An assembly of the hottest neighborhood-on-neighborhood-on-neighborhood action.

Much-Feared Lake City Way Strip Club Now Open: It pains me to report that a grassroots effort to save beautiful Lake City Way from Pandora's Adult Cabaret has failed. Maple Leaf Life reports that despite receiving letters of complaint from both the Maple Leaf and Wedgwood community councils, the city "refused to step in" and on July 13, the club owners announced its opening via Facebook: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Pandora’s is OPEN FOR BUSINESS! Club hours are 1pm to 230am, cover charge is $10 and $5 for a drink. Hope to see you all here!” Will Lake City Way never catch a break? Also, why are they charging so much for drinks? What's next? A Department of Justice investigation? Oh wait.

Meanwhile, in Other Obnoxious Capitalization: Queen Anne View reports that a local couple discovered an cheerful-yet-faintly-depressing-and-maybe-a-touch-crazed note written by one "Jack Barbour" in 1973 and addressed to "Future Man" stashed in the paneling of their house. Here's the text, translated from the original Walt Disney handwriting. Capitalization is Jack's, emphasis is mine.

HI FUTURE MAN!
THIS ROOM WAS PANELED BY ME—AUG 1973—WHILE MY WIFE IS VISITING HER FAMILY IN BELGIUM—HOPE YOUR WORLD IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN OURS—DON'T WORK TOO HARD! AND BE A GOOD PERSON FOR THE SAKE OF JESUS!
DATED AUG 19-1973
[fancy signature] JACK BARBOUR

Well, someone is an Emily Dickinson wannabe*. The couple reportedly wanted to keep the note "as a memento" and the post describes it as "a treat," leading me to assume that they are good people for the sake of Jesus.

*To be fair, though, WHO ISN'T?

Speaking of Good People for the Sake of Jesus: Finally, Central District News brings us a tale of street justice. On July 16, a Central District resident recently robbed of his two lawnmowers was approached by a stranger who offered to sell him, uh, two lawnmowers. When the man asked to see the goods, his suspicion was confirmed: they were hot; they were his. But when he confronted the stranger over the stolen goods, the suspect allegedly pulled a "razor blade" knife on him. Fortunately, the man was reportedly able to disarm and restrain his would-be attacker until police arrived. As he was being restrained, the CD News states that "the suspect said the officer was being recorded and that he would have Obama fire him." But Obama did no such thing. Instead, the man was reunited with his beloved gardening implements.