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Free yoga this Saturday in Wallingford and Phinney

(This post originally appeared on Wallingford’s neighborhood blog Wallyhood. Thanks Wallyhood!)

This Saturday, Jan 23rd is Yoga Day USA (as designated by the Yoga Alliance, the registry overseeing yoga teachers), and many around the city are offering free yoga for the day to celebrate:
Gordan Kaplan (contact@teamyoga.com) writes:
The good folks at the Wallingford Center (Amy Singer) are [...]

The colors of autumn around Green Lake

Much gratitude to Rosemary Washington for sharing more of her outstanding photography:

North Seattle Round-up

Wazup in nearby neighborhoods?  Yep, time for our weekly round-up!
A Fire Strikes Four Greenwood Businesses:  Phinneywood did an amazing job covering the horrible fire that hit Greenwood early Friday morning.  Their coverage began with breaking news updates and video of the fire, and they continue to cover the effects of the fire on the Taproot [...]

North Seattle Round-up

Wazup in nearby neighborhoods?
The proposed new Seattle Public Schools attendance boundaries have got everybody talking: Wallingford, Phinneywood, Fremont, Eastlake, Laurelhurst, Pinehurst, Queen Anne, Magnolia, Ballard …
Candidates for Mayor, City Attorney, and City Council are doing the rounds: see them Tuesday in Wallingford. They’ve already made stops in Ballard, Eastlake, and Northgate, where Mallahan [...]

Furnishments haunted house for kids near Green Lake

Good news for the ten and under set: you don’t have to go all the way to Sammamish for a good scare this Halloween–there’s a haunted house right here in your own backyard. And your accompanying parent may want to check out the other cool shops on the block.
Furnishments in Greenlake is having a special [...]

North Seattle Roundup

Heya Green Lake. Here’s what’s been going down nearby:

While the their library was closed for renovations, many Wallingford residents were heading up to the Green Lake library.  The party’s over: the Wallingford library is open again.

Businesses come:  a new Wallingford tanning salon, a Mini dealership in Lake City, a new cafe in Fremont, a [...]

Spokespeople and Sustainable Green Lake ride to Solar Homes on Saturday

Saturday, October 3rd
10:00 a.m. – Sustainable Green Lake bike tour meets at 5308 Baker Ave NW in Phinney Ridge.
2:00 p.m. – Spokespeople bike tour meets at 4219 Wallingford Ave N in Wallignford.
Or visit the sites on your own: address list, PDF map.
The sole Green Lake home, the Arne residence, is a drive-by (or bike-by) only [...]

Five-Star Green Home Sold

More proof that green is the new black: the 5-Star green home we told you about in June is off the market. The lucky new owner scored this green dream for $800,000, quite a markdown from the original $950,000. But what to spend the savings on when one’s house is already 30% more efficient than [...]

Woman Engulfed in Flames at Southend of Woodland Park

Someone called 911 to report a person on fire in Woodland Park this morning, according to a Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman.
Just before 9:45 a.m., firefighters were called to the park at North 50th Street and Whitman Avenue North, said spokeswoman Dana Vander Houwen. By the time they arrived, the flames had been doused but a [...]

Stacked Food = Smoking Gun: Carmelita Update

It has been 10 days since we first shared some evidence that gave solid weight to the rumor-about-town that Carmelita Restaurant is on the market.
(And yes, 5 days since a little, derisive sniff was heard from all the way over on the other side of Aurora.)
Sadly, it now seems certain that Carmelita is, indeed, for [...]