by PhinneyWood | Oct 15, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Mike Veitenhans sent us photos of Seattle Magazine photographer Andrew Vanesse taking photos of a bunch of LED-lit monkeys hanging around Red Mill and Starbucks on Tuesday night. Vanesse’s photos will appear in the magazine’s December issue. About 150...
by PhinneyWood | Oct 15, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Real estate website Zillow has ranked the best Seattle neighborhoods to trick-or-treat in, and this year Phinney Ridge has moved from second place to first. Nationally, Seattle moved from fifth best city to eighth. The index represents cities that will provide the...
by PhinneyWood | Oct 14, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Periodically we receive notices from the Seattle Police Department about sex offenders who have moved into the neighborhood. The most recent notice is about Charles Frere, a level 3 registered sex offender, who recently moved to the 500 block of North 79 Street. He is...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 14, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Update: The dog has been found. Earlier: Dan tells us his light brown Chihuahua/Terrier mix with white tips and graying muzzle ran away from North 97th Street and Evanston Avenue North around 5:45 last Saturday during a thunderstorm. “Carson” is wearing a...
by PhinneyWood | Oct 13, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Department of Transportation will pave NW 87th Street from Greenwood to Phinney avenues on Thursday and Friday, weather permitting. The street will remain open for local access and through traffic will be detoured. The sidewalk on the south side of Northwest...
by PhinneyWood | Oct 13, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Blockhead Trivia is back at Chuck’s Hop Shop at 8th Avenue NW and NW 85th Street beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Hosted by Ballardites Ken Masel and Allison Woods, the cost is $5 per person, with a six-player maximum per team. Chuck’s provides prizes for the top two...
by PhinneyWood | Oct 13, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
UPDATE: The scooter has been found. Beth tells us her black Tao Tao brand scooter was stolen from North 83rd Street and Linden Avenue North between 12-6 p.m. last Thursday. The scooter is only four months old. Has anyone seen it?
by Chris Maykut | Oct 10, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here are just a few highlights of all the fun things happening around Greenwood and Phinney Ridge this weekend. Check our Events calendar for more. Storytelling with Steph from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Friday at Phinney Books, 7405 Greenwood Ave. N. Halloween Luncheon with...
by Chris Maykut | Oct 9, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Police posted this gem a couple of days ago on the SPD Blotter: The mysterious midnight disappearance of a woman’s wedding ring from a “spooky” abandoned home last Saturday led the self-styled “nunchuck master” to attack her friend with a martial arts weapon...
by PhinneyWood | Oct 9, 2014 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Several people emailed us in the last few days to say that Mo’s Sandwiches, which opened in May at 6108 Phinney Ave. N., had already closed, and that a sign in the window announced a new Japanese restaurant would take over. Seattle Eater reports that the...