In yesterday’s newsletter, we introduced you to Roberto Dondisch, the head of Seattle’s Mexican consulate and an advocate for Latino people and culture in the city. “We can’t let anyone else define us,” Roberto told us in our interview. “DAMN TOOTIN’!!” reader Tim Hay emailed us in response. With the all-caps.

Because so many of the locals Roberto works for speak Spanish, and because Mónica, the Evergrey’s director, can (with a little editing help from her dad, Bernardo) write in it, we went ahead and wrote a Spanish language version of our story that you can find here. Know someone who’d dig it? Send it their way.

In Spanish, “We can’t let anyone else define us” becomes “No podemos dejar que nadie nos defina.”

Damn tootin’ indeed. 😉

Landmarks can’t get demolished … right? Wrong. The minutiae of landmarks designation became a lot more interesting ever since we first heard that the Showbox — one of the city’s fave music venues — could be torn down (a possibility the city’s put on hold… for now). But just because a building gets labeled a landmark doesn’t mean it escapes the wrecking ball. What could tear things up? This handy 1:30 video breaks it down. 🚧 (Crosscut)

‘I am a Seattle police officer.’ An anonymous Seattle cop answered locals’ Q’s on a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” this week, and the conversation got pretty interesting — especially if you’ve got concerns about about property crime, de-escalation training, and how the city’s many agencies are and are not working well together. “Without saying anything about the [city] council, I do think that morale is generally low, and a lot of people are frustrated by the policies and administrative procedures we have right now,” the officer wrote. (Reddit)

When you live in Seattle and you make $240k. Refinery29 publishes a fascinating series called Money Diaries, where people from around the country talk candidly about the money they spend in their day-to-day lives. This recent edition — about a 29-year-old woman in Seattle tech with a quarter-million-dollar salary — got some attention. “I make a lot of money, but I try to live like I don’t,” wrote the woman, who remained nameless. Over at The Stranger, writer Nathalie Graham isn’t buying it. And all over the city, these tensions around money are getting higher and higher. 💸 (Refinery29)

And then there were three. If you want to rent physical videos from a physical store somewhere in Seattle, the Netflix revolution has left you with three options, all north of the Ship Canal: Reckless Video in Maple Leaf, Scarecrow Video in the University District, and Video Isle in Fremont. What keeps them holding on? Grit, neighborhood love, and, in the case of Scarecrow, some creative community fundraising. Can it last? “I don’t want to be the last one,” said Reckless owner Mike Kelley. (The Seattle Times)

GAME 3 IS ON

Our Seattle Storm is up 2-0 heading into Game 3 of the WNBA finals tonight here at home, and if you’re like reader Tiffany S. Campbell, you want to watch ‘em clinch that title with a sea of Storm fans. Up for it? The team’s official watch party is at Ozzie’s in Queen Anne. Staying home? Tip-off’s at 5 p.m. on ESPN2.

Enjoy that rain, all. You know you want to. — The Evergrey