by Chris Maykut | Jun 28, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Don’t forget that Tuesday night is the meeting on a proposal to rezone certain areas of the Greenwood Town Center. The city’s Department of Planning and Development meeting is from 6-8 p.m. at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church at 7500 Greenwood Ave. N. For a refresher on...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 26, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Andeo International Homestays is hosting a small group of Spanish teens who will take English classes full-time at the Phinney Neighborhood Center in July. The group arrives Monday for four weeks, and they still need one host family. The teens come with travel...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 25, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
A Wedgwood author and Ballard illustrator have teamed up to write a children’s book, “Edsel McFarlan’s New Car,” and they’ll be doing book readings during Saturday’s Greenwood Car Show. Max Holechek and Darrell Toland will read from the book at 10...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 25, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The prayer wheels outside Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism at 108 NW 83rd St. have long been a favorite of the PhinneyWood kid, and others who can’t pass by without spinning the wheels. The monastery’s Parinirvana Stupa, which is shaped like a bell, is...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 25, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Fifteen French students are coming to our area this summer through an organization called Mondes Nouveaux, and all will live with local families. Their chaperone, a 29-year-old woman, still needs a host family for July 29-Aug. 18. The organization also needs back-up...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 25, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Mike V sent us this funny photo taken at Green Lake yesterday. Dad’s chatting on the phone while his little girl does all the work!
by Chris Maykut | Jun 25, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Pacific Northwest is a hotbed of outdoor sculptures, from the Olympic Sculpture Park in downtown Seattle to Western Washington University’s world-renowned outdoor sculpture collection in Bellingham. On Saturday, Carkeek Park, just north of Greenwood, will open a...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 24, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Green Bean Coffee House had hoped to reopen inside the old McDonald’s building at 8533 Greenwood Ave. N. on Saturday, to coincide with the Greenwood Car Show. But Green Bean staff told me this morning that permitting delays mean they now plan to have their...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 24, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Last week we told you about a new boutique, Tarah Jade, opening in the Fini condos building at Greenwood Avenue North and North 68th Street. I happened to walk by there last night and saw business partners Deborah Stone and Shawna Risnes working hard to get the store...
by Chris Maykut | Jun 23, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The annual Greenwood Car Show is the one place where people who don’t even really care about cars suddenly go ga-ga over classic hot rods or a fleet of Minis. Thousands and thousands of people are expected to once again clog the streets of Greenwood-Phinney on...