Seattlest: Seattlest Interviews Clark Humphrey, author of Vanishing Seattle

MichelleBee

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:40:06 -0800

This book was a total hit with my family at Christmas! Everyone was fighting to read it and my family has TONS of Seattle books. There really is something special about this particular book. Yes, losing Jay Jacobs was a sad day for Debbie Gibson hat wearing teenagers in the PNW!

corky

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:43:29 -0800

At least as significant as Jay Jacobs was the Squire Shop, a chain of teen-oriented clothing stores whose ads ran relentlessly on Top 40 radio in the '70s. The company also ran a hydroplane in the Seafair races for many years.

null

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:56:38 -0800

I shopped at Jay Jacobs and was thrilled when it finally collapsed. That place was hideous: dark, crowded. Their stores were grey. GREY! Grey does not invite long hours of shopping. Jay Jacobs sucked. It was never on the same level of quirkiness as Chubby & Tubby or Rainier Beer. Did my grade school music teacher write a song inspired by Jay Jacobs? No. But he did write a song inspired by Rainer Beer ads. ("Artesians, artesians, that is what we are. We don't ride upon a bus or travel in a car...")

Dan

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:48:58 -0800

What is the Baranov restaurant in Greenwood?

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:42:53 -0800

Bill Gates Sr. is from B-Town that would be Bremerton baby!

James

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:25:00 -0800

If we're going to mention it (and I should've), we should provide a link.

Ronald

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:18:26 -0800

Worth mentioning, too, that Clark is editor of the Belltown Messenger, a paper dedicated to preserving as much as possible of a neighborhood in rapid transition.

Seth

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:34:21 -0800

I bought three copies of the book, one each for my dad and his brother and sister. They were thrilled.