Queen Anne, Nickerson St at Queen Anne Ave N

204) You know, I would have called this location “Outer Fremont”… there’s even the giant billboard adding an essence of Fremontiness to the whole scene. But according to the real estate maps, this is actually the upper boundary of Queen Anne. This probably makes this particular mailbox feel isolated and confused, but at least it can watch the happy 7-Eleven patrons come and go all day.

200! Wallingford, NE 45th St at 4th Ave NE

200) Faithful readers will remember 100 posts ago, when I celebrated that monumental occasion by inviting a group of friends to join me in a cake-filled boxapalooza. This week has been a bit busy, so I’m having to scale back on the festivities for the big 200 celebration. There’s no crowd, there’s no cake, but there is a nice Wallingford box that looks like it recently got a new coat of doesn’t-quite-match paint. On to 300!

West Seattle, California Ave SW at SW Edmonds St

198) It was a relatively quiet morning when I visited this West Seattle box… until I told that box that it would be entry number 198. Then all hell broke loose. From what I understand, this box’s life is filled with near-misses and also-rans. It almost earned a ride on the space shuttle. It almost saw Jake Gyllenhaal at a Starbucks. And now, it was almost the 200th box. Tough luck, indeed.