Even with a bus load of 5th graders it was only a short trip from Burien to the Seattle Waterfront. Today was a fun day of exploring the Seattle Aquarium. The kids got to collect samples of plankton and then take the research indoors and view under a microscope. I never knew there were so many different species of plankton, I guess the Spongebob version is only one of them.
Here are a few pictures from the trip:
Opened in 1977, funded by $5.4 million from King County Forward Thrust bonds
Hosted:
- 19 million visitors since its opening in 1977
- 519,000 estimated Washington State resident visitors in 2007
- Over 1.5 million school group participants in its 31 years; 50,000 in 2007
- 10,319 school group visitors in 2007 funded by contributions made at our
annual Splash! auction for less advantaged students.
- A record breaking 811,000 visitors in 2007
- 74 full time equivalent staff led by John Braden, Director
- Contributed time from 617 volunteers exceeded 65,387 hours of service
valued at $1,145,000
- Combined annual operating budget: $10.3 million operating budget is
generated through gate receipts, concessions income, membership, grants
and private contributions.
The cast of the upcoming play “No Strings Attached” wanted to give you a preview of the hard work and dedication that is put into perfecting their performance! The future of the school musical is dependent on the ability to cover the costs of production, so please support the St. Francis of Assisi school musical by coming to the show.
Friday February 27, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Saturday February 28, 2009 at 7:00 PM.
Highline Performing Arts Center
401 South 152nd Street
Burien, Washington
206-433-2292
No Strings Attached is a twist on the original story of the talking puppet. In this play within a play, Carl becomes Pinocchio, a magical marionette, and learns about life through a series of bad decisions and mishaps that result in transforming him into a donkey. Along the way, he meets hip-hopping, swinging, and rock ‘n’ rolling characters who attempt to train him to be a good “woodenhead.” Finally, Pinocchio redeems himself by saving Geppetto.
Adults: $10
Seniors and students who are not performing/singing: $8
It’s exactly one year ago today that I took my first pictures for this Burien Undressed blog, and here they are. Seahurst Park-
It was a really beautiful day and so we were running around trying to get a couple of good photos and then we stopped by olde Burien to take a night time photo too.
It has been such a fun experience, taking photos around town, meeting with people and businesses, I just love it! I know this next year will bring more additions to the blog. Thanks to everyone for such wonderful and positive feedback.
We have 4 foot icicles attached to the house. I guess it would be time to take off the bamboo window cover that’s meant to keep out the sun?
Last night we broke off a couple and they were over 3 inches in diameter…
Since we were getting low on necessaties, we took a stroll over to Walgreens. Here are some photos taken along Ambaum.
142nd and Ambaum…
Here’s a cool looking tree on my street…
Some more exciting news, Burien Undressed and a link to my Flickr page is on the new city of Burien’s Website!! The city listed a few names of local photographers and Burien Undressed was one of them. Check it out here for a list of other local photographers in Burien.
What is so great about living in Burien? For me, it’s the people and the community. I enjoy seeing all the familiar faces, whether I’m shopping, buying a coffee, or picking up my kids from school. It’s a rare occasion that I don’t see a friendly face, or get a wave from someone. That is comfort to me, that is home to me. Here are a few random photos from around Burien that I’ve taken over the past several months. There are a few photos around Seattle too, just because we have such great views!
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What do you like about Burien?? Share your story and photo!!! We would love to hear from you…
Me and grandpa.
This post is dedicated to my favorite grandpa Marv who past away two years ago. It’s his birthday and so here is a little of our Burien History.
After deciding to start this Burien blog, it came to my realization that five generations of my family have resided in the Burien area.
My great grandpa Oliver Harrison worked for the gas company,
My grandpa Marvin LeRoy Fitch (far right) drove long distance semi-trucks,
My dad Byron Fitch graduated from Highline High School,
My parents married at Highline Christian Church, Burien WA
If this photo was taken today, you would see Burien Town Square in the background. That is my dad on the right. My grandpa built that fireplace and it’s still standing today. This is what the house looks like now on the corner of 155th and 2nd.
Many years of happy memories were made here! My grandpa was also a beekeeper and the house was on over an acre back then. He maintained a wonderful garden full of fresh vegetables and fruit trees that we enjoyed for many years.
I graduated from Evergreen High School, and if you ever needed proof that big hair was in, here you go! Now my children attend St. Francis of Assisi.
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I never get tired of our Puget Sound views. Burien has miles and miles of beach and mountains that make for a perfectly breathtaking sunset view. Take a look at these photos taken at Three Tree Point and Seahurst Park:
Above photos are courtesy of Flickr, Uploaded by taylor and africa
Photo courtesy of Flickr 
Uploaded on June 27, 2008
by Crocidillicus
Another one of my favorite beach areas is Seahurst Park:
These last two photos were taken by me, you can check out a variety of Burien photos at my Flickr account burienundressed
Here is a picture I took last night of the Burien clock on 152nd. If anyone has any cool Burien Photos they would like to share on this blog, just send me an email and we can post them.
