A few updates over at timothyfoss.com and the West Seattle store Click!
Just so the front page isn't completely empty:
I sent an email and a BGT blog link to the Mayor. No word back yet. This morning it was raining a bit so I took the camera with me, but the trail was dry. All I saw was this:
(It's a [insert flammable gas here] torch of some kind at rest in its stand; maybe it's hard to light (really?) and so better to leave it burning for short periods when not in use. Looks like the annealing torches glassblowers use, but I don't really know.)