A year after their first anniversary, Cubes Baking (2315 N 45th St) is turning two. (See how that works?) They’re having a bash, and we’re all invited!

The party will take place at their store on Saturday, May 25th from 11am – 3pm.

The festivities will feature:

tamales by Los Tamaahlesaguas frescas by Agua Frescaspecial items, including tres leches donuts, tres leches cold brew coffee, tres leches fruit tarts, create your own tres leches cake slices and much more!

More information is available here.

The 2nd Anniversary party will also serve as a launch party for Tres Lechería. Writes …

If you haven’t walked or driven past the 45th St. onramp to I-5 recently, then you may have missed the large banner on the side of the huge building on the northwest corner of the I-5/45th junction announcing the imminent arrival of a new Kindercare. And if you were paying attention to your driving while you passed, you would definitely have missed the large, plastic sign on the roof of the building marking Kindercare as the new flagship business in that building, the former home of Wine World.

While the building has long been home to the Cosmopolitan Apartments whose …

If it’s the first Friday of the month, then it’s time for another Meaningful Movie.

What Doesn’t Kill MeDate: Friday, May 3rdTime: 7:00pmPlace: Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Place N. Cost: Free, but a $5 donation is suggested to help defray expenses

From the Meaningful movie website:

Every day, 5 million children in the US experience domestic violence, either as witnesses or victims. Due to a horrific system that favors abusive spouses, a shocking number of parents who seek to protect their children (and themselves) end up losing them. Most Americans are unaware that an abusive spouse, who contests custody from …

This Saturday, April 27, the Seventh Day Adventist Refuge Church at 2102 N 40th St. (on the corner of 40th and Meridian) will hold a Kids Fun Day. This free event will feature games, face painting, a bouncy house and other diversions for your young one. Festivities begin at four o’clock in the church parking lot.

The Refuge Church is a relative newcomer to our neighborhood. I dropped in on their services on a recent Saturday, and was able to meet a busy pastor Kenneth Martinez and his very young congregation. Martinez says his church hopes to …

While this week has taken a rainier, colder turn from previous weeks, there’s no mistaking the fact that Spring is on its way. Flowers are sprouting up all over, blossoms are falling from the trees all over the sidewalks, and my allergies are kicking up big time.

So it’s oh so apropos that Hansens Florist (46th & Stone Way N, across from Blue Star Cafe) is hosting a free spring open house on Friday & Saturday, April 12-13, 11am to 4pm. Don’t forget to say hi to their new florist, Sue Grimord.

Floral demos at 12:00 & 2:00Chat with…

If it’s the first Friday of the month, then it’s time for another Meaningful Movie.

Date: Friday, April 5Time: 6:30pmPlace: Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Place N. Cost: Free, but a $5 donation is suggested to help defray expenses

From their website:

From coastal cities to our country’s heartland, this National Geographic documentary celebrates how people are demanding and developing real solutions to the climate emergency. As the weather grows more deadly and destructive, many of us aren’t waiting on Washington, D.C. to act.
Set against the national debate over the United States’ energy future — and the explosive decision to …

A number of readers have written to us to inform us that the Elysian Brewery in Tangletown is changing hands. So I biked on up there to check it out. Sure enough, a sign on the door reads:

After being a Co-signer on the lease for 16 years, one of Elysian’s co-founders, David Buhler, will be taking over the lease fully. David is excited to open his own pub and continue to be part of the Tangletown community.

Tangletown Public House

Opening Soon!

Seattle Eater reports that Elysian also closed a downtown location although three other locations, Capitol Hill, Pioneer …