by Chris Maykut | Jul 13, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Dolly’s Dollhouse at 5821 Phinney Ave. N. is closed temporarily because the owner is in the hospital. Here’s a note from her neighbor: I just wanted to let everyone know that Dolly’s Dollhouse, located at the corner of 59th and Greenwood since 1972,...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 13, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
PlayMatters at 7720 Greenwood Ave. N. has closed. The website says “We will be permanently closed as of July 1st.” The phone has been disconnected. PlayMatters started as a drop-in children’s indoor play space. It changed owners last year, then added...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 13, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Art on the Ridge at 8005 Greenwood Ave. N. is selling special paintings to help animals affected by the massive Gulf Oil spill. Opening night of the fundraising effort was last Friday. More than 30 artists have created special pieces to reflect the catastrophe. The...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 13, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Woodland Park Zoo’s 34th annual Jungle Party fundraiser last Friday brought in $1.7 million, exceeding its goal by $300,000. The money will be used for animal care, education programs, and world-wide conservation efforts. Photo by Ryan Hawk, Woodland Park...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 13, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
826 Seattle/Greenwood Space Travel & Supply Company at 8414 Greenwood Ave. N. is hosting a party from 12-2 p.m. on Saturday to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the moon landing. The party will feature many cosmos themed festivities including a “Fake your own moon...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 12, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Several Phinney-Greenwood restaurants received poor Public Health Department inspections recently. The Kabab House at 8202 Greenwood Ave. N. had a particularly terrible inspection on June 29 with a score of 101 points. According to the King County Health Department,...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 12, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien is collecting your unwanted phone books to make a point with phone companies who distribute several pounds’ worth of phone books to every home, apartment and business each year. With smartphones and the Internet,...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 12, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Rebuilding Together Seattle is accepting applications from low-income homeowners who need help completing work on their homes. In April we wrote about RTS working on a house in the neighborhood. To qualify for the program, homeowners must be low-income and unable to...
by Chris Maykut | Jul 11, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Mimi Rose children’s clothing and toy store at 6001 Phinney Ave. N. is closing its doors after 20 years. Designer/owner Margaret Rose says business has been tough the last few years and she has the opportunity to travel for the next year, so she’s going to...
by PhinneyWood | Jul 11, 2010 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
On a pretty darn nice day, several hundred people partook of their choice of more than 40 beers from two dozen brewers corralled in the Phinney Neighborhood Association’s lower parking lot Saturday afternoon. The PNA’s Western-themed summer beer tasting...
