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"Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Protest" This notable mnemonic is helpful in remembering Seattle's core streets.  Twelve streets named in first letter pairs represent the mnemonic (from South to North - Pioneer Square to the retail core) Jefferson & James, Cherry & Columbia, Marion & Madison, Spring & Seneca, University & Union and Pike & Pine - JCMSUP.

Due to a disagreement among the cities founding fathers and the desire to ...

It was a day planned outing from Seattle with grandson Henry, 3rd Cousin Gab, Great Great Aunt Jude and me. Despite drizzly skies we wanted an experience kids here today get little of. In just a span of 4 hours we left the city of Seattle for a great Bellevue ...

Every Labor Day weekend since 1971 the grounds of the Seattle Center has been transformed, gated to provide one of the most extensive music and arts festival anywhere in the world.  This year, September 1-3 there is an eclectic mix of artists, retail and food vendors with over 20 indoor and outdoor venues.  Visit:  http://www.bumbershoot.org/ for official information and complete three day schedule. If you've wondered what a bumbershoot ...

Want to feel the sand between your toes?

Head to Westlake Park and Westlake Plaza Downtown for the amazing Seattle Sandfest
Saturday August 25, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Map your Hotspots
Sign up for:
Spin Art
Bungee Run
Hoop Shoot
Or wake up the child in you and just bake some good old sand pies in the Kid's Sandbox.
Don't miss the Flagship Sand Sculpture by The Orbital Sanders!

Put your dancing shoes on, for there's ...

As a native for 56 years in Washington State, I finally moved to Seattle last summer.  While waiting for construction to be completed, I had to find interim housing for about six weeks.  Through Craigslist, Seattle, Short Term Housing we were able to rent a beautiful apartment on the north shore of Lake Union.  Uh, just under the massive I-5 bridge, above the "human freeway" Burke-Gilman Trail, with sea planes ...

It was Sunday, May 18, 1980. The family, with three small children under the age of five, sat down for a pancake breakfast when at about 9:05AM the phone rang. It was friends in Bellingham, living 220 miles north of our home in Longview which was 40 ...

Doggy Day

If you love your doggy, if you love your pup, if you love your doggy, you've got to go!

Friday, Aug. 17, 2007,
4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Meet and greet other dog owners and dog lovers.
Doggy Day is a fun-filled afternoon of everything dog.

There will be:
dog games
a whole lot of pampering
resources
"doggy bags" filled with goodies
prizes, and much, much more.
Fee: $5 per four-legged friend.
Ravenna-Eckstein Community ...

Do you remember…? I don't want to say "those good old times", but what the heck: do you remember when the radio was IT. And no, I didn't mean Information Technology, but that was actually exactly what it was. Anyway, if you're into radios…
Sunday, August 19, 2007 is the day.
Show starts 9 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m.
N.175th & Linden Avene, North Seattle (one block west of ...

Tourists and commuters alike take advantage of King County Metro's Water Taxi Service with a 12 minute crossing of Elliott Bay and some of the best Seattle views. For only $3.00 each way, the taxi leaves the downtown waterfront Pier 55 almost every 30 minutes to West Seattle's Alki Beach, Seacrest Park.

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Be it "Seattle's Left Bank" or "The Center of the Universe," or "Far From Normal" or just a neighborhood "Somewhere between the 50's or 60's and the 23rd century," see what all the fuss is about.  Pictured above is the Fremont 53' Rocket which marks the official Center of the Universe.

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