House fire on Dibble Ave.
We heard sirens and smelled smoke at 11 p.m. last night, so I grabbed the camera and ran over to the 6700 block of Dibble Ave. It was one of …
Month: December 2007
Lots of Crocodile shows moving to Fremont
Quite a few of the scheduled shows at the now-closed Crocodile are moving to the High Dive in Fremont. Details here. It’ll be interesting to see if this is just …
Crews to repave long stretch of 15th Ave.
Starting in March and stretching to October, the city of Seattle plans to repave 15th Avenue from the Ballard bridge to the Magnolia bridge. “This will be a minimally disruptive …
Ballard girls sweep in San Diego
The undefeated Ballard High School girls basketball team keeps rolling. They won all three of their games at the Surf ‘N Slam tournament in San Diego, beating St. Mary’s from …
‘Saturday House’ coming to Ballard
The Seattle Times profiled “Saturday House,” a cool weekly get-together in Sodo where people hang out and share ideas. The goal is to “recreate the feeling of kindergarten, where everyone …
A review of Tigertail
The bar-restaurant Tigertail has been open for a few weeks now (on 65th just east of 8th), so we decided to stop on in. Really, it’s not a restaurant, but …
New Italian restaurant coming soon
The sign just went up at Il Giardino, a new Italian restaurant that will soon open in a remodeled home on 65th St. and 8th Ave. In fact, it’s just …
How to recycle your Christmas tree
If you subscribe to curbside yard and food waste collection, the city will pick up and recycle your tree for free. Just leave it out on your regular collection day …
More low snow on the way?
The forecast is calling for one to four inches of snow in Seattle today. It’s supposed to begin falling around sunrise, even at sea level. This one sounds a lot …
New condo looks like ‘sprawling octopus’
The Northwest Design Review Board got its first look at Market Street Landing, an eight-story condo planned for the spot where the boarded-up Denny’s now stands. And they didn’t like …
Ballard girls basketball team to San Diego
The undefeated Ballard Beavers girls basketball team is headed to San Diego for the Surf ‘n Slam tournament, with games starting tomorrow through the 29th. You can see the brackets …
A little Christmas snow
It started around noon as a rain-snow mix. Then at 1 p.m., it changed to snow. And a half-hour later, it began to stick around our Ballard home. So we …