Sign up for summer camp at LHCC
We received this notice from the staff at Loyal Heights Community Center: Summer is almost here! Have you registered your child for camp? Loyal Heights Community Center has a fun-filled …
Month: May 2011
Ballard entrepreneur filling the munchy niche
A Ballard entrepreneur is taking his late-night cravings and making a business out of them. Noel Davenport is officially launching ihavemunchies.com, a delivery service for snacks, drinks and even toilet …
Card Kingdom and Cafe Mox now open on Leary
Game enthusiasts have a new heaven right here in Ballard. Card Kingdom, which recently relocated from Phinney Ridge, just opened at 5105 Leary Ave. NW. The new space is much, …
Knotty Bodies Espresso leaving Ballard
Ballard’s bikini espresso stand in the parking lot of the 76 gas station at NW 58th St and 15th Ave NW is hitting the road, literally. After being open since …
Zero-energy house breaks ground in Ballard
Updated with contractor and designer information: A new kind of house is being built in Ballard – a house that produces more energy than it uses. We’re told that this …
Whittier students make cranes for Japan
Third graders at Whittier Elementary are learning that they can make a difference when disaster strikes halfway around the world. After the Japan earthquake and tsunami hit the island in …
Early Design Guidance meeting Monday for new residential building
The Design Review Board will meet with planners on Monday for a new development at 5343 Tallman Ave NW for an Early Design Guidance meeting. Plans call for a seven-story …
Whittier Heights garage sale next month
The annual Whittier Heights Neighborhood yard/garage sale will be Saturday, June 4th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Whittier Heights Community Council will advertise the event, make a map …
Ballard’s new Brazilian restaurant opens
Ballard has a new Brazilian restaurant – Paratii is now open at 5463 Leary Ave NW (originally we called it Paraty, the name on the liquor license.) According to Seattle.eater.com, …
Opt-out of phone book deliveries and junk mail
Starting today, residents and businesses can opt-out of receiving phone books and junk mail. A look at the discarded phone books, courtesy the City of Seattle Last fall the city …
Your daily dose of cuteness – courtesy the zoo’s ocelot kitten
The Woodland Park Zoo‘s nearly four-month-old ocelot kitten Evita is ready to make her debut. Three months ago she made her rounds on the internet, in the YouTube video of …
Former Ballardite creates site to help rebuild Alabama
Last week nearly 200 tornadoes tore through the south killing hundreds of people. One tornado in particular hit the city of Birmingham, Alabama, where Jordan Van Horn and his wife …