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Spanish Lessons Guy Seeks Green Lake Housing

Help an hermano out: Room wanted (Near Greenlake) Reply to: hous-dkkb8-1391382593(at)craigslist(dot)org Leonardo, the Spanish Lessons guy who walks around Greenlake, is looking to rent a room to live in, preferably near Greenlake. He doesn’t need much, and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Norwegian and would be happy to converse or give lessons. [craigslist] Gracias to Bay Anapol for letting us know about this.

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SPANISH LESSONS Guy

On Thursday, we filled you in on local personality The Poetess at Green Lake. Today, Mitch Spute reminded us of another bigger-than-life Green Laker: SPANISH LESSONS Guy.  83-years-old, he has been walking Green Lake for more than fifteen years. LEONARDO, GREEN LAKE’S PERIPATETIC `PROFESSOR’ SUSAN PAYNTER P-I COLUMNIST Wednesday, October 27, 1999 Section: News, Page: B1 Two sounds penetrated the gauze on Seattle’s Green Lake one morning this week. Ducks sharing a laugh at the grim joggers pounding past. And Leonardo, the strolling Spanish teacher, describing the trees to a student straining to match his accent. Regulars at Green Lake…

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The Poetess at Green Lake

Remember that awesome woman who used to sit, every Sunday at the lake, at a little table marked “POET” in big sparkly letters? Well, if you miss seeing her as much as we do: happy day! She is alive and kicking, doing amazing things in Seattle’s art + lit worlds. In fact, she’ll be downtown at SAM tonight: SAM Word: A.K. “Mimi” Allin From Art Criticism to Poetry in Five Strokes August 20, 2009 7:30–8:30 pm Third Floor Galleries A.K. “Mimi” Allin, the Poetess at Green Lake, curates poetry-infused “instigations” in SAM’s downtown galleries. During this event, “sumi-e art criticisms”…

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