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Windermere and Redfin have the details on the 1-bedroom for sale in this old-world charmer at the corner of Thomas and Belmont. (God, real estate copy comes easy.) The San Remo building is an official historic landmark (rooms rented from $35-$42.50 back in 1908, according to a Seattle Times ad). Just off the main drags of Olive and Broadway, you’re not even three blocks from the Broadway QFC, four from the beautiful Capitol Hill branch of the library, and one-and-a-half, say, from the B&O Espresso. Location, location, location.

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Looks like they just re-did the roof. Let’s peer inside. You’ve got 486 square feet, with hardwood floors, a gas stove in the kitchen, and gas forced air heat. The interior, especially the bathroom, is mostly unremarkable. No claw foots here! The kitchen is not the smallest I’ve seen, but you won’t be setting up a home catering business. No breakfast nook.

The views are “territorial,” which on the first floor means “the street or an adjacent building, through branches.” There are 19 units in the building, and HOA dues are $350. Cats only! Still, $150,000, people and that’s the first listed price. Make an offer!

The Sunbreak Flickr pool contributor shawnmebo gets up close and personal with an bunch of spring flowers with just enough haziness that you can imagine having forgotten your allergy medications.

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Northwest bloggers with environmental leanings have been watching developments in the Gulf of Mexico closely–with a sinking feeling at the scope of the disaster, mingled with outrage at having seen this coming from many miles away. (Even meteorologist Cliff Mass joined in, posting pictures of the spill from NASA’s AQUA satellite.)

Each day after the oil rig exploded and sank, killing eleven workers, a broken pipe has been spewing something like 5,000 barrels of oil per day (210,000 gallons), creating a slick of more than 2,000 square miles. Initial estimates of 1,000 barrels per day have since risen to 5,000, and one analyst puts the outflow at 20,000 barrels, covering 4,400 square miles.

Grist quotes Republican governor Charlie Crist: “If this doesn’t give somebody pause, there’s something wrong,” in contrast to the White House’s continued support for offshore drilling, including Alaska. The White House has declared this spill of “national significance,” which means that federal resources can be used. 

Sightline’s Eric de Place couldn’t believe that the “best” option for spill containment could be setting it on fire. (And don’t get him started on President Obama’s moving beyond “tired debates.”)

But even that scorched-water strategy isn’t foolproof: the New York Times reports, “sea and wind conditions prevented officials from executing a controlled burn of some of the floating oil” and the spill will reach the Mississippi Delta by tonight or tomorrow.

Images: Gulf oil spill, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s AQUA satellite. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/MODIS Rapid Response Team

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