Im in seattle, headed toward the ballard neighborhood. Its an upscale area once known for sawmills and commercial fishing, and just down the road is one mans strange inheritance and a story with a hollywood ending. My names barry martin. I inherited a tiny, hundredyearold house from a little old lady. If there ever was a realestate niche, this is one. Hi, barry. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Nice to meet you. I meet barry in front of this little house. Yep, this is it his strange inheritance. Its just 600 square feet, and its now surrounded by a huge Shopping Mall a mall that the unlikely heir in this story helped build. Who leaves this to somebody . Well, edith left it to me. Edith . Yep. Love to learn more. Okay. Come on. Barry explains that when this house was built over a hundred years ago, ballard, washington, was the shinglemill capital of the world, with 20 mills producing 3 million shingles a day. There was fishing on elliot bay there, and the shinglemill industry, all along shilshole a
Im in seattle, headed toward the ballard neighborhood. Its an upscale area once known for sawmills and commercial fishing, and just down the road is one mans strange inheritance and a story with a hollywood ending. My names barry martin. I inherited a tiny, hundredyearold house from a little old lady. If there ever was a realestate niche, this is one. Hi, barry. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Nice to meet you. I meet barry in front of this little house. Yep, this is it his strange inheritance. Its just 600 square feet, and its now surrounded by a huge Shopping Mall a mall that the unlikely heir in this story helped build. Who leaves this to somebody . Well, edith left it to me. Edith . Yep. Love to learn more. Okay. Come on. Barry explains that when this house was built over a hundred years ago, ballard, washington, was the shinglemill capital of the world, with 20 mills producing 3 million shingles a day. There was fishing on elliot bay there, and the shinglemill industry, all along shilshole a
Librarian upstairs in the virginia room, and im thrilled to welcome you to the city of fairfax regional library. Thank you for coming. Todays event is part of the 18th annual fall for the book literary festival. Be sure to pick up a program or visit fall for the book. Org for information about other author events throughout the region. The web site also has an app that you can download on your phone or tablet. Please help us out, also, by improving the festival by filling out a survey over there. At the end of this event, books will be available for sale and signing just outside the door there. Thank you also to one more page books for providing us with this service. Our guest this evening, claudia kalb, is a local journalist and author who specializes in the fields of medicine, Mental Health and science. Her articles have appeared in newsweek, smithsonian, Scientific American and numerous other publications both in print and online. Kalb broke features and stories for newsweek for 17
Todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The roof just came down. I have never seen anything like this. Deadly noreaster reeks havoc. Heavy rains and high winds made the commute home miserable for thousands. Gusts reaching 60 Miles Per Hour. A little rain you can deal with. The wind is crazy. The cleanup continues in the south after a breakout of tornadoes. We just officially terminated tpp. One thing to kill the tpp but another thing to develop the policy which works for American Workers and not ceos. U. S. Intelligence officials are examining phone calls from Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador to the United States. Pompeo is now cia director. Moments during the state of the state address in minnesota when the governor suddenly collapsed. Three puppies were discovered unharmed at the hotel in italy that was slammed by an avalanche. Look at his reaction. A man takes advantage of the high waters in california and busted out a jet ski. Welcome this. The Oscar Nominations just in th
With a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Here comes a deadly noreaster wreaks havoc. Heavy rains and high winds made the commute missable for thousands. These roads are definitely not where you want to be. Gusts reaching 60 miles an hour. Rain we can deal with, winds is crazy. Howling agent my house. Cleanup continues in the south after a breakout of tornadoes. I will be here. We just officially terminated tpp. Its one thing to kill the tpp which is a positive step. Its another thing to develop a policy which works for American Workers and not the ceos. U. S. Security officials are examining phones call between the national am bass tobassador United States. Michael pompeo is now the cia director. Frightening moments when the govern suddenly collapsed. Three puppies were discovered unharmed at a hotel in italy. All that oh, no a man takes advantage of the high waters in california and went out on a jetsky. And all that mattered former president george h. W. Bush out o