MovieCycle, the entertainment buy/sell/trade store that we wrote about last week is now open at 2240 NW Market St. We spoke with the manager, Jeremy Keyes, who tells us that they’ll take DVD, Blu Ray, PSP movies and video games. They’ll also take VHS “but we really don’t want to,” he said. They’ll buy DVDs …
A sex offender who has been living at the Calvary Lutheran homeless shelter in Loyal Heights has been removed, SHARE confirmed to My Ballard today. This weekend a My Ballard reader posted a notice in the forum claiming that a Level III sex offender was living at the church for a few weeks. We spoke …
Update: We have an update on the warning we posted earlier this weekend about a raccoon who attacked a Ballard family in their backyard near 14th Ave. and 73rd St. Joanna Silverstein told us a raccoon attacked their dog, then turned on her and her husband Mark on Thursday night. Joanna said it all began …
Neighbors on Dibble near 65th woke up this weekend to find their car mirrors torn off and pieces of plastic and glass strewn down the street. The driver-side mirrors on at least four cars, all in a row (above), were either smashed or knocked to pieces. One neighbor told us he heard glass breaking at …
A new design studio and showroom opens today on Ballard Ave, just in time for Saturday’s Art Walk. White Sage Studio opens in the beautiful, bright space that Greener Lifestyles vacated this spring (5317 Ballard Ave). The studio, with interior designer Erin Langan and architect/artist John Fleming, will focus on sustainability. (Langan recently worked on …
There have been raccoon sightings pretty regularly around here. Even most recently in a parking lot along Market Street. We received an email from a neighbor who lives near 73rd & Alonzo who says that she came home and found a flyer that says: Attention Neighbors! A family and their dog were attacked by a …
We headed down to old Ballard after hearing that “The Details” was filming along Ballard Avenue on Friday. When we arrived “on set” we saw Elizabeth Banks sitting in the driver’s seat of this turquoise Volvo wagon. According to one of the official-looking people in headsets, they’re shooting a breakup scene that doesn’t include Tobey …
Earlier this week we broke the story that Tom Douglas is eyeing Ballard for a new restaurant. We’re told that although things could still fall through, he’s talking about taking over the old Via Verde space. Rebekah Denn, author of EatAllAboutIt.com talk to Douglas about his plans. She writes that he has looked in the …
The movie starring Tobey Maguire, “The Details,” has been filming around Seattle and around Ballard. Last weekend they were shooting at Salmon Bay School, today they’re on Ballard Ave. Attorney Peter Cowles emailed us that Ballard Ave will be closed today. “The interior of Collective and the exterior of Madame K’s and possibly others including …
Someone else’s trash can be your treasure… or just get rid of your trash. It’s a weekend of “reduce, reuse, recycle” around Ballard. The Olympic Manor annual garage sale is both Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to about 3 p.m. The main entrance into Olympic Manor is at 23rd Ave NW and NW 85th. …
Flags are at half staff today, like this one at Whittier Elementary, as America remembers September 11, 2001. WildernessBarbie started a conversation in the forum earlier this week about how people are honoring those who died. “I encourage you to join me in showing your appreciation and paying homage to those who have fallen by …
Earlier this week we wrote about two different signs to discourage drug activity that has escalated in the two neighborhoods. Now we’ve received another sign that’s a little more, well, welcoming. Phil sent us this sign and says it’s his “official looking ‘Drug Dealer Parking Only’ sign” that has worked well near the intersection of …