Don't blame the ghost for the fact that you can get a great haircut— but not a shave— when you visit the Balcony Barber Shop as you head “Down Under” at the Pike Place Market. Although the ghost may move items around in the shop, it's at night when there aren't any customers. there aren’t any customers. It’s one of the oldest, continuously running barber shops in the City of Seattle. Good haircuts - and ghost stories - abound in the shop on the way Down Under at the Market.
There's something deeply pleasurable and romantic about slipping out of the common light of day into a second-hand bookstore.Fathoms of stacked books, each one their own little universe, wait patiently to be re-discovered. Some people look for lost treasure - that unknown, un-namable book - with a longing that recalls Dante's quest for Beatrice.Others are simply in search of that certain book their best friend never returned.
You might call it the trickle-down theory of advertising, but the Turner Broadcasting Superstation has placed talking posters in 500 men's bathrooms in bars nationwide to promote the TV station's college football coverage.
When driving through the heart of the Central District, one can not miss a massive stone structure that sits at the corner of 17th Ave. S. and East Yesler. Built in 1914, the historical landmark originally served as the Chevra Bikur Cholim Synagogue. At the entrance, a wide staircase leads to what artistic director Jacqueline Moscou calls "one of the best kept secrets of Seattle," The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center Theater.
Trust me, I'd be the last person in the world to argue that a filmmaker should, or even could, slavishly reproduce a novel on screen. Can't be done. The effect of words on a page is savored alone, in the privacy of one's own heart and mind's-eye. The cinematic art comprises visual images and spoken dialogue collaboratively shaped by numerous craftsmen for communal pleasure.So my quarrel with Mira Nair's sumptuous version of William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" can't be shorthanded into a book-lover's whine of betrayal. The movie has little to do, in any real sense, with Thackeray's Victorian vision.
Not long ago, The Seattle Times solicited a quote from Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Koren Robinson that I believe ought to make the next "Bartlett's Quotations." In his attempt to explain why he was late for a practice - Coach Mike Holmgren kept him out of an entire game because of it - Robinson said something much more profound than he might have meant to:
Third-graders Grace Levy, Angelica Knott (left) and Lina Brown make stars that will decorate a banner welcoming staff, teachers and students to the new school in Queen Anne.
It is becoming very clear to me that we Americans are surrendering our most precious freedoms, the things which make being an American special, simply to assuage our fears.The Patriot Act is the most despicable example of this new trend, but there are other signs of the coming collapse of genuine freedom, all in the name of fighting terrorism.
I threw caution - and my health, it seems - to the wind and actually put potatoes into my mouth this afternoon. I had to hide in my pantry to do so, because I was so ashamed. Ashamed that I was sneaking carbohydrates and afraid my children would find me with starch on my breath, I cowered in the darkness. Hands shaking, heart beating fast as I consumed some of Idaho's best. While I was in the pantry, I found a renegade bag of potato chips that had fallen down behind my box of high-protein bars. Ripping into the bag with wild abandon, I tossed handfuls of the salty carbo goodness into my mouth, crunched with glee and swallowed them down. More! I needed more!
After years of hope by citizens and negotiations by the parks department, the city has purchased Navy property at Smith Cove. If recent letters to the editor and a previous article in the News are indicators, contention attends this acquisition. But that need not be so!
No injuries were reported, but there were two driveby shootings in Lower Queen Anne last weekend, according to a police report and an eyewitness account.
Converting Magnolia's Catharine Blaine into a 6-12 school - as Seattle School Board member Dick Lilly recently suggested - is not the best solution for setting up a high school in Queen Anne or Magnolia, according to some local parents.There was also some talk at the Queen Anne Parents Forum two weeks ago about building a brand-new high school in one of the two neighborhoods, but a committee of local parents has dropped that idea as wishful thinking.
Emmy Lou, the white-bibbed tabby feline that consents to live with us, meets me at the inside door to the garage virtually every time I pull the car in. Open the door and she'll be right there, either trying to get out into the garage or just wanting to rub against my legs.
A walking and bus tour of lower Capitol Hill and the Jackson Street area will take you back into Seattle's golden age of jazz. Ray Charles, Quincy Jones and Ernestine Anderson got their starts - or at least big breaks - in this crucible of music.
A group representing both Queen Anne and Magnolia interests at the city level would like to expand. The group is the Magnolia/Queen Anne District Council, which adds a neighborhood voice to issues as diverse as the Discovery Park Chapel and as divisive as the monorail, according to Vic Barry, current chair of the district council and vice president of the Magnolia Community Club.
Christine Schaefer and Bruce Swee were among the winners of a citywide contest for the most impressive streetside gardens. Their plantings in the traffic circle at Warren Ave. N. and Newell St., a project they undertook three years ago, include 15 types of drought-tolerant plants.
Is it polishing the leaves of your houseplants? Washing your spinach, maybe? No. Green cleaning is simply using less toxic products to clean your home. The idea makes sense; however, implementing it requires thought and planning.
Converting Magnolia's Catharine Blaine into a 6-12 school - as Seattle School Board member Dick Lilly recently suggested - is not the best solution for setting up a high school in Queen Anne or Magnolia, according to some local parents.There was also some talk at the Queen Anne Parents Forum two weeks ago about building a brand-new high school in one of the two neighborhoods, but a committee of local parents has dropped that idea as wishful thinking.
