Kenneth Benner
Feb 1, 2017
WINE WE LOVE
Love is in the air all month long. Let us celebrate with Wine We Love! Following are twelve of the wine department staff’s favorite...
Diane Snell
Feb 1, 2017
Alive Inside
With our aging demographics and the increase in dementia diagnoses, it seems as though this documentary should be required viewing for...
Diane Snell
Feb 1, 2017
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
A movie to see for Women’s History month (March) is Iron Jawed Angels, which documents the activities of Alice Paul, a Quaker, Swarthmore...
Susan Noyes Platt
Feb 1, 2017
The Spirit of Standing Rock Continues
We just travelled across the entire country on the train. On the second night, we passed through Minot, North Dakota. It was minus forty...
Diane Snell
Feb 1, 2017
Nickelsville Works
The website for Nickelsville is NickelsvilleWorks and it is very aptly named. This is a mini-exercise in participatory democracy. The...
Yuki Igarashi
Feb 1, 2017
President’s message
It only takes a quick glance around our Central Area to see how rapidly it is changing to accommodate the population growth in our city....
Respectfully submitted by Diane Snell
Jan 1, 2017
Executive Board meeting minutes
December 14, 2016—Attending: Yuki Igarashi, Yousef Shulman, Jeff Floor, John Barber, Tracy Bier, Diane Snell. Guests: Kshama Sawant and...
Diane Snell
Jan 1, 2017
Feed Co. Burgers
The first few times I drove past Feed Co., I didn’t notice the Burgers part and wondered what a rural supply place was doing in the heart...
Charlie Phillips
Jan 1, 2017
Why Was December So Cold?
Frigid weather has been hard to come by the past few years in the Pacific Northwest. Due to the “Blob” of warm water in the Northeast...
Kenneth Benner
Jan 1, 2017
Wine to Restock the Cellar and a New Elephant in the Room
Happy New Year Leschi! Now that the cellar has been depleted with host gifts and general entertaining, it is a good time to restock. In...
Susan Noyes Platt
Jan 1, 2017
“Tabaimo: Utsutsushi utsushi” and the future of the Seattle Asian Art Museum
When I went to the wonderful Tabaimo exhibition at the Asian Art Museum, the head curator told me that the Museum would close at the end...
John Barber
Jan 1, 2017
Year in Review for Leschi’s Parks & Open Space
This past year, there have been multiple work parties restoring nature and improving trails in Leschi, Frink, the Leschi Natural Area,...