West Seattle Summer Fest 2011: Friday afternoon report

We’re into hour three of day one at West Seattle Summer Fest already – and we’ve had sunshine, though the clouds are coming and going too. It’s not too hot, not too cold, just right. Kicking back has begun – earlier, we caught Dave and Dean from West 5, with Dean’s fiancee Quinn, at the Elliott Bay Brewing outdoor area:

It’s not all play and no work, though – as chair of the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce board, Dave is currently pulling a shift in the Information Booth at California/Alaska, where we are embedded throughout the festival as well. Among the changes this year – food stands on both sides of Alaska:

Thinking about the food you cook at home – longtime WSB sponsor Dream Dinners is here, and if you place an order during the festival, you get a special salad bowl – at left is DD’s Leslie Thomson, with her visiting cousin:

And if you have any concerns about safety – no worries, the police are here:

From left, Southwest Precinct’s Lts. Ron Rasmussen and Ron Smith. When you come to Summer Fest, remember to check out the GreenLife zone down on the south end, presented by Sustainable West Seattle and West Seattle Nursery. That’s where we found Donna Sandstrom from The Whale Trail, showing off one of their new whale-viewing kits:

Want to find out about backyard cottages? Ncompass Cottage Company (WSB sponsor) is there too:

Remember there’s one main music stage this year, California near Genesee, where Ali Marcus was scheduled as the first act, 12:45 pm. There’s one exception – Caspar Babypants will be here at California/Alaska at 6:30 tonight. Much more coverage to come (and other news too) … we’ll be adding to this as the afternoon goes on.

17 Replies to "West Seattle Summer Fest 2011: Friday afternoon report"

  • One More Opinion July 8, 2011 (2:06 pm)

    WOW. It’s already busy! I can’t wait to get out of work :) So much fun and I’m so happy the weather is cooperating.

  • Katie July 8, 2011 (2:54 pm)

    We spent over 2 hours and didn’t see half of it! Lots of fun and looking forward to going back again this weekend when we have more time.

  • WSLover July 8, 2011 (3:39 pm)

    Please let there be no Anti-Abortion Booth this year! Why do we need these things at a festival? I just want to relax and have fun.

  • celeste17 July 8, 2011 (3:55 pm)

    My only comment was that I see all the garbage and recycle bins covered but didn’t see where else to put my food scrap. Need better signed or more stations to put your recycle choices. I know the fest is going green but more stations would be good.

    Other then that I spent three hours there and saw several cute things.

  • Mack July 8, 2011 (4:13 pm)

    Deep fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!

  • redblack July 8, 2011 (4:23 pm)

    is the cop (rasmussen) in the photo any relation to the councilman?

  • foy boy July 8, 2011 (4:24 pm)

    WSLover. Theres a save the whales both why not a save the human babies both?

  • eileen July 8, 2011 (5:15 pm)

    Looks like lots of fun!

  • Sean July 8, 2011 (5:20 pm)

    I noticed the lack of garbage cans, as well. The few that I did see were covered with plastic and people were just putting their garbage on top of the plastic.

    • WSB July 8, 2011 (5:22 pm)

      Hi – the Zero Waste stations are in various places – one over by Easy Street, one middle of the booth row north of the center of the festival, over on the east side of the SW Alaska stub, and those are just the few I’ve seen while walking back to the info booth … did you see those?

  • Sean July 8, 2011 (5:41 pm)

    I didn’t see any Zero Waste stations. Do they look like big garbage cans? I finally found an uncovered garbage can at Pagliacci.

    • WSB July 8, 2011 (5:53 pm)

      I’m putting a photo in our evening coverage, which I’ve just launched atop the page, they’re kind of big and boxy … TR

  • celeste17 July 8, 2011 (7:31 pm)

    They need to have them better marked. Have arrows that point to the stations. Have them on the garbage cans that are covered.

  • Service Dog Academy July 8, 2011 (8:58 pm)

    TR

    Are you sure one of those cops isnt Bruce Wind? We had a very nice conversation today about dog training and I got his business card. He used to train the drug detection dogs and is coworkers with the drug detection dog trainer I am working with to solidify my service dog scent detection training program. FYI, we have now had TWO CONFIRMED LIFE SAVES now with our diabetic alert dog training program. I would love to tell you about it sometime.

    Happy Tails To You!
    Mary McNeight, CPDT-KA, CCS, BGS
    Service Dog Academy, Seattle WA
    Owner/Head Trainer
    http://www.servicedogacademy.com
    mary@servicedogacademy.com
    206-355-9033

    • WSB July 8, 2011 (9:18 pm)

      Nope, Lt. Ron Rasmussen and Lt. Ron Smith. I was talking to them from about a foot away on the other side of the booth (and took a photo I tweeted from the iPhone) before they walked over to the other side of the booth, where Patrick picked up this photo with our “real” camera. They’re not the only SPD on site, of course. Sgt. Strand was around in the afternoon, for one. And a quiet day/night, thus far (the Fastbacks crowd did not appear to be in danger of rioting) … TR

  • Service Dog Academy July 8, 2011 (10:06 pm)

    Huh. OK… Im stumped. But then again, my brain doesnt always work so well in crowds. Its part of my disability.

    I do have to admit, I was very pleasantly surprised at the ever consistent police presence today.

  • JAG July 8, 2011 (10:32 pm)

    Pretty silly, I think, to cover the existing recycling containers and expect people to seek out those other locations — without any instructions, either.

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