The annual Naked Pumpkin Run is returning to Fremont and Green Lake this Halloween. The event begins in Fremont on Halloween day (Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010) and ends with a night run in Green Lake. “Out-of-control Pumpkin Debauchery!” screams the event’s flier, which also explains that “without a pumpkin it would just be streaking.” From the event’s website: The Naked Pumpkin Run [is] an event where like-minded people party, carve and decorate pumpkins and streak en masse with their pumpkin creations on their heads. NPR is a non-political, participatory arts event. Go as bare as you dare! The event is…
October 2010
October 27, 2010 at 2:18PM
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Naked Pumpkin Run returns to Fremont and Green Lake this Halloween 2010
October 27, 2010 at 1:37PM
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Robeks Smoothies coming to Green Lake in February or March
We first got word back in May that a Robeks Smoothies is coming to our neighborhood. Business owner Lori Nye updated us yesterday (Oct. 26, 2010). The permits have been submitted, she said, and she expects that the shop’s doors will be open by the end of February or the first part of March. The smoothie shop will be located in the Circa Green Lake building, right next door to Turnpike Pizza (6900 E Green Lake Way N). In addition to smoothies and fresh-squeezed juice, the shop will be serving wraps, salads, sandwiches, stuffed pretzels, and power cookies. More details…
October 27, 2010 at 12:37PM
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Rebuilding Together Seattle visits Green Lake
Last Saturday (Oct. 23, 2010), Rebuilding Together Seattle (RTS) was in the Green Lake neighborhood. RTS completes free home repairs for low income homeowners who are elderly, disabled, veterans, or families with children, so that they can continue to live independently in warmth and safety. On Saturday, RTS partnered with Honeywell to fix the home of an elderly and disabled homeowner and her daughter. “I think it’s telling that a woman who is self-admittedly never at a loss for words was literally speechless,” Honeywell project leader and RTS Board Member, Gary Ballas said of the homeowner. “Once the work was…
October 26, 2010 at 12:55PM
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Move of offices into Green Lake Community Center described as “permanent”
As we have reported previously, Mayor McGinn’s proposed 2011-2012 city budget would transform the Green Lake Community Center into a “Limited-Use” site. Offices would be moved to the top floor of the Green Lake Community Center, displacing many classes and programs. However, until now, we have not heard it said that this change would be permanent. Yesterday (Oct. 25, 2010), the Seattle City Council’s Budget Committee met. The Seattle Channel has made video of the meeting available: Seattle Channel Video can be played in Flash Player 9 and up At 98:12, Councimember Nick Licata asks: “The offices that are moving…
