A large film crew will be filming scenes for a television pilot at Gasworks Park on Monday, April 15. While most of the filming will take place at night, after the park is closed to the public, the crew will be setting up that afternoon, including on and around the observation platform. The crew is working with Seattle Parks and Recreation, as well as the Seattle Police Department, to ensure the safety of park visitors throughout the day, when vehicles will…
You could call it "Big Wheel Panini" since it's adjacent to Big Wheel Auto Parts (4455 Stone Way N.), or you could call it "Pat's Panini Sandwiches" after its owner, Pat. Either way, Pat won't mind since he hasn't officially named his new hot panini sandwich stand, which is now open Mondays through Saturdays, from 10:00am to 6:00pm. Pat offers five different types of hot panini sandwiches, all for $5 each, except for the Grilled Cheese, which is only $4. Prices include…
Kelly wrote to us about spotting a car prowler out and about on Wednesday morning: I walked out of my house this (Wednesday) morning to find a prowler looking in the windows of my neighbors car (the car was in a driveway, not visible from the street). He walked off immediately toward his car parked in the Chase Bank parking lot at the corner if Meridian Ave N & N 45th St. I tried to get his license plate but he…
If there's one thing Wallingford (and Seattle) doesn't have enough of, it's sidewalk cafes. Sure, the weather renders them inhospitable for 9/10ths of the year, but oh, that other 1/10th, sitting in the sunshine and watching the world go by, chatting with your neighbors: heaven on earth. So we reveled in the news that Ken L. just sent us: Walking past Silver Tray this morning I noticed the SDOT application for a sidewalk cafe permit taped to their door. It sure…
Linda Mitchell, the Community Outreach Director for the Stone 34 construction project at...wait for it...Stone Way and 34th, sent an update yesterday on the project. Some tidbits: Demolition is done and excavation has begun; they're currently at the 3rd level of the garage. Heavy trucking for the mass excavation is anticipated to run until late April. The tower crane footing is formed and reinforcing has been installed. The tower crane base will be set on March 30 and the cranes are…
For the second year in a row, John Stanford International School (JSIS) was awarded for "Overall Excellence" by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the State Board of Education. The Washington Achievement Awards recognize top-performing schools, identified through the state's Achievement Index and criteria set in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver. In addition to receiving "Overall Excellence", JSIS was also recognized as a top-performer in "Science" and in "Closing Achievement Gaps." From OSPI: Washington’s…
The announcement on the Family 4th home page almost reads like a bad April Fool's Day joke; and at first, I thought it was a prank since One Reel made the announcement to the media on Monday morning. But as the day wore on, and more media outlets were announcing the cancellation, I realized it was the real deal: Soooo what, that's it? No last minute plea? No pitch to giant corporations? Or is this *final* as in -- sometime in…