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The SeaFair parades have come and gone, somebody probably won the hydro races, and the last zombie has slunk away from the Fremont Outdoor Movies screen.  Bumbershoot is fast approaching. Looks like summer 2010 will soon be an all too brief memory. There are, however, still some things on tap for this upcoming "summer" weekend (Fix it, Cliff Mass! Help!): City Cellars Wine Tasting 5-7pm Friday.  $3-5 per flight.   Website says they'll be uncorking some $15 Washington cabernets. T.G.I.F. Bomb night…

All Seattle library locations, including the Wallingford branch, will be closed August 30th through Labor Day, returning to regular schedules again on Tuesday 9/7. The closures are in response to 2010 budget cuts.  Closing the libraries for a week will hopefully keep additional operations cuts at bay.  For this year anyway. Here's the overview: All book drops will be closed!  Wait to return books until 9/7. Late fees will not accrue during the closure. You'll be able to search the library's…

Neighbors in lower Wallingford often refer to the Institute for Systems Biology as "the biology place."  As good a nickname as any for the non-profit institute built on the concept of systems biology. ISB co-founder Leroy Hood has announced that the Institute has outgrown its Wallingford home and is relocating to South Lake Union. A recent X-conomy Seattle article explains that the Institute had to move its administrative staff to another location last year to accommodate the growing number of scientists…