Perspective is a funny thing. What you see is greatly affected by where you sit. That's why, from the very first time I heard the Buddhist parable about the blind men describing an elephant - one was touching its trunk, the others different body parts - and coming up with a vastly different creature, I've loved it. It so accurately describes the world we live in.
When I tell people that I am a Metro bus driver, invariably I am asked, "Have you had to deal with difficult passengers"? There is no question that there are situations where I have to interact with some challenging riders. Fortunately, however, most people-and dogs as well-get on and off the bus without disruption, usually resulting in a pleasant mass transit experience for everybody involved.
here are 100 pigs currently on display in Seattle as part of Pike Place Market's Centennial Pigs on Parade, but only one of them stands to win big at bingo.Bingo Pig, created by First Hill artist Kathryn Daily and sponsored by the Lifelong AIDS Alliance, is one of 100 fiberglass, artfully adorned pigs commissioned by the Pike Place Market Foundation in honor of the market's 100th anniversary.
Robert Sondheim has made it official. After mulling it over for months, a co-owner of the popular Rosebud restaurant on East Pike Street and the former president of the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, is running for a seat on the Seattle City Council. His official campaign kickoff took place at the restaurant on Thursday, July 5.
The Jazz Beacons work the Cal Anderson Park lawn at the Capitol Hill Indpendence Day community picnic on Wednesday, July 4. The afternoon featured plenty of music, food and sunshine.
Perspective is a funny thing. What you see is greatly affected by where you sit. That's why, from the very first time I heard the Buddhist parable about the blind men describing an elephant - one was touching its trunk, the others different body parts - and coming up with a vastly different creature, I've loved it. It so accurately describes the world we live in.
Seattle couldn't have asked for a lovelier Fourth of July than the one we experienced last week. I recently began a new job and so enjoyed taking a morning without a schedule to follow. A friend joined me for breakfast, and we relaxed in the backyard while viewing pictures of my recent trip to France and Spain.
en should not be taken out in public on a trip to purchase undergarments with their wives. Bad things will happen. Unfunny things.I went bra shopping today, and I took my husband with me. Generally, this isn't something I do. Bringing the husband along when I look for lacy unmentionables isn't high on his list of fun activities.
After-school tutoring program needs $20,000 to continue this fallWe have to have the program. We may do it month-to-month, but we are going to have the money," B. F. Day Elementary School principal Susan McCloskey stated unequivocally. "In my mind, the program will be there next fall."To that end, this summer McClos-key and volunteer coordinator Beth Tesh are seeking $20,000 to fund the after-school tutoring program at B.F. Day.
Seattle Parks Foundation has received a $100,000 gift from Group Health Cooperative for Lake Union Park, according to a press release from Parks communication director Todd Burley. The contribution will support building of the Group Health Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail along the west side of the park, a vital connection between this central park and nearby multi-use trails.
...who has gone home to be with The LordRoberta Lorraine King, who spent much of her life in Queen Anne and Magnolia, died Aug. 13 in Mount Vernon, Wash.She was 72.Born Jan. 29, 1935, in Napa, Calif., to Lawrance and Evetta Mitchell, Roberta Lorraine Mitchell spent her early years in California but moved to Seattle with her family during her grade-school years. She attended Coe Elementary and then graduated from Queen Anne High School in 1951.
...who devoted herself to family and those in needMargaret E. Nelson, a resident of Queen Anne for 72 years, died peacefully on Aug. 8.She was 95.Born March 12, 1912, in Vancouver, B.C., to William J. and Hilda Hallett, she met and married Herbert H. Nelson when she was 18. His family lived in Seattle and so the newlyweds made that their home. Before long they had acquired a house on Halladay Street, and that would remain home for seven decades and counting.
Lili Stevens of Lawton Elementary School won First Place in the annual Seattle Aquarium "Your Ocean - Our Home" Art Contest. Keynote for this year's competition was the local giant Pacific octopus. Stevens' work was selected over more than 600 other submissions. Her prize is a $2,500 T. Rowe Price College Savings account and a family membership at the Seattle Aquarium.
At Fountainhead Gallery, longtime Queen Anne resident John Roberts is one of three artists included in "Pacific Northwest Landscape." The exhibit is due to end Sunday, Aug. 26. The gallery is at 625 W. McGraw St.
"I don't know how I found time to work for a living," John Alcorn says facetiously. Now that he is retired, his three hobbies consume all his time.The first is pencil drawing. "I've been drawing ever since I could hold a pencil," he says. His fine, large, detailed drawings are usually social commentaries - some satirical, some not. Now he is working on a series of illustrations of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," social commentaries in their own time.Another lifelong hobby of John's is building static scale-model airplanes (that don't fly). One of the proudest moments of his life was in 2000 when he won Best in Show at an international competition in Telford, England.