Jess Zimbabwe
@jzimbabwe.bsky.social
Architect, planner, and Executive Director of Environmental Works Community Design Center in Seattle. Adjunct faculty at UW. Also: cheese, parrots, travel, music, housing, transit, maps, books, dogs, politics.
I’m sure it’s not scientifically calibrated, but Armstrong (the people who make dropped acoustical ceiling tiles) has a free Armstrong Sound Level app that we use to settle lots of little family debates about sounds in the world.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’m sure it’s not scientifically calibrated, but Armstrong (the people who make dropped acoustical ceiling tiles) has a free Armstrong Sound Level app that we use to settle lots of little family debates about sounds in the world.
🇳🇿 It’s New Zealand night, baby! 🇳🇿
We made:
🥧 Meat and cheese pies (with Impossible meat);
🌽 Keri Keri, a corn salad;
🐟 Ike Mata, a Māori dish of cured raw fish—like ceviche; and
🎂 a Pavlova.
It’s subtle, but I made the slits in the top of my pie in the shape of New Zealand!
#eatTheWorldAtoZ
We made:
🥧 Meat and cheese pies (with Impossible meat);
🌽 Keri Keri, a corn salad;
🐟 Ike Mata, a Māori dish of cured raw fish—like ceviche; and
🎂 a Pavlova.
It’s subtle, but I made the slits in the top of my pie in the shape of New Zealand!
#eatTheWorldAtoZ
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
🇳🇿 It’s New Zealand night, baby! 🇳🇿
We made:
🥧 Meat and cheese pies (with Impossible meat);
🌽 Keri Keri, a corn salad;
🐟 Ike Mata, a Māori dish of cured raw fish—like ceviche; and
🎂 a Pavlova.
It’s subtle, but I made the slits in the top of my pie in the shape of New Zealand!
#eatTheWorldAtoZ
We made:
🥧 Meat and cheese pies (with Impossible meat);
🌽 Keri Keri, a corn salad;
🐟 Ike Mata, a Māori dish of cured raw fish—like ceviche; and
🎂 a Pavlova.
It’s subtle, but I made the slits in the top of my pie in the shape of New Zealand!
#eatTheWorldAtoZ
Last night was a celebration of the 30th birthday of the Communties, Environment, and Planning major at UW. I’ve been teaching adjunct in this program for 6 years, and it was a blast to see many former students and older alumni. CEP builds such a powerful community each year. Long live CEP!
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Last night was a celebration of the 30th birthday of the Communties, Environment, and Planning major at UW. I’ve been teaching adjunct in this program for 6 years, and it was a blast to see many former students and older alumni. CEP builds such a powerful community each year. Long live CEP!
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Final door-knocking shift energy!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Final door-knocking shift energy!
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Bitterballen (vegan, made out of eggplant and mushrooms) and mustard sauce (not vegan, made with butter, cream, and shallot).
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Bitterballen (vegan, made out of eggplant and mushrooms) and mustard sauce (not vegan, made with butter, cream, and shallot).
The bitterballen worked!
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The bitterballen worked!
Sam made an apple cake!
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Sam made an apple cake!
November 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Instagram has just served me an advertisement for fake nails that cure in the sunlight.
On November 1st.
In Seattle.
On November 1st.
In Seattle.
November 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Instagram has just served me an advertisement for fake nails that cure in the sunlight.
On November 1st.
In Seattle.
On November 1st.
In Seattle.
Great to be out in support of “the Most Qualified First-Time City Council Candidate in Years.”
Let’s go, Dionne Foster!
(And great to see @anitayandle.bsky.social
@carlasrogers.bsky.social @carymoon.bsky.social
@robharrisoncphc.bsky.social
@qagggy.bsky.social
out too!)
Let’s go, Dionne Foster!
(And great to see @anitayandle.bsky.social
@carlasrogers.bsky.social @carymoon.bsky.social
@robharrisoncphc.bsky.social
@qagggy.bsky.social
out too!)
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Great to be out in support of “the Most Qualified First-Time City Council Candidate in Years.”
Let’s go, Dionne Foster!
(And great to see @anitayandle.bsky.social
@carlasrogers.bsky.social @carymoon.bsky.social
@robharrisoncphc.bsky.social
@qagggy.bsky.social
out too!)
Let’s go, Dionne Foster!
(And great to see @anitayandle.bsky.social
@carlasrogers.bsky.social @carymoon.bsky.social
@robharrisoncphc.bsky.social
@qagggy.bsky.social
out too!)
October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I think they still do…for some of their shows. Which makes it sound like the decision lies with the artist, right?
October 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I think they still do…for some of their shows. Which makes it sound like the decision lies with the artist, right?
Even for the corporatist @seattletimes.com, this paragraph from their profile of Katie Wilson is appallingly classist.
I already supported @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social for Mayor *and* I’m more impressed by her lived small apartment experience, which will help our city solve its housing challenge.
I already supported @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social for Mayor *and* I’m more impressed by her lived small apartment experience, which will help our city solve its housing challenge.
October 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Even for the corporatist @seattletimes.com, this paragraph from their profile of Katie Wilson is appallingly classist.
I already supported @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social for Mayor *and* I’m more impressed by her lived small apartment experience, which will help our city solve its housing challenge.
I already supported @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social for Mayor *and* I’m more impressed by her lived small apartment experience, which will help our city solve its housing challenge.
$40k, for real? I know our salary range is out of whack and our housing costs are embarrassing, but the low end of this advertised job equates to $106k annually:
October 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
$40k, for real? I know our salary range is out of whack and our housing costs are embarrassing, but the low end of this advertised job equates to $106k annually:
About last night:
@ronnychieng.bsky.social and @hasanminhaj.com have a lot of insight about race and immigration in America, disguised as a comedy bit. Was glad to see it live.
Also, I’d never been to the 5th Avenue Theater before, and it’s gorgeous.
@ronnychieng.bsky.social and @hasanminhaj.com have a lot of insight about race and immigration in America, disguised as a comedy bit. Was glad to see it live.
Also, I’d never been to the 5th Avenue Theater before, and it’s gorgeous.
October 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
About last night:
@ronnychieng.bsky.social and @hasanminhaj.com have a lot of insight about race and immigration in America, disguised as a comedy bit. Was glad to see it live.
Also, I’d never been to the 5th Avenue Theater before, and it’s gorgeous.
@ronnychieng.bsky.social and @hasanminhaj.com have a lot of insight about race and immigration in America, disguised as a comedy bit. Was glad to see it live.
Also, I’d never been to the 5th Avenue Theater before, and it’s gorgeous.
We’re now hearing from Christian Joose in Columbus about how Black woman can take control of design their careers.
#BWAbrunch
#BWAbrunch
September 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We’re now hearing from Christian Joose in Columbus about how Black woman can take control of design their careers.
#BWAbrunch
#BWAbrunch
Licensed architects in the US, by numbers from NCARB:
62% white men
20% white women
4% Asian men
3% Asian women
4% Latine men
2% Latine women
1% Black men
0.4% Black women
#BWAbrunch
62% white men
20% white women
4% Asian men
3% Asian women
4% Latine men
2% Latine women
1% Black men
0.4% Black women
#BWAbrunch
September 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Licensed architects in the US, by numbers from NCARB:
62% white men
20% white women
4% Asian men
3% Asian women
4% Latine men
2% Latine women
1% Black men
0.4% Black women
#BWAbrunch
62% white men
20% white women
4% Asian men
3% Asian women
4% Latine men
2% Latine women
1% Black men
0.4% Black women
#BWAbrunch
So great to hear my old friend Denise in her inspired grounding remarks for today’s Black Women in Architecture Brunch. #bwabrunch
Thanks also to @nomanw.bsky.social for hosting the Seattle get-together today!
Thanks also to @nomanw.bsky.social for hosting the Seattle get-together today!
September 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
So great to hear my old friend Denise in her inspired grounding remarks for today’s Black Women in Architecture Brunch. #bwabrunch
Thanks also to @nomanw.bsky.social for hosting the Seattle get-together today!
Thanks also to @nomanw.bsky.social for hosting the Seattle get-together today!
Sometimes you get upgraded and your luggage stickers get more awkward.
September 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Sometimes you get upgraded and your luggage stickers get more awkward.
I am wishing a lovely evening to everyone *except* this guy who parked at the grocery store blocking my ability to get into my car, the gray car on the right.
September 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I am wishing a lovely evening to everyone *except* this guy who parked at the grocery store blocking my ability to get into my car, the gray car on the right.
I’d like to thank my husband for being gentle when he pointed out that Nike was probably repping *a different LBJ* when I pointed out these shoes to him and asked why a sports company would brand itself with Lyndon Baines Johnson.
September 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I’d like to thank my husband for being gentle when he pointed out that Nike was probably repping *a different LBJ* when I pointed out these shoes to him and asked why a sports company would brand itself with Lyndon Baines Johnson.
What percentage of the world’s clownfish population do you think is named “Nemo”?
(at Children’s Hospital)
(at Children’s Hospital)
August 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
What percentage of the world’s clownfish population do you think is named “Nemo”?
(at Children’s Hospital)
(at Children’s Hospital)
I will agree that Bainbridge can accommodate affordable housing in a more “distributed” fashion once 90 neighbors of this site agree to build an ADU on their property and commit to lease it for under the housing voucher rent cap for 30 years.
August 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I will agree that Bainbridge can accommodate affordable housing in a more “distributed” fashion once 90 neighbors of this site agree to build an ADU on their property and commit to lease it for under the housing voucher rent cap for 30 years.