Belltown French

Alley of the Week

This week's alley is only the next one north of last week's alley (Taste Italy). If you stare deeply into the center of this picture of it, taken from Vine, you may see the fountain in Fountain Court. The building here is the Montreux, possibly named for Montreux in French-speaking Switzerland, and definitely French-inspired.

You can see the French inspiration from within the alley, too. The grilled balconies are lovely, and I can squint and almost believe I'm in a French alley.

As of 2006 the condos here were selling in the ball park of $400 per square foot. Very affordable. Gee, why is anyone homeless?

Why Johnny Can't Read

Video Find of the Day

Time for another clip from the greatest movie ever made. In this clip Squeezit, AKA Chicken Boy, enters his schoolroom, which looks amazingly like my 1st, 4th, 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade schoolrooms. He has to lead the class in the Pledge of Allegiance. Then Flash's sister Susan (Frenchy), whom I have had hots for over and over again, the dozens of times I have seen this movie, sings. Then Johnny shoots Billy, and the teacher tells him he has to go to Mr. Yodelbean's office, and Johnny says, "You ain't takin' me nowhere, you honky bitch!" and the plot moves thereby.

B-Movie Clip - Forbidden Zone (clip 1)

Bim Bam Boom

Video Find of the Day

I haven't posted a clip from my favorite movie of all time since June 4. That and only that justifies this.