Water outage in east Ballard
Updated: A water main broke along 50th St. around 7 p.m., leaving hundreds of homes in east Ballard without water or with very low water pressure. Seattle Public Utilities says …
Introducing our new blog, PhinneyWood.com
It’s been six months since we launched My Ballard, and the response has been unbelievable. The biggest surprise has been the enormous role that all of you play in helping …
Honore Bakery to open Saturday
Locks Fan sent us an email today saying that Honore Bakery on 70th (that we wrote about back in May) is close to opening. We went by there this afternoon …
Scooter crash on 8th Ave.
With high gas prices, we’ve seen a lot more scooters on the road lately. Shortly after 8 a.m. today, a woman crashed her scooter on 8th Ave. near 73rd St. …
A quick review of Via Verde
The new Italian restaurant that moved into Market Street Grill’s location, Via Verde, is now open for business. We stopped in to give it a try. The menu features wood-fired …
Twitter gems about Ballard
If you’re not familiar with it, Twitter is a service that lets you send short messages to your friends and the rest of the world. We recently created a page …
Food and wine boutique coming to Phinney
Here’s an interesting addition to Phinney Ridge. A “food and wine boutique” called Picnic is coming soon to the Fini condo building at 68th and Greenwood. While you can drop …
My Ballard on the ‘radio’
If you’re interested, we’ll be on Rain City Radio at 4 p.m. today, an internet radio show hosted by the Seattle real estate site RainCityGuide.com. We’ll be talking about Ballard …
Designs for suicide-proofing Aurora Bridge
WSDOT has formed an advisory committee and released three designs for creating a fence along Aurora Bridge that’s designed to put a stop to suicides. Someone jumps off the bridge …
‘Ballard on the Park’ rising above ground
The eight-story development known as “Ballard on the Park” at 24th Ave. and 58th St. is starting rise above the ground. But it has a ways to go. Here’s the …
Designing the ‘gateway to Ballard’
A couple weeks ago, we posted the possible design of the new development going into 15th and Market, the plot of land that some refer to as the “gateway to …
Floating Leaves Tea moving up the street
The Floating Leaves teahouse is moving from 22nd and Market to 17th and Market in August, reports the Seattle Weekly. To celebrate the move, they’ll throw an in-store party this …