]
Oct 30th, 2008
by Scottso.
Alexander Sasonoff grew up in "Rat City" and lived to write about it.
by Scott Schaefer
Alexander Sasonoff is a longtime area resident whose acronym could easily be “AAA” - Architect, Artist and now…Author.
Just don’t call him if your car breaks down (although he could probably fix that too…).
Sasonoff, an accomplished local architect, grew up in [...]
Oct 19th, 2008
by Scottso.
Photographed on 16th Ave SW near SW 112th is this scene of a White Center yard festooned for Halloween:
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Sep 24th, 2008
by Scottso.
Driving through the Dub-C this morning, we found this fascinating scene of nature vs man: a blackberry bush is growing through a traffic cone on the corner of SW 107th and 21st SW (possibly cultivated that way by a nearby resident):
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Sep 19th, 2008
by Scottso.
Everyone’s favorite, locally-named roller derby clan, the Rat City Roller Girls, have emerged victorious (by default) in a lawsuit over their logo filed by Starbucks.
According to the lawsuit, Starbucks believed that the RCRG logo was “too similar” to their logo.
This means that this ding-dang great logo:
Apparently does not infringe on this one:
Yeah Roller Girls – [...]
Sep 17th, 2008
by Scottso.
Found this impressive “speed video” of a local White Center artist named Wes doing his rendition of a “FOB”:
(for reference of what a “FOB” is, click here)
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Sep 3rd, 2008
by Scottso.
Found a hilarious “Ode to White Center” blog entry recently by a Dub-C resident named Kirsten Geyer, and here’s an excerpt:
Dear White Center,
When we first looked into moving here we were thrilled with the inexpensive homes, accessibility to downtown, and diverse culture.
We didn’t necessarily realize that we would also be subjecting ourselves to the neighborly meth [...]