West Seattle Whole Foods Gets Laid

The ground work, that is.

I live a couple of blocks away from the impending amusement park of a grocery store, and this is the frist time I've seen something in the "pit" other than a bulldozer.

The management team behind the new Fauntleroy Place (which includes apartments, four stories of underground parking and a Hancock Fabrics) says they're on track for a February 2010 opening. You can see what the end result will look like here.

A brand new QFC is also opening up about a block away -- right across the street from the Jefferson Square Safeway.

It's official: I may never go hungry, but something tells me I might go broke.