Today is Thursday and like Arthur Dent in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "I never quite got the hang of Thursdays", and after spending the last six weeks job searching I decided to take a short break and go for a drive just to get out of the house. So I hopped in the car and drove over to the Wallingford District in Seattle. I stopped for lunch at Dick's Drive-In on 45th, and even though this is the first Dick's Drive-In to take credit cards (refer to this article for further details) being a traditionalist I still paid cash for my lunch.
After lunch I drove around Wallingford for a bit and then I headed over to the University District to take a first hand look at a classic example of stupidity and jerkery.
You see in the U District next to I-5 there is a house which on the side facing the freeway there is beautiful mural of 50's pin-up model Betty Page. This house has quite a number of admirers who refer to it as "The Bettie Page House". Photos and articles about the house can be found all over the Internet such as this Atlas Obscura article. Unfortunately sometime in the latter part of June someone decided to defaced the mural and this is the stupidity and jerkery I mentioned earlier.
Below are some photos I took today of the vandalism. Seriously who would do something like this?
(This last picture is of the alterations of the vandals comments made by the owners of the house)
Here are a few articles on the vandalism:
- Seattle Times - "Owners of Seattle’s vandalized Bettie Page house say ‘some feminists’ missed the point"
- Komo News - "Ravenna homeowners have message for 'feminists' who defaced their pinup mural"
While the vandalism to this wonderful mural truly does suck, I guess some good can be found in the determination of the owners of the house, and their suggestion for donations.
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