Earlier this month, we wrote about the closing of a quiet little jewelry store on 15th Ave E. It was called DSR — stood for Diamond, Saphires and Rubies, Inc. or Donna S. Richey or both. Store was a bit of a mystery to most of us. But not neighbor AliceE:

The jewelry store was originally owned by Michael Farrell – for over 12 years that I personally know of. He also has a store on Sand Point. He sold the 15th Ave. E store to Donna a couple of years ago or so. When it was Farrell’s Jewelers, it was staffed by a very knowledgeable woman who kept regular 9-5 hours. Donna is more eclectic. The shop’s hours were not consistent, Donna opened in the afternoon whenever she arrived and she stayed late into the night (often past midnight) after the store was closed, repairing jewelry. Some people loved her Scotties, others not so much. She previously worked out of an office in a high-rise downtown, and was very successful. Her style didn’t work so well for a store-front in a neighborhood. I hope she prospers with the next incarnation of her business.

Thanks for sharing AliceE.

We also received an interesting comment added to our coverage of the scary Thomas St. charter bus crash. One of the troubling elements discussed in the story’s comment thread was that many of the kids from the buses ended up wandering around Capitol Hill trying to figure out how to walk downtown in the aftermath of the crash. This commenter says he was one of those kids and explains why they undertook the cross-Hill exodus:

My name is marcus permenter i was on the second bus that crashed over I-5
after all the police took our info we were told that it would take up to 3 hrs for any kind of bus to come pick us up to go the grayhound station and so on.

For more from the kids from the Thomas St. crash, check out this video (From KOMO by way of the AP by way of The Stranger).

Finally, remember that Kerse tribute tagger story we’ve been following? No, the tagger isn’t moldering in prison, yet. In fact, suspect in the case still has not been charged according to the prosecutor’s office. Considering the splash SPD made at the time of arrest, interesting to see how slowly the wheels of justice are now turning.