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Pathway of Lights at Green Lake this Saturday, December 13th

Pathway of Lights returns to Green Lake Park this weekend. At this holiday event, the path and docks around Green Lake will be lit with thousands of candlelit luminaries. People walk around the lake, many clad in their own lit-up clothing and accessories. The event includes live music performed by local schools and community groups, complimentary refreshments, and, for the fifth year, glowing hot air balloons by Seattle Ballooning (weather permitting). Event Details Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025 Time: 4:30–7:30 pm.…

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Many Hands Make Unity Work

I joined my neighbors on Saturday at Hands Around Green Lake, "a peaceful gathering to honor our community, our resilience as a nation, and the values we stand for: unity, freedom, equality, justice, kindness, love, resilience, compassion, and community." The event was inspired by a similar event held at Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA. While it looks like our California neighbors enjoyed some sun on their day, consistent drizzle and a chill in the air didn't stop a reported 2700+ folks…

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Moored in Tangletown

Tangletown resident, Gina, snapped this pic of a boat moored on the traffic circle on Kenwood at Woodlawn. If you look closely, you'll see an orange "vehicle violation" sticker on the windshield. KIRO News posted a picture of the sticker up close, which you can see here. The Seattle Police officer who issued the sticker wrote "Really?" under "Remarks" on the sticker. KIRO also notes that "The Seattle Police Department gave the vessel a vacate notice, ordering it be removed by…

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Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club Open House

If you've got kids 10 and up who love being out on the water, then you'll want to check out Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club (SCKC), which meets just over yonder, at the Green Lake Small Craft Center. This Saturday, SCKC is holding an Open House, from 10:00am to 1:00pm, for kids (and parents) to come and see what the club has to offer. Here's some information from the club: Is your 5th grader/middle school student looking for a great sport that…

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Christmas light show extravaganza

Boy, I'll tell ya, Greenlake resident Jeff Rodenburg has a thing about Christmas lights. Since 2001, Jeff has put on a nightly Christmas light show in front of his home that dazzles NE 57th Street throughout the month of December. He's got a whopping 30,000 lights in all, with 19,000 of them used for a huge Christmas tree. The lights are synchronized to music that you can listen to on your car radio (or portable, if you walk), tuned to 102.1…

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Green Lake gets spiffy for summer

We wanted to give you the heads-up in case you're headed to Green Lake these next few days.  Seattle Parks is holding a "Work Jamboree" between 8:00am and 2:00PM on April 18-20 to gussy up the park and get it ready for the summer. Specifically, they'll be doing rolling closures of the outer running loop to resurface the path. Work starts today (April 18) at the Bathhouse Theatre and then moves clockwise to the pitch and putt golf course. Here's what…

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GLM Deal o’ the Day: Irwin’s Cafe at Green Lake

Have you been to Irwin's new digs in Green Lake? No? Well then, here's a sweet incentive: Click on this link and for only $10, you can get $20 worth of food and beverage items at the new Irwin's Cafe location in Green Lake. This offer is available through midnight Friday (June 17) and can only be used at the Green Lake location (301 NE 65th Street -- corner of 65th and Latona, in the old Pet Daddy spot). Irwin's Cafe…

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