Remembering Steve Shulman
How best do we honor Steve Shulman? Some of us who knew and loved Steve have been talking about and thinking about how best to honor him...

Leschi Council
May 1, 2021
Leschi School Update
Congratulations to Mr. D for being named this year’s recipient of the first annual King County Larry Gossett Service Award! Text from his...

Leschi Council
Feb 1, 2021
Leschi Loses a Leader
Reprinted with permission of The Seattle Times. (Thanks to Anne Depue for obtaining permission) Born in segregated Arkansas in 1928,...

Leschi Council
Feb 1, 2021
Happy Retirement to Neighborhood Icon
Hello Leschi! This month, Leschi Market dedicates the wine column to longtime Leschi resident and Leschi Market Wine Steward, Ed Raftis....

Leschi Council
Mar 1, 2020
Who Was Leschi? Part II
Last month’s article supplied some information about this neighborhood’s namesake, Chief Leschi. Leschi was a leader of the Nisqually...

Leschi Council
Dec 1, 2019
Loss of Two Neighborhood Treasures
Two long-standing stewards of the overlook of the Leschi Natural Area at 36th and East Terrace Street have moved to a senior living...

Leschi Council
Nov 1, 2019
Our Leschi Stars!
At our May meeting, we honored these stars of our community with the Leschi Shooting Star award. Cara Ross, Leschi business owner (Blue...

Leschi Council
Jun 1, 2019


Remembering Joyce Muskelly
Sadly, we lost another pillar of the Leschi Community in the past month: Joyce Muskelly. I remember Joyce as holding down the kitchen...

Leschi Council
Jun 1, 2019


Loss of Another Leschi Icon
We are saddened by the loss of Leonard Shulman, longtime owner of the Leschi Market. He died December 24. Leonard bought the Leschi...

Leschi Council
Feb 1, 2019
Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument
My relationship with Dr. King was decades old, so I felt compelled to see the sculpture honoring him as soon as I could. Getting to the...

Leschi Council
Jan 1, 2019
Sugar Cloud
This is the name that our youngest entrepreneur has given to her business of making and selling cotton candy and how appropriate this...

Leschi Council
Sep 1, 2018


A Community Says Goodbye
More than 200 folks gathered at Leschi Park on a warm Sunday summer evening to pay tribute to Robert Pfaff, Leschi Market’s longtime...

Leschi Council
Sep 1, 2018

