Best wishes to Phyllis for a full and fast recovery.
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Alterations and Reweaving Illness
Kellie spotted this sign in the window of the Alterations and Reweaving Center at the corner of Woodland and 45th St:
Kids on 45th launches blog
Kerry over at Kids on 45th (1720 N 45th St) let us know they’ve launched a blog. It’s really more of a web site than a blog, but they do have a printable 25% off coupon, so there ya go.…
Fuerte Anniversary
Reminder: Fuerte Fitness (1225 N 45th St.) is celebrating their one-year anniversary tomorrow, Saturday from noon to 2 pm. They promise food, drinks, games, ten minute massages, raffles and great prizes.
And abs of steel!…
Fallout Shelters of Green Lake
The My Green Lake blog has a great piece on the hidden fall-out shelters sprinkled around the city. Many are now hidden and forgotten, or hiding in plain sight.
See the Fallout Shelters of Green Lake for maps and photos.…
John Stanford REALLY recycles
Barb Burrill says “recycle those holiday cards…and juice boxes!”
Not satisifed with the usual “cart it off to the recycling center, where a petroleum-fueled process breaks down materials into their constituent parts for re-admission into the consumer cycle”, the John Stanford International School’s “Green Team” is making items directly from recycled materials. Barb says:
We make purses, lunch bags and tote bags from foil pouches such as Capri Sun, but we accept any brand. We also will be making gift tags and boxes from greeting cards of any type.
So save those cards! The school is closed now so we …
Death in the Cut
Sorry for grim news on a Friday morning, but a tipster pointed us towards this story on King 5: a body was found floating near the Fremont Bridge yesterday afternoon. King 5 reports that “the SPD Harbor Patrol recovered the body, said to be of a man in his 30s who had been in the water “a considerable amount of time” as the remains were apparently in the ‘advanced stages of decay.'”…
Saving the Nocturnal Zoo
The Phinneywood blog has the scoop on a group of folks trying to save the nocturnal exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo:
Woodland Park Zoo announced in November that it will close its Nocturnal House exhibit for budget reasons. But, now there’s a group of zoo lovers who are banding together to try to keep it open.
“For 2010, we needed long-term solutions that match our income with increasing expenses, and that meant reducing annual expenses between $800,000 and $1 million,” the zoo explained to supporters in a letter posted on its website yesterday. “Closing the Night Exhibit emerged as …