We just received some sad news from Lifestyle Chiropractic, a My Green Lake supporter and advertiser.
Passing by the windowed storefront of Lifestyle Chiropractic (7010 Woodlawn Ave N), on your way to Revolutions Espresso or Title Nine, you may have, like us, often cracked a smile at a familiar sight – a big (150-pound!) hairy fellow [...]

This Thursday, February 25th, the Seattle Humane Society’s Max Mobile will be making a stop in nearby Roosevelt.  Find them 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Roosevelt Square Whole Foods (1026 NE 64th St).
The MaxMobile is a bright yellow, 33-foot, custom-built mobile adoption and education center loaded with dogs, cats, and even a few [...]

Earlier today we received the following query from new Green Lake residents Ray and Janet:
We are new to Seattle and GreenLake and in our daily walks enjoy watching the ducks etc. so much. However we do not know what the species other than the Mallards and Widgeons are. Could someone just list the common species [...]

At 6:00 p.m. tonight (Friday), 15 units were called to a house fire at 6612 8th Ave NE.
The residents of the house believe that the fire was started by a faulty bathroom fan.  The fire was quickly extinguished by the Seattle Fire Department.  Some fire damage was sustained in one bedroom, and there appeared to [...]

We received the following heads-up from the zoo about a fun event happening next Saturday, February 13th:
WHAT: Woodland Park Zoo’s animals will celebrate Valentine’s Day the wild way…
Otters, red pandas, gorillas, snow leopards, and more will enjoy heart-shaped ice pops made of fruit juice, honey, strawberries and cranberries, herbal bouquets, heart-shaped steaks and more.
The special [...]

If you have seen celebrity naturalist David Mizejewski from National Wildlife Federation on any of his regular radio or television appearances—including the Today Show, Martha Stewart, HGTV and Animal Planet—you know he is committed to making the world a better place for wildlife. And now he is coming to the zoo to show you how [...]

Wow.  Check out this doozy that I came across in the Green Lake Archives.  Quite crotchety, that “Green Lake Kicker.”
What do you think?  Is Kicker’s concluding paragraph actually suggesting poisoning the owners of “tramp dogs”?  Or am I just giving him too much creep cred?
The Interlaken, February 13, 1903, p.3
A SUBURBAN QUESTION
When Does a Dog [...]

Fans of the Woodland Park Zoo’s Night Exhibit, including the more than 24,000 members of the Facebook group “Save the Woodland Park Nocturnal House,” got some sad news today.
The zoo announced the closing date for the Night Exhibit (formerly known as Nocturnal House): March 1, 2010.
However, a number of the animals currently housed in the [...]

We just heard from Ashley that her dog, Palmer, got out of her yard this morning and has been missing all day.
Ashley writes that Palmer is “elderly, super friendly, and has a bad hind leg.” He went missing from the north side of Green Lake, near BluWater and Chocolati.
Have you seen Palmer?  Give Ashley a [...]

We spotted the following yesterday on twitter:
saw a bird that looks like Bald Eagle at Greenlake early in the morning, but it couldn’t possibly be one…
We frequently see tweets expressing astonishment and doubt that a bald eagle could be living in our very urban park.
However, we also see many other notes from park-goers who have [...]