Saturday, October 3rd 10:00 a.m. – Sustainable Green Lake bike tour meets at 5308 Baker Ave NW in Phinney Ridge. 2:00 p.m. – Spokespeople bike tour meets at 4219 Wallingford Ave N in Wallignford. Or visit the sites on your own: address list, PDF map. The sole Green Lake home, the Arne residence, is a drive-by (or bike-by) only and located at 1160 N 76th. Here’s the info about the Spokespeople ride: We’re riding on Saturday, October 3, from 2 to 4 p.m. starting from Wallingford Playfield. We’ll visit two homes on the Washington State Solar Tour. Our first stop…
September 2009
September 30, 2009 at 10:17PM
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Spokespeople and Sustainable Green Lake ride to Solar Homes on Saturday
September 30, 2009 at 6:17PM
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Nickelsville moving to Green Lake
KIRO 7 is reporting the following: Twelve homeless advocates were arrested when they refused to leave the Nickelsville encampment at Port of Seattle’s Terminal 107 Wednesday. [ ... ] Port of Seattle officials say they worked with Nickelsville and community leaders to find safe and legal options for the residents of the camp, which was on port property without permission. After the eviction, encampment organizers announced that St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Seattle would provide a temporary location for the encampment. [ ... ] [KIRO 7] St. Andrews Episcopal Church is located at 111 N.E. 80th Street, just west of…
September 29, 2009 at 9:57PM
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Green Lake Celeb Lani Brooke
Green Lake houses a lot of creative people. In the past, we’ve told you about a painter, a poet, a mystery writer, a literary novelist, a pair of food bloggers, and a beloved Green Lake legend. If you follow our tweets, you may already be familiar with Lani Brooke, the local talent that we are showcasing today. Just to put this right out there, right away: yes, she is a porn star. She would never describe herself as such, though, as she balks at any mention of her being a”star.” However, with 1,800 facebook fans and 1,200 twitter followers, we…
September 29, 2009 at 9:55PM
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SoundCitizen Seeks Green Lake Water Samples
Tonight’s Friends of Green Lake meeting featured Dr. Rick Keil, Associate Professor from the University of Washington School of Oceanography. He leads SoundCitizen, a citizen-based water sampling network. They’ve been measuring cooking spices found in local waters and he shared some interesting data with us, such as huge spikes in cinnamon and thyme seen in the days after Thanksgiving and ice cream cones creating specific spice spikes in the summertime. Green Lake’s dominant spice is naturally-occurring cinnamon whereas other sampled lakes see mostly artificial cinnamon. Yay for Green Lake being well-protected from runoff. However, only three Green Lake samples have been submitted thus far,…
September 29, 2009 at 4:32PM
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Yikes! Rain pouring down on Green Lake!
At about 4:15 this afternoon in Green Lake, a flash of lightening was followed by a (very!) loud thunder clap. As of 4:30, the rain is pouring down. Thanks to Mitch for this great shot, which he snapped about 15 minutes before the storm began:
