Photograph courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives.
Vintage Seattle has a post up today concerning a sinkhole that swallowed up a portion of Ravenna Boulevard back in 1957. She’s a doozy.
Thanks to Ann for the link.
PUSA for kids, in a park near you
August 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Chris Ballew, who you may know as the lead singer of the Presidents of the United States of America, is coming to Burke Gilman Park this Saturday, August 29th at 3pm. Ballew’s got a little side project of kids’ music that he’ll be performing (as Caspar Babypants) to benefit the Seattle Ronald McDonald House.
Suggested donations are $5 per person or $10 per family. Food will be provided by Metropolitan Market.
Crab Farts 101 is in session TONIGHT
August 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
If you have never seen or heard of the phenomenon called Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel, you can just stop reading this right now.
Phil Harris, captain of the F/V Cornelia Marie (and the poster boy for how to look sexy in a mullet), will be at the University Village QFC TODAY from 4-7pm.
If you miss him then, you have plenty of opportunities to try again.
Eat Yer Lawn
March 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
My Ravenna Nation doppelganger, theNortheaster, just put up a story on said blog about the self-guided food garden tour that the Sustainable NE Seattle Urban Farmers are doing this Saturday.
Talk About Ravenna
February 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
We’re sure you’ve seen the sepia-toned covers of the Images of America books in your local bookstore. Perhaps you’ve even thumbed through Early Ballard or Frederick & Nelson or Puyallup: A Pioneer Paradise and thought, these are nice little historical picture books, but they’ll never have one on my neighborhood.
We’re happy to report that you are mistaken.
Admittedly, Seattle’s Ravenna Neighborhood has been out since 2007, but author Ann Wendell is giving a talk about it on February 24th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Northeast Branch.
Wendell has posted an interview about the book up on her website in case you can’t make it, or you just like to be prepared for such author talks.
Wendell also wrote the Frederick & Nelson book, for those of you keeping score. Should anyone want to purchase either title, I would suggest you do so directly from the author’s website (Paypal). Support your local historians, or they’ll be history!
You’re never done weeding…
October 16, 2008 by Leave a Comment
…but it always feels good.
Another Green Seattle Partnership volunteer event in Ravenna Park is happening this Saturday from 10 am until 2 pm.
More information and contact emails and whatnot at the Green Seattle Partnership website.
Stimulate your local economy.
October 16, 2008 by 2 Comments
Support your local small business owners! It’s good for them, good for the community, and it gets you away from those Dow Jones tickers that seem to be popping up on every local news broadcast.
Don’t know where those small business and their owners happen to be? Then you should attend this year’s Shop Local Seattle, held at the Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center this Saturday from noon until 3 pm. Heck, you should attend even if you do.
There’s even a raffle! We loves a good raffle. One free ticket at the door, $1 for additional tickets. Proceeds go to the Literacy for a Lifetime, a program dedicted to giving books to sick kids at Seattle Children’s.
The list of vendors at this year’s event is here, and it’s impressively long, I would say.
An article by NWsource shopping columnist Alison Brownrigg about this year’s event is here.
Thanks to Chris D. for poking me in the inbox.
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