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Wallingford (and Seattle's) first cat cafe, Seattle Meowtropolitan, is getting closer to stretching its legs: they're hiring! The first job listed is "Feline Guardian (Cat Lounge Attendant)": A cat lounge attendant is responsible for serving customers and felines with respect and kindness. At Seattle Meowtropolitan, your knowledge, patience, loving nature, and enthusiastic passion for working with cats will ensure that we provide a nurturing and fulfilling environment in the cat lounge. While this should come as no surprise to applicants, it is noted that…

UW's current master plan dates to 2003 and the University is looking to update it. The master plan includes transportation, parking, new buildings, energy needs, and green space. When done there will be an epic Environment Impact Statement plus a pretty map that the university will develop towards. Here's the map of changes since 2003, click to zoom: And here's a map showing current transportation mode use at UW, click to zoom: Interested? UW is kicking off the process this Wednesday from…

Both Michael Maddux and Rob Johnson say Mike O'Brien is the city council representative they most resemble politically and neither is interested in pointing out differences with the other candidate.  They've both generally endorsed HALA and Move Seattle and neither wants to point to an issue where they differ with their opponent. Both are wonkish hard workers that are 30-something and live outside of Wallingford. How to choose which should represent Wallingford on city council? Your opportunity to see them in person is…

I'll be honest: I pine for the days when I was a source of noise complaints on my street. I'd try to be a good neighbor, knocking on doors before parties and handing out my phone number in case things got too loud, issuing pre-emptive invites to those likely to be receptive (you can't very well report a party you've been invited to, can you?), but when the 2 am DJ came on, and the floor was flexing underfoot and it was…

The Rancho Bravo / Pinky's Kitchen food court is now shy one vendor: Pinky's has closed up shop. It's tough to say exactly what happened, as both Freddy Rivas, who owns Rancho Bravo and was a partner in Pinky's until earlier this year, and Khoa, the new owner of Pinky's are somewhat mum. It's possible legal wrangling may follow. From what I understand, Khoa bought out both Freddy and the original co-owner of Pinky's in March. Pinky's may have been undergoing some…

There's a new park going in on Lake Union between Recycled Cycles and Agua Verde. It'll be called Portage Bay Park and will feature "small gathering areas, a picnic spot, informal recreational opportunities, hand carried boat access, natural shoreline habitat, and interpretative and educational elements." It would be better still if it had a rope swing, but lawyers. It's no pocket park- it's a fairly large stretch of land that connects to the park next to Agua Verde. It's being designed…