March 28th, 2008
I'm really sensitive to humidity, so here in Austin I feel vaguely carsick all the time. It's unpleasant, though Austin itself is pleasant. Except for their neighborhood planning. A few of us snuck away from the main Intercity Study Mission itinerary this morning to meet with City of Austin staff about how
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Posted: March 28th, 2008 under
Neighborhoods,
Planning and Land Use.
March 27th, 2008
I'm on the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce's Inter-City Study Mission in Austin, Texas. A junket? Well, maybe, but if it was a junket, at the end of the day I don't think I would have felt carsick from too much time on the bus. We met with Austin's mayor, Austin Chamber-types,
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Posted: March 27th, 2008 under
Random.
Tags:
Arts & Culture
March 12th, 2008
Councilmember Drago and I were a little unsure about how many people would really take the time to show up at City Hall to talk about scooter policies in the City, but it turns out we shouldn't have worried at all. Approximately 100 Vespa, moped, motorcycle and other motorized two-wheel vehicle riders
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Posted: March 12th, 2008 under
Transportation.
March 11th, 2008
No work event to attend on Sunday night meant that my partner and I could go out to a movie. For a while I've been noticing listings for the Central Cinema at 21st and Union, and I’ve been wanting to check it out. Verdict? Totally worth it! Your movie ticket is $5
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March 10th, 2008
After more than 20 years of occupation, fits, starts, more fits and finally the right start, the Northwest African American Museum at the Urban League Village opened Sunday. There was a big crowd for the groundbreaking in 2006, and I figured it would be an even bigger crowd for the grand opening.
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Posted: March 10th, 2008 under
Neighborhoods.
March 7th, 2008
It's a hard day when I have to eat a lunch prepared with ingredients from Pike Place Market and hatched by Tom Douglas. I'm here to serve the people and if that's what I have to do, then I do it. The lunch was great, but the cause was even better. Yesterday
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Posted: March 7th, 2008 under
Random.
Tags:
Pike Place Market
March 7th, 2008
I love the Housing Levy. I love that Seattle voters are wise and invest in low-income housing through the levy. I love that the levy produces what it promises. We just received the report on the levy's accomplishments in 2007 and for its first five years (through 2007). It's a seven-year levy.
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March 6th, 2008
Many volunteers on City panels and commissions over the past 10 or more years know Doug Lorentzen. Doug gave countless hours to neighborhood projects, neighborhood planning, Neighborhood Matching Fund project application review, City Neighborhood Council, transportation debates, and to his contemporary favorite, the annual Friends of Seattle Public Library Book Sale. Doug
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Posted: March 6th, 2008 under
Memorials,
Neighborhoods.
