The upstairs meeting room in the Capitol Hill library is often available as a quiet, drop-in, work area: see the pictures.
I’m happy to report that the wireless internet works fine up there.
The upstairs meeting room in the Capitol Hill library is often available as a quiet, drop-in, work area: see the pictures.
I’m happy to report that the wireless internet works fine up there.
From the Department of Neighborhoods:
An interim service model has been designed and will be implemented beginning January 5, 2011. The model is described below: (lots of document omitted by AFT)
Neighborhood District Coordinators (NDC) Interim Service Model:
The 10 NDCs will serve the city through a team approach over three large geographic areas:
- The Central area consists of 5 districts (Central, East, Downtown, Lake Union and Magnolia/Queen Anne) and will be served by the Central Team (NDCs – Christa Dumpys, Tim Durkan, and Stan Lock).
A “Frequently Asked Questions” document is attached with information on how community members will be served by the interim service model.
Tim Durkan, you may recall, was a candidate for President of Capitol Hill Community Council in 2008: he withdrew at the last moment when he got his Department of Neighborhoods job, leaving Justin Carder as the 2008 President. We should push for Tim to be the liaison to the East District Council.
This tip just in — the Maharaja is shutting down on East Pike:
Bartender friend there just called me. Landlord is raising the rent too high on the 1st. Kitchen open till 5, then that’s it.
Thanks to tipster A Sad Fuck for that. Quick call to Maharaja confirms. We’re told they plan to re-open in the New Year. In Pioneer Square. Surely, karmic justice for the Hill’s acquisition of Elliott Bay Book Co.
We reported the Maharaja was for sale at one point in 2010. Most recently, we reported on a rather rough and tumble brawl inside the watering hole.
Meanwhile, on Broadway, we feared some sort of Hill Indian food apocalypse when we saw a listing with the state liquor board saying New India Express had discontinued its liquor license. But no worries, NIE tells us — they’re not going anywhere and they still are serving wine and beer. They transitioned the license recently and the discontinuance is related to the old license, not the new one.
If you don’t feel nostalgic on the final day of the year, you need to have your glass of bubbly with breakfast. I’ve had no champagne (yet!) but am in the mood for some instant nostalgia. The tools we use to build this site’s content every day will be going away soon. Other tools will replace them that mostly do the same stuff. But they won’t do it the same way. And I won’t have had a hand in creating them. I also don’t do much personal blogging on the site. Nor do we use the first person very often. So, I’m taking a walk today and you’re welcome to come along. It won’t be an entirely typical day for CHS. Usually it starts earlier, for one. For two, I probably won’t be at a desk or coffee shop table quite as much as is normal. My thickening midsection thanks me. My cold nose on this cold way to end a year, won’t. Along the way, I’ll post pictures, etc. from around the Hill. I don’t know how far I’ll walk. If there’s something you think I should see, send me a text at (206) 399-5959 or send me a message on Twitter @jseattle. Goodbye 2010. Let’s take a walk.
This crime tale has three half-naked people (yes, that converts to one and a half fully naked people), a scooter and a Capitol Hill apartment building in it. It also has some violent ashtray throwing and a less funny threat of more violence.
SeattleCrime with the crime report scoop:
Seattle police were called to a Capitol Hill apartment building earlier this week after a man came home to find a threesome screwing in his carport.
A police report says the man came home to his apartment building on 11th and Denny around 7:15pm, when he saw two half-naked women and a half-naked man in the carport next to his apartment.
The half-naked man was having sex with one of the women, while the other female was “naked and messing with the victim’s scooter.” more…
Here is a look back through the CHS coverage of Capitol Hill in 2010. We’ve collected the “most important” Hill stories of the year. There are 33, it turns out. They are listed below in no particular order though some of the year’s biggest stories are included up top. We based our “importance” measurement on stories that were viewed and commented on the most during the year. It’s an arbitrary list. Even more arbitrarily, we selected what we feel were the biggest 2010 stories for a poll that you can weigh in on. You might disagree with the set we chose. You might also have some suggestions for stories we didn’t include, or, gasp, forgot about. Let us know in comments. Also, here’s a look at the top stories from 2009. Thanks for being part of CHS. Happy 2011. (Looking for something to do to ring in 2011? Here’s our on-Hill list.)
More of our year in review coverage:
Most important Capitol Hill stories of 2010
Plus points for a flash mob this past Christmas weekend that included a Capitol Hill session on 10th Ave in front of Elliott Bay Books:
Negative points:
Here’s the big show. Capitol Hill’s portion comes and goes so stick with it for some hot Pike/Pine dancing action.
Thanks to @SuddsyMaggie for sharing this picture of the Black Hole Sun from Thursday afternoon in Volunteer Park. Our year is ending with clear — very cold — sunny days. More of the same is forecast into next week. We’ve seen crisp Januaries around here before — CHS is certain of it because it feels like it was January 2010 only yesterday. So, sunny or no, wear your hat, put on your mittens and grab a scarf. It’s a good time to put all those accessories to real, purposeful use.
Looking for something to do on the Hill New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day? Here’s our 2011 roster of NYE free/cheap/interesting happenings and some hangover-battling first-day-of-2011 fun, too.