Acid reflux and its chronic condition, gastroesophageal reflux disease (usually shortened to GERD), are so common it’s estimated that 20 to 30 percent of people experience it weekly and about 7 million people in the United States experience it chronically.
While the city of Seattle indeed is growing up with a record increase in jobs, housing, and population (now over 700,000 and leading the nation in residential growth, according to a recent Seattle Times story), Kolko communicates a false notion that somehow we here in the Northwest have overcome sprawl and its trappings (longer commutes, automobile-dependency, and increased carbon emissions). Nothing could be further from the truth.
The Greater Madison Valley Community Council completed its first annual financial review and, faced with low coffers, council board members are considering ways they can solicit donations from the neighborhood at-large.
The volunteer council held its annual election at the MLK F.A.M.E. Community Center June 20. All of the council’s existing officers and board members were re-elected, and voters elected a secretary and three additional board members.
Mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow, as the saying goes. And if you want proof of that, take a look at the three mature oaks that wrap around the southwest corner of the intersection of Madison Street and McGilvra Boulevard.
Once again, supporters of an income tax on Seattle’s wealthiest residents gathered in City Council chambers, calling for more revenue to combat homelessness and support other public amenities.
It seems that whenever we open a newspaper or watch the news on television we are inundated with data about our fast-paced and highly competitive real estate market. We hear a lot about property listings receiving multiple offers, buyers waiving contingencies and homes selling well above asking price.
By training, McGloin is a Russian historian and former international journalist for Turner Broadcasting who first visited Seattle to cover the International Goodwill Games. He ended up working for Microsoft in program management and business development, then (like so many) he jumped off the corporate ship headfirst and into frontline community relations. He took over the Judkins Street Cafe in the heart of Seattle's Central District.
When asked by a client “Is this a good time to sell?,” about 99 percent of real estate agents will exclaim “This is a great time to sell!” (Never mind that their answer is likely the same whether or not it’s actually a good time to sell.)
A mixed-use building proposed to replace City People’s Garden Store on East Madison Street in Madison Valley went through its fourth public comment meeting June 6, and the project’s most vocal opposition remained unhappy with the design.
Are games really a waste of time? Or do they have the power to shape us into better people? In her 2015 book “SuperBetter,” Jane McGonigal argues persuasively for the latter, and constructs a framework for readers to engage in “gameful living.”
For a while now, those of us working with Save Madison Valley have warned that if the proposed development for the City People’s site is allowed to proceed as currently planned it could turn Madison into quite a mess.
It felt a bit like a dress rehearsal the other day, a warm and sunny afternoon at the Leschi marina that suggested a fine summer ahead. At the far end of the lake, Mt. Rainier rose from the clouds like a gorgonzola ice cream cone; in the foreground, the masts of pleasure boats bobbed like matchsticks dancing with toothpicks.
