Zero cars in the parking lot, zero sign of anyone anywhere inside the building. Roughly 90% of the interior and exterior lights (including in the underground parking garage) were turned on.

Here’s a close-up of the front again:

And another one of the room that I thought was going to be a meeting room. Now that it’s full of desks, I’m thinking it’s probably just some sort of mass office? Either way, I don’t see why they need to leave all the lights on throughout the night.

Here’s the back door…

…and what’s this just across the driveway, in basically the only dark spot on the lot?

According to the sign on the right there, that would be the generator and fuel tank—totally unlocked and wide open to whoever wants to stroll on by. That seems safe.

I wonder how much electricity our new green city hall will have pointlessly wasted before it is even open for business?

That’s nearly every exterior and interior light turned on. For nobody.

All the inside lights on in the entry room. Those things at the top that look like ceiling tiles that are falling off are the “art.”

All the lights on in the rear first floor meeting room, too. No signs of anyone at all inside the building.

Don’t you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, knowing that our fancy new City Hall is so green? I know I do.

The new unnecessary traffic signals at both ends of NE 181st St behind Safeway have been activated.

Grocery Outlet has moved, opening in their new location in Kenmore Square yesterday.

The new store looks great, and has much better visibility than their old location in Kenmore Village. They were smart to jump on this space as soon as it became available, considering the public statements from Urban Partners, the supposed eventual developer of Kenmore Village, that they basically aren’t welcome to stay in the fancy-schmancy new upscale downtown when it finally gets built (whenever that will be).

Speaking of Kenmore Village, the grand future downtown of Kenmore is looking more and more like a ghost town with each passing month. Here’s an update of our map.

Meanwhile, across the street, new foliage is being planted at the new “green” city hall:

It’s spring time in the city of Kenmore, I suppose.

Sadly, this awesome little guy is not for sale.

Good thing they put up those handwritten signs. Otherwise how would their potential patrons ever have figured out that this location has been closed?

What the heck is it? Was somebody worried that the cable might get cold in the harsh Kenmore winter?

This looks fairly lovingly hand-crafted. I can’t help but feel like I’m missing out on some sort of joke here. And I hate missing out on a good joke. Anybody care to fill me in?

I have to say though, I am disappointed in the apathy of Kenmore voters. According to King County Elections, Kenmore had a voter turnout of 53.4%.

Not only is this a lower turnout than the most recent comparable election in 2005 (56.7% turnout), but it’s even a lower raw number of voters! In 2005 6,831 voted, but in 2009 just 6,823 people voted, despite the fact that every single registered voter was mailed a ballot that they just had to fill out and drop in the mail (or drive down to Lake Forest Park). Pitiful!

But enough about that. Let’s abruptly change the subject.

I spotted this home somewhere up on the hill between 61st and 68th. It intrigued me.

Yes, that’s a City of Kenmore flag flying in front of that home. Where can you even buy a City of Kenmore flag?

Clearly this is someone that has a lot more allegiance to Kenmore than the average bear. I bet they voted.

Spotted around Kenmore:

Come on now kitties, Kenmore isn’t that bad! :)

Then I noticed this story out of Bellingham: ‘Wild’ peacocks becoming a common sight in Whatcom County

The Whatcom Humane Society has received at least two calls a week for the past three months from people reporting peacock sightings all over the county, said Krista Unser, manager of animal care and services.

That’s one infestation I don’t think I would mind. Peacocks are pretty cool birds, in this blogger’s opinion.

What surprised me was to see the above-pictured dude hanging out so close to a street as busy as 80th Ave. I wonder how long it has lived around there? It was pretty obviously not contained in any way, but perhaps is it somebody’s pet?

Herons, crows, and peacocks—living together in harmony here in Kenmore.

Here’s a video of crow time in downtown Kenmore earlier this evening. For those of you who live on the outskirts of our little village, crow time is a twice daily occurrence when thousands of crows commute to and from downtown Seattle for work. The veritable river of crows stretches as far as you can see in either direction and lasts for about half an hour.

At dawn every day the massive murder flies east to west into the big city, and at dusk they fly back to their homes in the suburbs… much like most Kenmore residents. The main difference is that the crows go in to work seven days a week, and their work day is about 15 hours long (in the summer, anyway).

Makes all of you seem a little lazy.