From the Seattle Office of Emergency Management: The National Weather Service says Seattle can expect between two to six inches of snow starting tomorrow [Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011] morning, enough to cause a slushy commute on Wednesday morning. Temperatures are expected to drop rapidly by the afternoon/evening, causing any water on the roadways to freeze, dramatically affecting tomorrow evening’s commute. As we saw in November, snow accumulation followed by freezing temperatures present great challenges to drivers on area streets and roadways. Plan ahead and decide what to do now before the snow starts falling. Stay home if you can, make alternate…
February 2011
February 22, 2011 at 5:12PM
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Two to six inches of snow expected tomorrow (Wednesday) through Thursday
February 22, 2011 at 3:28PM
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Vintage Green Lake postcard: The Green Lake loop, circa 1908
On Tuesdays, we publish a vintage postcard from Green Lake’s past. These postcards were generously shared with us by Green Lake residents Mark and Mary Griffin. (You can find previously-published postcards here, here, here, and here). This week’s card was mailed on Feb. 8, 1908 to the “Philippine Islands,” a term used by American colonialists to describe the Philippines during the first three decades of the twentieth century [source]. The card took more than a month to arrive at its destination. “Perhaps you will recognize this,” the card reads. You can read about life in Green Lake during the decade between 1900 and 1909 here. Do…
February 22, 2011 at 11:26AM
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Upcoming cooking class at PCC ‘for single women, who like the women’
Registration is now open for “Meet me in the Kitchen,” an upcoming cooking class at the Greenlake PCC (7504 Aurora Ave N). The class, taught by Chef Becky Selengut, is billed as being “for single women, who like the women.” Becky Selengut is a private chef, cooking instructor, co-author of Washington Local and Seasonal Cookbook, and author of Good Fish: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the Pacific Coast. From Becky: Do you love to cook, would like to cook more, or want to add new dishes to your repertoire? Then come join us and have fun learning to prepare an easy but impressive menu with…
February 21, 2011 at 3:13PM
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Amnesty International to present ‘Poets and Writers Demand Accountability for Victims of Gaza and Israel’ at the Green Lake Library
A Seattle Amnesty International group is presenting a free reading titled Poets and Writers Demand Accountability for Victims of Gaza and Israel at the Green Lake Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N) on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. While the event is not an open mic reading, the Facebook event page says that “all voices [are] invited to attend, to listen and to care about the topics.” For more information, contact Washington State’s AIUSA Area Coordinator Larry Ebersole at wordheath [at] gmail.com.
