Photo credit: D Sharon Pruitt Zen Buddhist Monk Rev Master Basil Singer is giving a talk on Tuesday November 1, 2011, 6:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. at the Green Lake Branch Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N). The talk will be on the Buddha’s enlightenment, the beginning of a religion, and how we can do what the Buddha did. The North Cascades Buddhist Priory’s Seattle Meditation Group is putting on the event. It is not sponsored by the Seattle Public Library. For more information, contact Geoff at (360) 556-1093 or portybeach [at] hotmail.com.
October 2011
Attempted burglary on west side of Green Lake
Nancy Johnson, who lives near Aurora Ave N & N 68th St, wrote to tell us about an attempted burglary that took place at her home on Thursday morning (October 13, 2011): I was home and heard strange noises coming from the basement, went down there and didn’t see anything amiss, then saw a man walking through my backyard and out the gate heading south in the alley. I thought that he must have been a meter reader…. but he was dressed in a long black coat, black gloves and a black wool beanie type hat. Medium build about 6′ tall,…
Newly remodeled children’s area at east Green Lake’s Cafe Bonjour
Cafe Bonjour (7119 Woodlawn Ave NE) recently remodeled their children’s area: Cafe Bonjour is a My Green Lake advertiser.
Green Lake or Greenlake? It’s two words, not one.
This story comes to us via Sandi Halimuddin. Sandi is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication News Laboratory, an advanced reporting class in which students produce news stories and packages for local neighborhood and ethnic newspapers and online sites. Next time you’re walking around Green Lake, look for a street sign that bears the name “Greenlake.” Although both the neighborhood and lake are officially two words, the area is often colloquially referred to as one word. photo credit: stevevoght Located at East Green Lake Dr N and Sunnyside Ave N, this sign points to an…











