Tony @tonychiado.com · 27/09/2026Sat in on an Italian language class, watched some Bocce, looked over a collection of historic photos, and watched the Grape Stomp at Festa Italiana this weekend at Seattle Center. Grateful to the Italian community in Seattle for putting this on every year. 110
Tony @tonychiado.com · 27/09/2026A random thought: are taller ceilings in Seattle townhomes worth it if they require longer staircases taking up valuable floor space? 110
Tony @tonychiado.com · 26/09/2026Haven’t seen Sol perform since my college days helping him promote his show at the Showbox. This is cool as hell. 0110
Tony @tonychiado.com · 25/09/2026The Crodino are flying off the shelves at Red Apple. You love to see it 100
Tony @tonychiado.com · 24/09/2026Pound for pound, give me North Beacon Hill’s food scene over anywhere else in Seattle. There aren’t a thousand options, but everything on the hill is good to elite. 1121
Tony @tonychiado.com · 24/09/2026Gohan, a Japanese restaurant on Beacon Hill, looks to be opening beneath the Jefferson Station Apartments soon! 180
Tony @tonychiado.com · 23/09/2026Wow, Tutta Bella is closing in Columbia City on October 2nd per their social media. 130
Tony @tonychiado.com · 23/09/2026Hilltop Red Apple on Beacon Hill is now stocking bottles of Crodino, which are probably the best NA Spritz you can find. 120
Tony @tonychiado.com · 21/09/2026“The Fir” at 1906 20th Ave S looks like site clearance is underway, hopefully to begin construction. 204 units, 4k sq ft of retail, and 80 parking spots coming to North Rainier. This project was supposed to begin in Q2 2025. 1110
Tony @tonychiado.com · 19/09/2026I have some fresh ideas for what I think could be a pretty cool interactive mapping website for this history, but I’m not sure that I possess the technical skills to readily make this happen. 150
Tony @tonychiado.com · 17/09/2026Another large mixed-use project planned in the North Rainier corridor. The neighborhood keeps the tally going. 162
Tony @tonychiado.com · 17/09/2026Recently, I found where my great-grandmother lived in Downtown Renton via school census records (very cool these were done yearly!). 637 Morris Ave S. Built 1915. Simple enough. But when I went to look at the 1936 Aerial, nothing was there. 1927 Sanborn map, the house wasn’t there. 110
Tony @tonychiado.com · 16/09/2026This looks wonderful. St. Louis continues to build out a really impressive central greenway. 010
Tony @tonychiado.com · 16/09/2026Check out my neighbor’s sunflower garden. Townhome owners maximize their precious space, I’ll tell you what. 0100
Tony @tonychiado.com · 16/09/2026Anecdotal but I feel like 8 AM Sunday mass attendance at St James Cathedral is way up in the past year or so. 010
Tony @tonychiado.com · 16/09/2026Canyon is selling an ebike with a Bosch mid-drive motor for $1300… and it’s HSA/FSA eligible.canyon.comPrecede:ON Comfort 5City riding has never been so simple. With a one size-fits-all frame, strong, smooth Bosch motor power up to 28 mph, and a confident upright riding position, all you have to do is pedal. 010
Tony @tonychiado.com · 15/09/2026$38B spent on unjust death could have paid for West Seattle Ballard Link Extension and then some. 170
Reposted by TonyRobert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 15/09/2026"Wilson flexed her authority to make SPD respect the CARE Department"thestranger.comMayor Katie Wilson Presents Gun Violence Prevention Plan - The StrangerSeattle Mayor Katie Wilson is rolling out a plan to tackle gun violence by better integrating city departments and maintaining services for youth. The announcement comes after weeks of relentless crit... 08817
Tony @tonychiado.com · 15/09/2026Look at those views from the new affordable housing project atop Beacon Hill. Am I selfish for wishing we’d get some more rooftop restaurants and bars outside of downtown in this city? 3171
Tony @tonychiado.com · 15/09/2026This slipped my mind last weekend but it looks like about 80 people went to the Italian mass at Our Lady of Mount Virgin. 041
Tony @tonychiado.com · 14/09/2026Milk Drunk on Beacon Hill has Thai Tea soft serve for the month of September. What a beautiful concept. 0100
Tony @tonychiado.com · 14/09/2026Acknowledging the photo quality is suboptimal but are these the same people ~15 years apart? What do you think? 100
Tony @tonychiado.com · 13/09/2026I’d love to know how this new construction townhome project in my neighborhood got away with a lazy, cheap asphalt sidewalk when every other new construction project pours a concrete sidewalk to city specs. 1100
Tony @tonychiado.com · 13/09/2026Today was a great day living in the city. 7 AM, walk the dogs thru the neighborhood 10 AM, bike to the central library to read some old history books 12 PM, watch the Dawgs play on my rooftop deck. Bike to get tacos and check out the Farmers Market at half. 5 PM, bike to the Jazz Festival. 040
Tony @tonychiado.com · 13/09/2026Jackson Street Jazz Festival at Pratt Park this evening. What a great time! 160
Reposted by TonyTony @tonychiado.com · 11/09/2026Ever heard of Renton's Little Italy? A brief, in-progress history. tonychiado.com/2026/09/10/e...tonychiado.comEarlington Flats: Renton's Little ItalyExplore the rich history of Renton's Little Italy, Earlington Gardens, and its vibrant Italian immigrant community in the 1920s. 2134
Tony @tonychiado.com · 12/09/2026The renovation of the 1886 Turner-Koepf house on Beacon Hill is looking pretty good! 020
Reposted by TonyTony @tonychiado.com · 11/09/2026Doesn’t feel like the corporations are making a good faith critique of Mayor Wilson… *Data from SPD Crime Dashboard 3307
Tony @tonychiado.com · 11/09/2026Doesn’t feel like the corporations are making a good faith critique of Mayor Wilson… *Data from SPD Crime Dashboard 3307
Tony @tonychiado.com · 11/09/2026Ever heard of Renton's Little Italy? A brief, in-progress history. tonychiado.com/2026/09/10/e...tonychiado.comEarlington Flats: Renton's Little ItalyExplore the rich history of Renton's Little Italy, Earlington Gardens, and its vibrant Italian immigrant community in the 1920s. 2134
Tony @tonychiado.com · 10/09/2026If I didn’t want Sam Darnold to get hurt to open the season, I would have simply kept Bittersweet Symphony as the song coming out of the tunnel instead of changing it to Nirvana. Don’t mess with the vibes like that. 010
Tony @tonychiado.com · 10/09/2026In 1923, Washington State saw its largest KKK rally at People’s Park in the Renton Junction area less than one mile west of this community. At this “Konvention,” tens of thousands of people showed up to espouse their hatred for immigrants and people of color among other groups. 151
Tony @tonychiado.com · 10/09/2026Very much looking forward to people slowing down on Rainier Ave. next to where I live. 1180
Tony @tonychiado.com · 09/09/2026I had a moment so I dug through the census. 45% of the 186 people who lived in Earlington Gardens (the Flats and the western portion of Talbot Hill) in 1930 were Italian. 83% of the community lived in Immigrant households. 010
Tony @tonychiado.com · 09/09/2026Why don’t we see more staircases like this (is there a name for it?) in Seattle townhomes where space is at a premium? Feel like it takes up less square footage than a typical staircase. 030
Tony @tonychiado.com · 07/09/2026Here’s a 1910 illustration of what boosters believed Renton was destined to become over the next couple decades. Look at that waterfront! 1100
Reposted by TonyMayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 02/09/2026This means the start of the school year looks different than families planned for. I know that is stressful. So, we are not waiting. I have directed @seattleparks.bsky.social to open 4 community centers across Seattle to provide parents with childcare: Meadowbrook, Montlake, Rainier, and South Park. 118424
Tony @tonychiado.com · 01/09/2026An Italian Catholic Mass will be celebrated at the now-closed Our Lady of Mount Virgin Catholic Church on September 12th. 111
Tony @tonychiado.com · 31/08/2026The average tenure for Superintendents is 3-5 years. I’d hazard a guess that going to war with the teachers’ union with such recklessness dramatically shortens expended tenure. 000
Tony @tonychiado.com · 31/08/2026Amazing to me how I live 2 miles from the heart of downtown and it’s considered an inner city neighborhood, but go to Europe and you can be in a large city (ex: Torino) and 2 miles from downtown and you’re as close to cow pastures as you are to the urban center. 4200
Tony @tonychiado.com · 30/08/2026Digging through more family history last night. I had known one of my great-grandmother’s cousins was a partigiano killed during WWII. The SS caught wind of political resistance in the Lanzo valleys north of Torino. As they gained control, firing squads killed a handful of partigiani. 150
Tony @tonychiado.com · 28/08/2026St. Hardini, a Maronite Catholic Church in North Beacon Hill, is hosting a Middle Eastern Food Festival Sunday from 12:30-6:30. 130
