by Chris Maykut | Mar 30, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here are a few highlights of events happening around the neighborhood this weekend. You can check our Events calendar any time for more. A Winters Morning and Ever so Android in concert at Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Café, 8310 Greenwood Ave. N., at 7:30 p.m....
by Chris Maykut | Mar 30, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Walgreens store at 8701 Greenwood Ave. N. now has an electric vehicle charging station. Gregg sent us this picture he took a few days ago. Walgreens has installed electric charging stations at about 800 locations around the country. This is the first public...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 30, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Christ the King Catholic School, at 415 N. 117th St., is hosting a Preschool Information Night for parents of registered and prospective students, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17. CKS has three different preschool programs: an all-day, year-round preschool; a...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 29, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Update: Heather was found dead on Sunday. No other details are available. Our condolences to her family and friends. Earlier: Posters have gone up all around Ballard and Phinney-Greenwood, asking for the public’s help in finding a 35-year-old woman named...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 29, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Wahe Guru Yoga has opened next door to Yanni’s Greek Restaurant at 7415 Greenwood Ave. N. It offers Kundalini yoga and meditation classes. Beginning in mid-April it also will offer a parent-and-baby yoga class, as well as yoga for children ages 8-12. Co-owner...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 29, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Phinney Ridge and Greenwood families are needed to host a foreign exchange student next school year. Council for Educational Travel, USA, is a non-profit global exchange organization that works with students from 43 countries. Add diversity to your home by bringing...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 29, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
A drop-in postpartum support group recently started at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. The 4th Trimester meets from 10:15-11:45 a.m. every Wednesday; suggested donation is $5 per meeting. The weekly group allows new parents to share...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 29, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Naked City Brewery & Taphouse is sponsoring another “Think & Drink” event, this time on the topic of consumerism and happiness. The free event is at 7 p.m. on Wed., April 4, at 8564 Greenwood Ave. N. “Consumerism and the Pursuit of Happiness” will be a...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 28, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Public Schools today announced that it may delay by one year the planned move of the Developmental Preschool at Whittier Elementary to Viewlands Elementary. Last week we told you that some parents with children in the Developmental Preschool were upset that...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 28, 2012 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
99 Monkeys (RE)Pack and Play Toys is opening at 7104 Greenwood Ave. N. next month. The store’s concept is to take previously-owned children’s toys and repackage them in eco-friendly packaging. Sometimes groups of similar toys are packaged together in new sets....