The campaign over a 1960s Ballard neighborhood diner heats up, with community meetings, media spin jobs, and telephone polling. One key part of the debate: the building's overall condition. Is it sound enough to save, or is it a graffiti-covered tear-down?
Seattle's real estate boom is pushing out performance spaces. A recent panel discussion on Capitol Hill showed there's lots more to do besides whining. Here are some other ideas.
According to The Etiquette Answer [http://www.protocolschool.com/sentinel2.php], Christmas lights are supposed to be taken down "no later than Jan. 7, after the celebration of Three Kings Day." To do otherwise, was tacky. In Seattle, lights used to come down on or around New Year's Day. And in that,
Last week I wrote an item [http://crosscut.com/blog/mossback/10999/Oregon%27s+circumcision+decision%3A+Calling+Dr.+Freud/ ] about the recent court decision in Oregon [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hauz0PI_3kYdqBNezvr9DhlBbwLwD8UD4N1O0] on whether or not a 12 year old Olympia boy should be circu
Last week, cars and passengers disembarking the San Juan Islands route at Anacortes were met by feds who inquired about everyone's citizenship. Normally, no big deal. But this checkpoint was for a boat that had not been to Canada. The government isn't saying much about it, but islanders are buzzing.
