Seattle Public Utilities has a grand master plan to solve sewage overflow problems for Lake Union, and it’s a tunnel of course. This has been in planning for several years, and in general you shouldn’t care, but it’s worth noting because this particular poo tube will clock in at close to a half billion dollars so it’s a “mega project”.

Mega projects have tons of money sitting around, plus they have highly compensated consultants standing at the ready, just waiting to listen to your complaints and bright ideas. There’s 1% for art money, there’s environmental impact study mitigation efforts, there’s …

Hopefully you enjoyed the novelty of cold rain yesterday. Today summer sort of returns, which is fortunate for the “summer splash” at Green Lake today. From 9 to 4 there will be crew races, food vendors, children’s activities, and a chance to experience rowing, canoeing, kayaking, and paddle boarding for free. For more info, click here.

Beyond that, if you have room for a giant conifer then the city would like to give you one. Go here to claim your evergreen.

There’s no redwoods available, but Wallingford has at least two giant ones already. There’s one at the Bittman Estate …

Disc Golf is the best sport there is. If you play another sport instead, you have been making a mistake. Disc golf wins for so very many reasons:

It’s generally free to play and you can bring your dog You can play whether it’s hot or cold, wet or dry, winter or summer You can play at most any age or ability level, it doesn’t matter if you have a trick knee or whatever (give younger kids like 2 throws for every throw you take) It has all the good stuff in common with ball golf- soaring drives, tense putts,…

Have you noticed the fresh coat of paint on the sculptures at Meridian Playground? You can thank the kids at Meridian School, who did the work as part of the City of Seattle’s 1% for Art program. From Erin Ruddock with Meridian School:

Students had the opportunity to power wash the sculptures and prepare them for painting, to select the new color scheme, and of course…paint! The students demonstrated perseverance, incredible attention to detail and amazing focus! To date, 5 out of the 10 existing sculptures have been revitalized. The remaining sculptures will be completed in the fall of 2015 …

After a big push by the police department, most camper vans have been pushed off of Northlake Way. There are still a few near Gasworks and the problem has ebbed and flowed through the years, but for now the situation seems to be semi-resolved.

It’s not clear to me why the police took action now after many months of complaints. Maybe they finally relented to pressure from the Northlake Safety and Security Team. Or, if you’re more cynical, you could say they took action because it’s election season so some politician decided to respond to a citizen complaint for once.…

Tonight at the Wallingford Playfield there will be a free outdoor showing of the movie Frozen beginning at 7 PM. It gets a 7.6 user review on IMDB. Don’t forget to rehearse “let it go” so you have the lyrics right for the inevitable sing along. The presentation a nice annual thing Calvary Wallingford does.

At the same time, the Meaningful Movies is showing “From Neurons to Nirvana: The Great Medicines” at Keystone Congregational Church at 5019 Keystone Place N. The movie looks to be a fun psychedelic trip and gets an 8.1 user review on IMDB, so it should …