1. The most quintessential of Olympia discussions over at /r/Olympia: state office work versus regular office work. Discuss. 2. Wondering what’s up with Make Olympia. Well, that’s what’s up. 3. HA! I feel the same way at Mathias: “…we just had about a dozen cupcake shops open up in the last 24 months.” 4. Oh…
Month: April 2013
Tumwater Towers, once you know they’re there, you see them everywhere
Where else in Tumwater have copies of this tower spread? Encouraged (at least in part) by actual City of Tumwater code: To encourage design elements that convey the historical theme of Tumwater. Pitched or mansard metal roofs, decorative brick facades, and ornamental towers with pitched roofs and decorative cornices are examples of design elements that…
Olympia Beer, looking at a budget Puget Sound culture from Los Angeles
The headquarters of the Olympia Brewing Company, literally on Santa Monica Boulevard. View Larger Map Just a bit different than the original headquarters. Since the 1980s, the Olympia Beer brand has been passed around several national beer companies, landing with Pabst in 1999. By the time Pabst bought Olympia, it was already a virtual…
What I left unsaid about baseball, ambition and community
I recently submitted a rough outline of Olympia’s minor league baseball history to the local historical society newsletter. It was based on a longer piece that I really hadn’t put finishing touches on, so I took out some thoughts that strayed off the historically cite-able path. They were mostly thoughts on the communities that made…
Views and shorelines (olyblogosphere for April 15, 2013)
1. Not really from the blogosphere, but I’m not sure if anyone else has pointed to the really interesting videos the city posted from their shoreline discussions. These are two visualizations side by side of what certain regulations would look like in terms of actual buildings. 2. Speaking of views, both Stevenl (at Morty and…