The Queen Anne Historical Society's nomination for the Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist has been accepted for City of Seattle Landmarks Board consideration.
It is difficult to miss the construction currently under way on top of Queen Anne Hill.
I have mentioned the SCA in several of my columns over the years. (Yes, it actually has been years). I also have had several calls inquiring what the initials SCA stand for. SCA stands for the Society for Creative Anachronism.
It was fitting that the return of the all but doomed Queen Anne Farmers Market found new life during the spring.
Ken's needed eight innings to take an 8-7 lead over host Met Market in a key Queen Anne Little League divisional match-up.
Seattle Opera is searching for an opera novice. This person, someone who has never seen a production of Wagner's "Ring," must spend some time with Seattle Opera to create a reality-show-style, 10-minute documentary at the end of the summer chronicling the host's experience.
The Queen Anne Community Council Parks Committeewill meet at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 12. The meeting will be at the Queen Anne Community Center located at 1901 First Ave W. Don Harper 281-9018.
In Mel Brook's movie, "Blazing Saddles," the townspeople become a lynch mob when they see the new sheriff sent by the governor. The sheriff, played by Cleavon Little, draws his pistol, holds it to his own head and tells the crowd to back off or he will shoot himself. The townspeople comply.
Gossip guyIt's the 21st-century version of passing notes: An 11-year-old boy (let's call him "Mr. X") is suspected of gaining access to a local girl's e-email account and sending messages (under her name) to their mutual friends, asking, "What do you think of Mr. X?" And to be sure that he could gauge his place on the social ladder, he had their replies forwarded to his own e-mail address. Although the girl has repeatedly changed e-mail accounts, this is the third time the suspect has hacked in.
Stemming from a lifelong dream between the brothers and sisters of the Ly family, the newly opened Signature restaurant in lower Queen Anne features family recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation.
Solos Womens LuncheonSingle senior adult women are invited to this noon luncheon on Thursday, May 14 at First Free Methodist Church (3200 3rd Ave W). Come to the 2nd floor of the Fine Center, enjoy a wonderful luncheon, and hear a message entitled "Showers of Blessings." Questions, call Janice at 206-281-2240.
City Councilor Tim Burgess has asked to restart dialogue with King County regarding available jail space for its misdemeanants, a move that has delighted The Committee for Efficiency and Fairness in Public Safety (CEFPS), a grassroots group opposed to building a jail in Seattle.
The handful of community neighbors who showed up at the recent Queen Anne Community Council wanted to communicate one central message: "Fire Station 20 does not belong here."
Any group, organization or government that does its damnedest to prevent its residents from getting an education, have-by rolling out such policies-exposed themselves as the frauds they really are.
My dream is coming true, and I'll tell you how. In the recent "Frontline" documentary "Poisoned Waters" (view it on its Web site) the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay, along with Puget Sound, were profiled. Watching this two-hour documentary is life-altering because it stretches for good your awareness of sinister happenings beneath the surface of our waters. Let's just say that in 20 years there will be nothing to look at on your whale-watching tour.