West Seattle is blessed with more views per capita than any other Seattle neighborhood. This view is of a Washington State Ferry making its way from Southworth and Vashon Island to Fauntleroy on an early Spring evening.
John and Stephanie Collier stopped by Easy St. Records in the West Seattle Junction for coffee with their son Xavier who is just nine months old.
The restaurant/record store has both indoor and outdoor seating. We spotted John through the window giving baby Xavier a lift.
Many of the West Seattle fans of the Homestead Alki Inn’s fried chicken and folksy ambiance who spot its owner, Tom Lin, down on Alki, ask him when their beloved landmark will return. The restaurant closed its doors following the Jan. 16, 2009 electrical fire there. Lin wanted to discuss his property’s current status, and his frustrations in moving forward with his plans, with the West Seattle Herald.
“If it could have been repaired, I would have repaired it already with insurance money and my own money,” said Lin, who lives near the Alki Inn. He also owns the Pioneer Coffee and Slices buildings, and the building just north of Pioneer Coffee.
We know we are supposed to stay away from fat, sugar and salt. But the problem is, these things add flavor to foods. So does that mean you have to face meals that are flavorless and bland?
Don’t give up. There is a secret ingredient – fresh herbs. Fresh herbs can make the foods you cook healthier and better tasting.
Buy them fresh, keep them fresh
Buy fresh herbs at the grocery store, and when you get home, cut a half inch off of the bottom stems and place them in a jar of fresh water. Make a tent with a plastic bag over the top of the herbs. Store in your refrigerator for as long as two weeks. Change the water every few days, and occasionally cut the stems again.
How much should I use?
Fresh herbs are less potent than dried herbs, so you need to use more of them. Use twice the amount of fresh herbs when a recipe calls for dried. If you really like the flavor, be bold and triple the amount. Almost all fresh herbs should be added at the end of cooking, not the beginning, so their flavor and aroma last.
Herbs to try and what they’re good for:
The Highland Park Improvement Club celebrated its Second Annual “Wine For Our Times” wine-tasting event Saturday night, April 24 to raise money for the Building Fund of the Highland Park Improvement Club, 1116 Southwest Holden St.
The wine brought in was made by the Northwest Wine Academy at South Seattle Community College.
Ken Knoke, a trustee of the Highland Park Improvement Club, was a server, and poured a Cabernet Sauvignon 2007.
“The wine is very soft, nice subtle hints of plum and soft tannins in the finish,” Knoke said, adding, “A beautiful bouquet, easy to drink, from the Columbia Valley.”
Alki residents Lew and Judy Townsend attended, but only Lew sampled the wines.
“We have taken dance lessons here so we decided to come tonight,” said Judy.
A bit of low-key politicking was going on as Marcee Stone and Michael Heavey also attended. They are two of the four candidates running for State Representative from the 34th Legislative District.
What if you could feed wallabies in downtown Seattle?
Have you noticed how many lots have been left empty or partially developed due to the stalled economy? These vacant project sites are all around us. Unattractive and unbecoming of our city, we pass by them every day: empty holes, barren plains of gravel, voids in the city fabric. How can we convert these eyesores to opportunities?
The Seattle Design Commission wants your ideas for Holding Patterns, interim uses for stalled project sites. We are seeking your concepts to transform the following types of stalled project sites around the city:
* holes in the ground
* surface lots
* ongoing construction above or below street level
Whether a concert space or a bumper car track, basketball hoops or a fleeting performance stage, from temporary to semi-permanent, wacky, practical or both, the Design Commission is welcoming any and all ideas. Artists, designers, non-profits, businesses, developers, students, astronauts, everyone is invited to contribute ideas. Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged.
Deadline: Monday, May 24th, 2010
Your submission should include the following:
Westwood resident Nolan Palmer calls himself a character actor. Well, he may be a bit of a character on stage, but he can also carry the lead when asked. Palmer, who resembles Jack Lemmon but thinks his raised eyebrows give him a Jack Nicholson look, said, “I am not a method actor” with his quiet but commanding voice, adding, “I don’t need to feel it. I just need to do it.”
And he’s been doing it for 42 years. Palmer was born in Pocatello, Idaho, and grew up in Salt Lake City, where he started performing.
“I wanted to move to the West Coast and drove to San Diego,” said Palmer. “I kept driving north until I found a place I wanted to stop, and Seattle was it. There is a lot of theater here and I love the climate. ‘The gray, that’s OK.’”
Palmer has performed at the Village Theatre, the Book-It Repertory Theatre at the Seattle Center in a production of “Giant,” the now-closed Empty Space Theatre, and for 29 years at the Taproot Theatre Company in downtown Greenwood.
YOUNG SPEEDSTERS CHEER FROM OUTSIDE THE BAR. L-R, Riley O’Neil, Otto VanDerhoef, and Grayson O’Neil cheer for their Pinewood Derby race cars outside Alki Tavern Saturday, April 24. The O’Neil’s are brothers, and their cars were finalists, to the gracious chagrin of their slower, grown-up competitors. A Pinewood Derby race was held one week earlier at the Brickyard BBQ. Over 75 cars total competed in the two races.
Check out Patrick Robinson's West Seattle Herald story, slideshow, and video of the Brickyard competition here:
http://www.westseattleherald.com/2010/04/17/news/slideshow-1st-annual-p…
On April 23rd at approximately 3:34 p.m. officers responded to a 911 report of a man assaulting a woman with a knife in West Seattle. Preliminary investigation indicates that the 40-year-old female victim was walking down the sidewalk with her nine-year-old daughter. At the corner of Lanham Place SW and SW Graham Street the victim was knocked to the ground, assaulted and repeatedly stabbed by a 22-year-old male suspect. The nine-year-old daughter was not injured. The suspect fled the scene on foot.
Responding officers were directed to the suspect’s location by witnesses who saw him run into a residence in the 6300 block of 29th Avenue SW (where the suspect is believed to live). Officers surrounded the residence. The suspect opened the front door and was immediately arrested by officers. There was nobody else present at the residence.
The victim wast transported to Harborview Medical Center by SFD medics with life-threatening injuries. The suspect was booked into the King County Jail for Investigation of Assault.
Click here for full results from the April 22 Ballard High School track meet against Bellevue.
