I read with interest your article about the lawsuit between two restaurants over their purported similar trade dress, or appearance.
The U. S. Supreme Court in Two Pesos v. Taco Cabana ruled that the look of a restaurant can be protected if it has inherent distinctiveness. As the expert witness for Taco Cabana, I would caution restaurant owners about offering interior designs that may be seen as basically similar to another food establishment.
Gabriel Gelb
Harbor Properties Inc., developers of the 136 unit, seven-story Mural apartment building announced the restaurant Fresh Bistro has signed a five year lease for the 2,700 square foot commercial space.
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Work is moving along on the $31.5 million expansion of the Ballard campus of Swedish Medical Hospital, which includes more than 35,000 square feet of hospital and about 75,000 square feet of office space.
Swedish's Board of Trustees voted in November 2007 to authorize the multi-million project that will add a new outpatient center and medical-office building to the current campus located at 5350 Tallman Ave. N.W.
Parking for vehicles will be provided within the existing 510 stalls on the campus.
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The annual holiday tree lighting for the Burien Highline Foodbank will take place Saturday December 6th in Seahurst from 7-9 p.m. More than 500 people attend the event with admission being a can or package of food. The tree stands in Sal Dena's front yard at 14459 24th SW. Several area churches participate with a featured presentation from Highline Christian Church Pastor Tim Knight this year. Music, cookies, cider and a warm fire will highlight the evening.
Opening your car door in the morning and seeing a pool of water is a horrible feeling, but we have entered the time of year where automotive repair shops, body shops and detail shops begin seeing cars that have accumulated a large amount of water on the inside.
There are many factors that can contribute to water leaking into a car. There are a variety of seals on the doors and windows that can dry out, become brittle and begin to allow water to leak in.
The only way to prevent that would be to replace all the seals, but that is not realistic or generally cost effective.
The last of the leaves are falling from the vine maples. The vine maple is a cousin to the Big Leaf Maple. Walking around our West Seattle parks, it is amazing to see the size of some of the leaves that have fallen from those big trees. But I like the grace and delicacy of the vine maples, and often their colors are brighter and more varied and vibrant than those of Big Leaf Maples. In that, they remind me of Japanese maples.
Vine maples can be used as ornamental trees and have multiple values for creating habitat in your yard and in our parks.
Provided by Jon Gerhardt
Over the past few weeks, the news has been almost incomprehensible. It's hard for many of us to make sense of the failure of major Wall Street firms and large banks and the $700 billion bailout of the financial sector. And it's hard for investors to be calm when stocks have fallen almost 30 percent from their all-time high a year ago.
What can you do to cope? Consider the following "checklist" or surviving a financial crisis:
1. Close your ears, but open your eyes.
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Amid a record number of people using Metro Transit, the King County Council voted on Monday to increase bus fare under a two-step schedule.
Executive Ron Sims proposed a 50 cent fare increase as part of his 2009 budget proposal on Oct. 13. The fare ordinance adopted by the council calls for fares for adults and those using the Access van service to increase 25 cents on Feb. 1, 2009. A second 25 cent increase in adult fares will be implemented on Jan.
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The White Center Food Bank won't run out of at least one staple anytime soon after 5,0000 pounds of potatoes are delivered there Wednesday.
35,000 pounds of potatoes are travelling to Western Washington all the way from the Hirai Farms in Moses Lake and the White Center Food Bank is the first scheduled stop at about 11 a.m.
The remaining 30,000 lbs (about 15 tons) will then be taken to the Northwest Harvest Central Warehouse in Kent for further distribution.
Rick Jump, White Center Food Bank Executive Director said that in just on
Nov. 4 of this year was the last time that polls will be used in a national election in Washington State. This also means that no more poll workers will be getting a pay check each election.
I worked at the VFW Hall on Market in Ballard as a poll worker this election. The last election, I was at the Ballard Community Center.
