Atop the Top: Queen Anne Highlights<p>Featuring the assorted personalities and characters living in the diverse pockets of the Queen Anne neighborhood, and the local businesses, organizations and amenities that make the hill a wonderful place to live.Coffee With a Neighbor: Council Member Tim Burgess- August 22, 2008 I met up with our neighborhood city council member Tim Burgess late last week to introduce myself and get to know my neighbor over a cup of coffee. We met up at Cafe Ladro at the top of the hill to talk scooting, stopping crime and about the neighborhood, where he and his wife have lived since 1985.http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/queenanne/archives/146109.asp?source=rss Vote Today!- August 19, 2008 Today is the primary, go get your vote out! You can visit the Seattle Voter Guide online to find out where your polling place as well as the list of candidates. If you received a ballot in the mail you can drop it off at the polling station or put it in the nearest mailbox if you managed to not throw it away sometime in the last two weeks. Just make sure it's postmark it by today!http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/queenanne/archives/146505.asp?source=rss Phelt Like Phelps for a Phew Seconds- August 13, 2008 So I headed to the Queen Anne Pool this morning to do my workout (that is supposed to sound tough) and I could not help but imagine what it would be like to be an Olympic gold medalist. We were watching Phelps last night break all sorts of records and it just makes you feel invincible! He makes it look so easy.http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/queenanne/archives/146065.asp?source=rss Saturday Morning- August 9, 2008 Woke up around 5AM to the sound of a long, slow, fog horn sounding out in Elliot Bay. Such an eerie noise to wake up to. Hit the streets with friends for a run shortly after 6AM (don't ask, we know we're crazy) around Queen Anne, Magnolia and the sculpture park. It was raining through a good chunk of the run, begging the question, where is August Great running weather, not so much for the precious few days of summer we get each year.http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/queenanne/archives/145676.asp?source=rss Opening ceremonies are closing in Beijing, but just getting started here!- August 8, 2008 If you want to spoil the fun of watching the Olympic opening ceremonies, go online and check out the highlights. If you are like me and want to savor the play-by-play action of hundreds of athletes and thousands of fans celebrating craziness of the Olympiad, then find a place to watch it tonight or grab som takeout and hit the couch!http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/queenanne/archives/145605.asp?source=rss What includes 10,000 pairs of laytex gloves and a forklift- August 8, 2008 Why it's the Seattle Tattoo Expo of course! Walked through Seattle Center on my way to work and spotted the media tent up with volunteers inside. Wandered by to see what the pile of boxes were on the table. Press kits Souvenirs Rubber gloves. That's right, enough laytex (and probably some latex free for the sensitive tyoes) to make a, well, I am not quite sure what you could fashion out of that much laytex, but it would be roughly the size of a small house.http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/queenanne/archives/145589.asp?source=rss Seafair Weekend Excitement- August 1, 2008 Just returned from watching the Blue Angels and the Hydroplanes on Lake Washington today. The weather turned out great this afternoon and is expected to be great this weekend. The racing should be pretty exciting this year, so head over if you can tomorrow or Sunday to check it out.http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/queenanne/archives/145031.asp?source=rss |