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Hello and welcome to The Seattle Otterman! What, you are likely asking, is The Seattle Otterman? A very good question! This is the place where the curious, the querulous, the intrigued and the...
View ArticleOur Watery Friends, Part One
Yes, these hot summer days put us here at The Seattle Otterman in the mood for a long, cool dip in one of the many lakes and streams of our fair city! It is in the spirit of summertime, and in the...
View ArticleThe Lady in Red
No, not the smash 80’s Chris DeBurgh hit, although that’s a mystery of its own, this tale is yet another strange and creepy one from the waters of the Sound. Of course, every port city has its share of...
View ArticleNow There’s a Guy Who Loves His Job
One of the greatest feats of engineering in Seattle history was the connecting of Lake Union to the Puget Sound, via the Ballard Locks (http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/). Now a popular tourist...
View ArticleCum On Feel The Noize
Vashon Island is just a ferry ride away from Seattle (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/). It’s rustic, it’s rural, it’s downright bucolic. But above all, it’s just plain weird. And we’re not the only...
View ArticleSee You Later, Alligator
Oh sure, a baby alligator sounds like the perfect pet, doesn’t it? So cute, cuddly, huggable, a little taste of the prehistoric right in your own modern home. Well, baby alligators grow up into adult...
View ArticleHey New Yorker, Tell Us Something We Don’t Know
So that article in the New Yorker has gotten everyone around here counting their jugs of expired water and half-dead batteries. Well, guess what, people? It’s not like you didn’t know all that stuff in...
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