I always wanted a brother. When my mom remarried, one year after my dad died, I got three instant-stepbrothers. Donny, the oldest, was an interesting cat, and during our 20s we played in some of the same sandlot tackle football games, served nearly parallel time in the Armed Forces and eventually drank a few beers together. But we were never really close.My two younger stepbrothers were just that, younger, and seemed like little kids. I had a sister. A nice girl. Someone I love. And I'm fairly friendly with one of my two stepsisters. But that's it. I never had that male familial bond based solely on blood, and I never will.
Want to build your own dream home? And do your own exterior and interior decorating for about $300 or less? You can at Dolly's Dollhouse, which allows you to buy the entire house "shell" and add all the furnishings, to build a miniature prototype of your dream house.
Non-motorized racers will speed down Fremont Avenue North as they try to beat the clock in the Red Bull Soapbox Race on Saturday, Sept. 29.This event will close Fremont Avenue North to traffic. The street, from North 41st to 36th streets, will close for at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, though North 39th Street will remain open for east-west traffic.On event day, Saturday, North 39th also will close and will reopen by 6 p.m. Saturday. Other streets will open by midnight.,
■ Classroom Hero: Second-grade teacher Janet Raymer, of B.F. Day Elementary School, 3921 Linden Ave. N., has been named Hero in the Classroom by Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Seahawks.■ Fund-raising: B.F. Day has been fund-raising to supplement its funding needs, including collecting donations at the Fremont Oktoberfest and the upcoming Red Bull Soapbox Race, on Saturday, Sept. 29
For the fifth year, the Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) is helping its two soup kitchens by sponsoring the Phabulous Phinney Pig Out, which will take place Thursday, Oct. 4.This year, 15 local restaurants will donate a portion of their sales that day to the PNA's soup kitchens in Phinney Ridge and Ballard.
The annual book sale organized by the Friends of the Seattle Public Library is celebrating its 36th anniversary this year, and the event now held in an airplane hanger at the former Sand Point Naval Station has grown substantially in that time.In fact, it now takes a core group of around 30 volunteers working year-round to put the sale on, said Maple Leaf resident Joan Amatucci, the paid book-sale director for the last 11 years.
The "coolest block" in Wallingford says goodbye to its health partner Bee Well Vitamin Shoppe.Opened in July 2004, Bee Well will shut its doors in mid-October. Even though the closing may not be a complete surprise for the neighbors or the owners, the loss of the store still stings.
'Hamilton House' is longest-serving drop-in center for seniors in Pacific NorthwestWith a 50th-birthday celebration on its heels, a University District institution is closing its doors for good. Despite efforts to explore new funding methods, the University District Senior Center's storied tenure will come to an end in December.
I recently read the [column] by Kirby Lindsay in the North Seattle Herald-Outlook, and I could not repress my desire to comment.The nomination for landmark status of the Fitch-Nutt house in Fremont is a bold move and one that deserves attention. Seattle, a city that supposedly supports historic preservation, has written a set of requirements that makes the preservation of privately owned properties all but impossible. And our developers are all too aware of this.
"...In other news, the Seattle City Council today accepted a preliminary draft final report from its subcommittee on What Seattle Can Do to Help Save the Woolly Mammoth...."It's election time again: The smell of blue-ribbon panels is in the air.The City of Seattle is renowned - OK, notorious - for "the Seattle Way," an approach to decision-making that at times seems to value the journey a lot more than the destination.
A proposal earlier this year to severely tighten the live-aboard policy at Fishermen's Terminal was dropped at an early-October meeting of the Fishermen's Terminal Advisory Committee. "It went from a pretty extreme proposition to something that's more reasonable," said FTAC chair David Harsila.T he current policy has changed substantially from what the draft called for earlier this year. There will be no time limit for living on fishing boats for captains, owners or crewmembers, according to the policy, and as before, no one is allowed to live aboard pleasure craft. The policy also notes that crewmembers of active fishing vessels who are selling fish off boats in the fish-sales area along the West Wall are exempt from limitations on living onboard the ships, and crewmembers can live on boats indefinitely as long as they are registered with the Port
Citizens for Off-Leash Areas (COLA) is a non-profit that was formed to obtain and maintain off-leash dog exercise areas in Seattle. In June 1996 COLA entered into a formal agreement with the City of Seattle to steward Seattle's off-leash areas. In September 1997, the Seattle City Council voted 9-0 to establish permanent off-leash dog areas, giving COLA the responsibility of stewarding the sites for the Department of Parks and Recreation. This vote was the result of more than six years of organizing, planning, and public process in which many hundreds of Seattle citizens attended dozens of meetings and thousands more wrote, faxed, and telephoned the City Council. COLA's most important fundraising event is Dog-O-Ween. This year it was held on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Genesee Park off-leash area. Along with the inherent fun of watching roving packs of pooches strutting their stuff in various clever Halooween get ups, COLA volunteers provided food, prizes for the most seasonably fashionable dogs and owners, a silent auction and vendor booths catering to the beloved pets.
Seattle Public Utilities needs help, and they aren't too proud to ask you for it. When it rains, the city's 80,000 street drains become critical pieces of utility infrastructure that keep our neighborhoods from flooding. Each autumn the combination of falling leaves, which can clog street drains, and the onset of the storm season results in, dare we say, a perfect storm for flooding. And climate change toward wetter winters isn't going to make the picture any prettier.Hence, Utilities (SPU) is launching a program aimed at creating a corps of volunteers to help clear out the most flood-prone of Seattle's street drains.
Halloween is a mean season for candle fires -the fifth-highest day of the year, coming in behind Christmas, Christmas Eve, New Year's Day and New Year's Eve. Here are some Halloween safety tips from the National Fire Protection Agency:
What began 12 years ago as an event to make Rainier Avenue a safe place to be on a Friday night has grown into a beloved neighborhood tradition. It has also contributed to the revitalization of Columbia City.BeatWalk continues its 2007 season Friday, Nov. 2, from 7-10 p.m. The cost has never changed -- still a mere $5 for all venues, kids pay nothing.