June 27th, 2007
Two months ago no one was sure there would be a Pride parade at all. Instead despite ongoing divisions between organizers, Seattle saw its fullest Pride weekend ever. I ended up participating in three separate parades/marches and three rallies. If there are this many major events (plus all the great smaller events)
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Posted: June 27th, 2007 under
Random.
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LGBT
June 15th, 2007
This is an awesome annual end-of-school-year event that showcases stories written by kids at Beacon Hill Elementary. I got to be a listener again this year! I joined with two other adults to hear six students read stories they had written and illustrated (other teams of adults listened to small groups of
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Posted: June 15th, 2007 under
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Arts & Culture
June 13th, 2007
I spent the first part of the week in Portland at the 45th International Making Cities Livable Conference. The conference focused on "True Urbanism: Designing for Social and Physical Health." A great combination of themes as we watch our neighborhoods change and worry about what humanity we gain or lose through every
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June 5th, 2007
Turnout was great for last night's public comment meeting on possible nightlife regulations. Seattle Nightlife Music Association did a great job of turning out music fans and club owners who really care. Residents of some neighborhoods with a lot of nightlife action turned out to tell how nightlife action that's "above and
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June 4th, 2007
Kudos to the Cascade Bike Club and Group Health for all the great work that went into Bike to Work month in May and into the Group Health Commute Challenge. City Council's two teams of riders joined with literally hundreds of teams around Puget Sound. I pedaled as part of SCKATOW and
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Posted: June 4th, 2007 under
Transportation.
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Bikes
