Two readers sent us mail yesterday alerting us to the following: Last night (March 18th) at 9:45PM we were sitting on our couch in our front room when my wife noticed a white passenger van (an older Dodge, I think) with dark windows stop out side our home. A young Asian man got out of the passenger side and casually walked up our side drive. We have an au pair who lives in an apartment in the rear of our house,…
Seattle Met and Eater Seattle report that Skillet founder Josh Henderson is planning to open up a restaurant and grocery store on North Lake Union this summer. Westward and Little Gull Grocery will be right on the waterfront (in fact, with its own 156 ft dock!) conveniently located off the Burke Gilman Trail, at Eastern on Northlake (2501 Northlake Way). The space was called The Lakeside in a former life and it held special events like weddings and proms and all that.…
I was getting my hair trimmed at Spin's Barbershop on Interlake and 45th a few weeks back when Spin's parents, John and Joann Nicon, stopped in. As is the habit at barbershops, we struck up conversation and chatted about their days business. Both Wallingford born and bred, Lincoln High Class of '57 and '60, they've been working on what they call a "Greek American Historical Museum of Washington State": an online collection of video interviews of Greeks in Washington State. It turns…
Greg Martin from Oom Yung Doe (3845 Bridge Way) wrote to tell us that the school's first self defense workshop had a great turnout, and the second workshop is this Wednesday night, (3/20) at 6:30pm. Here's an overview of the class: You will learn a simple, but powerful self-defense technique that can be used against many different attacks such as a grab to the wrist, arm, shoulder or hair. The same technique can even be used against a punch or a choke! With…
If you were to see Jonathan Cohen making his daily trek to the Wallingford QFC with his four-legged canine pal, you might mistake him for an ordinary guy. Having lived in Wallingford for 36 years, he is perfectly at home in this demographic, right down to the khaki work pants and sensible shoes. After a few minutes of conversation, you would piece together that he is a devoted dad who is unabashedly proud of his two children. That he has a…
Kevin writes: My wife and I are hosting a house concert on Burke Avenue North a few blocks up from GasWorks Park. Our group, Dinas o Frain, plays Welsh music and we will have Molly Bauckham, harpist and singer, as special guest. Here are the deets: House Concert featuring Molly Bauckham with Dinas O Frain, “The City of Crows” Friday, March 22, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. (3616 Burke Avenue North) Tickets $15 For ticket information and reservations call 206-633-3577 or email [email protected] Molly Bauckham…
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways presents "More Confessions of a Traffic Engineer" with guest speaker, Peter Koonce. Koonce is the Signals Manager with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) and he'll explain why traffic signals, lighting, and "Level of Service" have a huge impact on safe, healthy streets for people -- and how we can work with existing codes to make our streets even safer. The presentation will be held at the Mosaic Coffeehouse (4401 2nd Avenue NE) on Monday, March 18, at 6:30pm (Doors…