by Chris Maykut | Jul 31, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Phinney Farmers Market (a PhinneyWood sponsor) runs from 3-7 p.m. today in the lower parking lot of the Phinney Neighborhood Association. According to the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance’s Ripe and Ready Report, new to the tables this week are sweet and...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 31, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Young and old will pack the Greenood Senior Center tonight for its monthly Bingo Karaoke at 7 p.m. Air conditioning! Beer and wine! Snacks! Cash prizes! Here’s a table of women intently scanning their bingo cards: And here are two young dudes giving it all...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 31, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Most of us have heard of Community Supported Agriculture, where people buy a “share” of the bounty from a local farm and pick up their produce on a weekly or bi-weekly schedule. A Walla Walla company, run by a native from Crown Hill, is offering a similar...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 30, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Babyface has opened at 7107 Greenwood Ave. N., Suite C. Located on the top floor above A Muse Art Stamps, Babyface offers skincare, sugaring and lash tinting. Sugaring is a process of hair removal that I have been doing for the last few years. It is much gentler on...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 30, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
If you’ve traveled on Greenwood Avenue north of 105th/Holman Road lately, you’ve seen all the construction and probably experienced some slow downs because of it. The Department of Transportation sent an update to remind us of some of the traffic...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 30, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Greenwood’s Taproot Theatre is hosting late-night improv the next two Friday nights, after the evening’s performance of “Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming.” Taproot’s improvisers will take over the main stage on July 31 and Aug. 7 with their...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 30, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Herkimer at 74th and Greenwood has expanded its coffee roasting business and its beans are now available at a number of Seattle-area businesses. Its newest bulk-bean customer is a bookstore and cafe in Wasilla, Alaska, called Pandemonium. Herkimer ships a couple...
by PhinneyWood | Jul 29, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
…at least since records have been kept in the Seattle area. We’re either at 101 or 102, according to official observations. Time to pop a cold beverage and party? Or just pant? While the record is kept at Sea-Tac, here are some amateur station readings in...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 29, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
With the sweltering heat, Green Lake has become an oasis for hundreds (if not thousands) of sweaty Seattleites looking for a way to cool off. This is the scene at the Bathhouse, on the west side of the lake. And in the distance you can see the east shoreline covered...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 29, 2009 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Weekly just released its annual “Best of Seattle” list and Phinney and Greenwood made a very respectable showing. The Baranof at 8549 Greenwood Ave. N. won for Best Dive Bar. El Chupacabra at 6711 Greenwood Ave. N. wins for Best Jukebox. Red Mill...