We decided to take our own advice, so Saturday found us up at Bella Cosa, sipping olive oils and puckering at salts. While there, we had the opportunity to chat with Jared and Bronwyn Carpenter, the new owners. We found out that Jared and a chef named Alex Pitt worked together in the kitchen at the Rainier Club (Alex as sous chef, Jared as...emm...another kind of chef...Wallyhood doesn't always take notes). One night, perhaps with some encouragement from a bottle of…
Quickie reminder: Wallingford is celebrating Earth Day this Wednesday, 4/22 (coincidentally, Earth Day) from 4 - 6 pm in the QFC parking lot. Some things you can do to get involved (via Cathy Tuttle): Please bake something and bring it to the No Sale Bake Sale, bring food for the food bank, books for reading or giving away, bring branches or bunches of flowers for the flower children, old electronics for environmentally sensitive recycling. What else can you give? What can…
Until we read a tweet from Capitol Hill blogger Justin Carder yesterday, we had no idea what a "triploid" is. Apparently, it is some kind of rainbow trout, a voracious eaters and grows to 1 - 1.5 lbs. We also had no idea what the WDFW was. Apparently, it is the the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. We also had no idea that the WDFW was stocking Green Lake with triploids. They are. 638 of them. Now go get your…
Alien invasion is imminent. Crop circles spotted at Corliss and 44th! (Thanks Michelle!)
In the comments section of the Save the Liberry post, Jeremy reminded us that today (Friday, April 17) through Sunday is the Friends of Seattle Public Library Spring Book Sale at Magnuson. Check out the book sale web site for full details.
Word from Christine on the GLM list (and confirmed on the PNA site) is that the annual Phinney Neighbhorhood Garage Sale day has been postponed until September this year due to bad weather in past years. However, tomorrow (Saturday, April 18), some upstart, don't-need-no-stinkin'-official-day Phinnians are holding a garage sale day, anyway. Full list of the dozen or so houses participating on their Craigslist ad: 628 NW 84th St 308 N. 77th St. 161 & 165 NW 73rd 704 NW 73rd…
We're starting to see the effects of the recession ripple and cycle across our society. Jobs lost erode the tax base leading to budgets cut leading to lost jobs, etc. ad nauseum. Libraries, often perceived as "non-essential", are at risk, which is unfortunate, because they've been acting as a valuable safety net for people in need. splwallingford Originally uploaded by Seattle Times Earlier this month, for example, the New York Times ran an article, Downturn Puts New Stresses on Libraries, that…