Be safe trick-or-treating tonight!

Trick-or-treating is so much fun, but also has the potential to be dangerous, considering that it’s dark out, and kids wear costumes that may be hard to maneuver in or have a mask that restricts their vision. To help keep your little ones safe, AAA recommends:...

Seen at Halloween

Here are two of the coolest Halloween things we’ve seen around the neighborhood. This witch-into-the-telephone-pole is an old standby at 72nd and 2nd in Phinney: And this ghostlike figure above the trellis at 87th and 1st in Greenwood creeped me out even in the...
‘On/Off’ comes to the Kindle

‘On/Off’ comes to the Kindle

Just in time for Halloween, neighborhood author Michael Attebery has released his book, “On/Off: A Jekyll & Hyde Story” in hard copy form and on Amazon’s increasingly popular Kindle. As we mentioned when we teased the book in a post about his...

Keep those storm drains clear

The City of Seattle is asking residents to help keep storm drains clear of leaves and other debris to avoid flooding problems. Fall and winter weather often clogs drains quickly, leading to water backups on some roads. City crews recently inspected 78,000 storm drains...