Seattle Hearing Examiner Sue Tanner has deemed the controversial plan for a parking garage at the Woodland Park Zoo in violation of the city's Land Use Code.
Through midnight Dec. 1, the Woodland Park Zoo will take written comments on its Draft Annual Plan, which describes programmatic changes, capital improvements and planned fee changes for the upcoming year. The draft plan includes a 50-cent ticket-price increase during off-season months, to $11 for adults and $8 for children age 3 to 12.
Seattle Parks and Recreation is recruiting volunteers to set up and clean up its Pathway of Lights event on Dec. 8.Volunteers are needed to place and light the luminaria from 3 to 5 p.m. and to clean up from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Before you go on reading, stop. Close your eyes. Count to five as you inhale a deep breath. Now, slowly exhale as you count to five again. Do this five times. What you have just experienced is proof-positive of the staggering connection between body and mind to bring balance, counteract stress and lead to better overall health. Scientific research and anecdotal evidence supports the idea that a relaxed, well-rested, well-nurtured body supports a tranquil, yet active mind.
In the midst of holiday season, most of us are sure to have at least one party or event where we're required to bring a dish. If that dish is an appetizer (and you don't feel the need to be too fancy-pants), one of the easiest, most inexpensive and most addictively delicious items you can contribute is a Bay Shrimp and Cream Cheese Cocktail.
The Magnolia Chorale and its new leader, Heather MacLaughlin Garbes, will present the organization's 19th winter concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at the Magnolia United Church of Christ.
Madame Silky (Myra Williams of Baskets by Myra) was the culprit in the Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce Murder Mystery Dinner hosted at the Treat Mansion last Saturday evening, Nov. 17. Sold at the chamber's summer cruise in August, this long-awaited evening of suspense was hosted by Alan Barlow of Cabaret Productions, special guest Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, his lovely wife Anna and GQACC board members.
Last Wednesday, the Second Annual Dana Sigley Pink Luncheon was held at Szmania's restaurant to celebrate the end of Magnolia Tennis Flights and honor the memory of a woman who passed away in 2006 of cancer.Highly regarded and well-loved in the community, Sigley was instrumental in organizing and coordinating the tennis flights for many years.
Usual story: Teenage son or daughter takes up rowing with one of the region's many junior crew clubs. After a season or two of watching from the shore, mom and/or dad also become smitten with the sport, don lycra and hop in a rowing shell themselves. It happens all the time in Seattle, a city ennobled by its surrounding waters and a strong rowing tradition.
Everyone is talking about wellness care these days. The focus has shifted to a healthy, proactive lifestyle, aimed at staying out of the doctor's office until it is absolutely necessary. People are starting to see through the hype of pharmaceutical commercials and corporate lobbyists, recognizing the inherent danger of drugs and surgery. Not only does this approach make people more responsible in the decisions that they make with their own bodies; it also carries over to friends and families, making our community a healthier, happier place to live.
In an upcoming movie, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play two characters with vastly different social backgrounds who find themselves both diagnosed with cancer. They decide to forego the less than promising medical treatment and, instead, live their last days to the fullest hoping to go out with a blast. The movie is titled the "Bucket List," a choice of words that suggests that we make a list of things to do (and/or see) before we inevitably "kick the bucket." Despite its ultimately dire prospects, the message of the movie is supposedly positive and even funny.
In an upcoming movie, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play two characters with vastly different social backgrounds who find themselves both diagnosed with cancer. They decide to forego the less than promising medical treatment and, instead, live their last days to the fullest hoping to go out with a blast. The movie is titled the "Bucket List," a choice of words that suggests that we make a list of things to do (and/or see) before we inevitably "kick the bucket." Despite its ultimately dire prospects, the message of the movie is supposedly positive and even funny.
In the midst of holiday season, most of us are sure to have at least one party or event where we're required to bring a dish. If that dish is an appetizer (and you don't feel the need to be too fancy-pants), one of the easiest, most inexpensive and most addictively delicious items you can contribute is a Bay Shrimp and Cream Cheese Cocktail.
Bruce Lee, who died in 1973 and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, was born 67 years ago this week, on Nov. 27, 1940.The most mysterious, least documented, and least photographed years of Bruce Lee's life were in Seattle between 1959 and 1964. During those years, Lee lived in a small attic section of Ruby Chow's restaurant on the corner of Broadway and Jefferson Street. A parking lot now sits where the restaurant was once located. This period of time was arguably the most influential for one of the world's greatest contemporary martial artists and legends.
Does the Federal Communications Commission value what the public has to say about media diversity in the United States? By mid-December, we should have our answer, and it will be a resounding "yes" if FCC Chairman Kevin Martin drops his proposal to allow big media corporations to grow even larger. But such an affirmation from the five member, Republican-majority commission won't come without intense public pressure. Chairman Martin wants to allow a company that already owns a newspaper in one of America's 20 largest cities to buy a radio station or broadcast television station in that same market. he change includes Seattle, and is why, on Nov. 9, Martin and his fellow FCC commissioners held their final public hearing on the proposal at Seattle's Town Hall. They did so on very short notice: one week. Despite the insulting lack of public notification, Seattleites from across the political spectrum packed Town Hall and voiced their overwhelming disapproval to the proposal during the entire seven-plus hour hearing.