Copyright Jeff Blucher | Used with permission

Copyright Jeff Blucher | Used with permission

Spud has been a Green Lake fixture since 1940.  The current building dates back to 1959 and has been designated a Historical Site by the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, which describes it as “one of Seattle’s best examples of roadside architecture.”

An image of the previous Spud building, dated 1956, can be found in the Seattle Municipal Archives:

photo credit: Seattle Municipal Archives

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Hey business owners and/or helpful readers: Let us know what we missed on this list!

Special Events

New Year’s Eve

Town hall meeting for Compassionate Cities Campaign
Green Lake Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N)
Begins at 1:30 p.m.

Interfaith Community Church
Green Lake Community Center (7201 E Green Lake Dr N)
Music, song, chanting and reflections on the Golden Rule begin at 3:30 p.m.

Seattle Public Theater at the Bathhouse
7312 W Greenlake Dr N
Compleat Wks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) – playing one night only on New Year’s Eve.

Über Tavern
7517 Aurora Ave N
New Year’s Eve party begins at 4 p.m.

Scarlet Tree
801 NE 65th St Suite C
Eldridge Gravy & the Court Supreme plays. Tickets are $25, doors open at 3:00 p.m., and the music starts at 9:30 p.m.

Little Red Hen
7115 Woodlawn Ave NE

Little Red Hen | Copyright Jeff Blucher

$10 cover includes party favors and a midnight champagne toast. Dinner available 5-10 PM at a separate cost.  The Buckaroo Blues Band plays at 9 p.m.

Mona’s Bistro & Lounge
6421 Latona Ave NE
Prix Fixe four-course menu for $55.00/pp. Complimentary glass of champagne at midnight.

Luau Polynesian Lounge
2253 N 56th St
New Year’s Eve Old Skool Dance Party and Kahlua Pig Roast with all of the fixings, free champagne toast at midnight. [twitter]

Perche No Pasta and Vino
1319 N 49th St
Italian music duo The Tarentellas will perform, 8 p.m. – 12 a.m.

New Year’s Eve events in Wallingford, via Wallyhood.

New Year’s Eve events in Northeast Seattle, via Northeast Seattle Life.

New Year’s Day

Bad Wig and Ugly Tracksuit New Year’s Day Walk
Green Lake Park
1/1 – meet at noon at the wading pool.

Cargo bike ride from Green Lake to Golden Gardens
Green Lake Basket Ball Courts (7201 E Green Lake Dr N)
1/1 – Meet at noon and leave by 1 p.m.

Restaurants

Turnpike Pizza [My Green Lake advertiser]
6900 E Green Lake Way N (Circa Building)
12/31 – Open 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
1/1 – Open 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Mighty O Donuts
2110 N 55th St
12/31 – Open 7 a.m. – noon

Kisaku
2101 N 55th St
1/1 – Closed.

Shops

Whole Foods
1026 NE 64th St
12/31 – Open 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
1/1 – Open 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.

PCC
7504 Aurora Ave N
12/31 – Closing at 10 p.m.
1/1 – Open 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Super Jock ‘n Jill
7210 E Green Lake Drive N
12/31 – Open 10 a.m. -4 p.m.
1/1 – Closed.

Mockingbird Books
7720 Woodlawn Ave NE
Jan 1-3 Closed.

Recreation

Green Lake Community Center
1/1 – Closed.

Woodland Park Zoo
12/31 & 1/1 – Open regular hours; 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Seattle Public Library
7364 E. Green Lake Dr N
12/31 – Open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
1/1 – Closed.

American Athlete
7203 Woodlawn Ave NE
12/31 – Open 5 a.m. – 7 p.m
1/1 – Open 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Services

JJ House Cleaning [My Green Lake advertiser]
425-212-0126
12/31 & 1/1 – Available.

Green Lake Animal Hospital
6857 Woodlawn Ave NE
12/31 – Closing at 1 p.m.
1/1 – Closed.

King County Metro Transit operates at ‘Reduced Weekday’ service levels with regular fares 12/28-12/31.  Metro’s ‘When No UW’ service levels also remain in effect now through Dec 31.  Friday, Jan 1, Metro operates Sunday schedules with Sunday and Family fares.

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It’s all about the crowd at that place, and singing in a country bar atmosphere is my favorite. I love performing southern rock in front of those old cowboys, because there’s nothing better than having people get up and dance as you perform. That’s how you know you’re really delivering.

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Monday night karaoke at The Hen has always been a lot mellower than Wednesdays (which usually gets shoulder to shoulder packed), but this night was pretty dead even by those standards. None of the old timers were there. I was happy for the chance to get more songs in, but was sort of bummed my audience wasn’t there.

The Hen had a team of three KJs. The head guy had short dark hair, wore cop sunglasses, a skin tight AD/HD t-shirt, and spoke with a lot of flavor. His two sidekicks both wore ball caps slightly tilted to the side. One dude matched his cap with a green Sonics t-shirt, and the other guy wore a black, unbuttoned, long-sleeved striped shirt. They seemed a bit out of place to me at first.

I was called up quickly, and chose Alabama’s “Take Me Down” for my first number. I was completely satisfied with the performance because I adore that song, but it didn’t get anyone dancing. It’s too upbeat to waltz to, and I guess it didn’t have the right beat for line dancing. The KJs were gracious enough to tell me I did a good job, so I decided stop judging them for being so smoothed-out for a honky tonk bar.

[seattleweekly.com]

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The talented Jeff Blucher once again brought his camera to the shores of Green Lake this past weekend and captured these shots:

Green Lake, December No.1
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Green Lake, December No.2
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Green Lake, December No.6
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Green Lake, November No. 2
Copyright Jeff Blucher
Used with permission

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We’re very excited to introduce Jeff Blucher, an amazing photographer who lives just north of Green Lake. You’ll be seeing his work from time to time on MyGreenLake.com. As you can see, he is incredibly talented:

Green Lake, November
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Welcome, Jeff!

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