Get a Free Home Security Audit

Do you want to know specifically how you can minimize your vulnerability to home burglary?  Our Seattle Police Department’s North Crime Prevention Coordinator, Diane Horswill, offers free home audits.  I asked for one last week.  This is how it went:

I emailed her at diane.horswill@seattle.gov and we scheduled an audit for the next week.  You [...]

Treehouse Coffee breakfast special this weekend (September 18-19)

From Michele: “Thank you to each and everyone of you that have made the first year at Treehouse Coffee a success! Our anniversary was last Wednesday and I hope that you made it by to enjoy a cupcake decorated especially for you. Now that the kiddos are back in school and the leaves are [...]

*Pinehurst Residential Burglary Report: August 2010

If you have any questions on crime prevention, or if you would like to form a block watch, please contact Diane Horswill (diane.horswill@seattle.gov or 206-684-7711) at the North Precinct.

8/24   2400blk NE Northgate Wy – the victim says he was away from his home for several hours, when he got back he saw that his [...]

Curling Mini-Camps for Kids

I’m taking a Learn to Curl class myself and having a blast so when I saw this flier I thought it’d be fun to pass it along. It’s cool to have such a unique sport in our backyard, especially one that has more national championships than any other club in the country.

It’s an Olympic [...]

Northeast Seattle Trails Update

It was pointed out to me that we’ve linked to the drafts in the past but never got the final map up on the site.  It’s a really cool map if you haven’t taken a look at it yet.

Northeast Seattle Trails (NEST) Front Map

Northeast Seattle Trails (NEST) Back Text

They’ve also got walks [...]

Thornton Creek Alliance Fall Meeting

The Thornton Creek Alliance, which has been providing advocacy and stewardship for Seattle’s largest watershed since 1993, is pleased to invite the public to this free of charge presentation at our fall meeting. The speakers’ talks will be interspersed with short TCA business discussions.

Thursday, Sept. 30th Social Time: 6:30pm Program: 7:00pm

Camelot Opens This Week at Seattle Musical Theatre

Camelot will be opening this Friday (tomorrow) at Seattle Musical Theatre and once again our blog readers can get a special deal. If you call the box office and mention the code “Blog Knight” they’re offering buy one, get one 1/2 off.

Seattle Musical Theatre at Magnuson Park opens its 34th season on [...]

Sept. 16 Town Hall with Mayor McGinn!

Transportation related projects (sidewalks, traffic calming, rechannelization, crosswalks) are expected to be the main topic of discussion.  If there was ever a time to advocate, this is it.  The mayor, the head of Seattle Department of Transportation and the staff of the program that funds these projects will be there.  It is also a great [...]

Can We Achieve Social Equity Using Smart Growth?

Join the Seattle City Council as we discuss: Can We Achieve Social Equity Using Smart Growth?

Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Council Chambers, Second floor, City Hall 600 Fourth Ave, Seattle 98104

This interactive forum will include the success stories of proven policies and programs and a discussion of how to take practical [...]

Northgate Festival this Saturday, 9/11

“The annual Northgate Festival, which features a new location for 2010, will be closing a portion of 103rd between Northgate Mall and the new Thornton Place for a street fair that will continue up into the plaza at Thornton Place. The festival will take place on Saturday, September 11, after all the summer festivals have [...]