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New management at PIke Street Fish Fry means more freebies for you. If you haven't been to Pike Street Fish Fry in a while, give their new french fries a try. The $2 Fat Tires & Mothership Wit (my favorite in the New Belgium lineup) should be a draw too. Let us know how the fries are in a review. CHS apologizes for the goof last month - hours for the free giveaway are most definitely 5 to 7 this Friday (11/20). A few hundred Capitol Hill residents spent this morning in the dark. According to Seattle City Light, 328 customers were without service starting around 5:24 AM this morning when a tree branch damaged lines. Traffic lights were out on 10th Ave north between Mercer and Roanoke according to a text we received from a reader this morning. That power is now restored. Overnight winds reached 25 miles per hour at the NOAA station down on Lake Washington and more than 30 miles per hour in West Seattle. Meteorologist Cliff Mass says there is a chance that Seattle is about to get pounded by an even larger windstorm this week.
Went to Volunteer Park a little before sunset on Saturday night. I was just telling someone last week that even though I've read here on the blog that jet noise is a problem for some people on the hill, I've never really noticed it. Well I definitely noticed it today and it really is pretty loud, as you can hear in the video. This is the sixth of my weekly series of ambient shots around Capitol Hill. Every week I'll pick a different spot and stay for about 10 minutes to create a 'snapshot' of that location at that moment. RECENT SNAPSHOTS #4 - Olive between John and Summit 
An unexpected scene for a new business gearing up for their opening -- the freshly painted sign for Roy Street Coffee is being painted back over this afternoon by the same man we saw creating the large white letters earlier this week. Not sure what was behind the paint over. The marketing folks were excited by the sign. Perhaps the coffee giant is changing its mind about opening its second Stealthbucks on the Hill. More likely, somebody in corporate didn't like the look. We'll probably have to wait for a leaked memo to find out.
Just received a copy of this from the good folks at Seattle Gay News . You can join the celebration by attending the rally in Westlake starting at noon.
 Artwork at Capitol Hill Library, originally uploaded by javacolleen. The Friends of Seattle Libraries group is documenting the impact of today's City Council vote approving a plan that will allow the city's library system to maintain service levels despite a citywide budget crunch:
You'll note that the plan actually calls for the hours at the Capitol Hill branch to be increased -- the Harvard Ave facility currently doesn't open until 1 PM on Mondays and Tuesdays. Other areas of the city -- West Seattle, for example -- saw service at some branches reduced to 5 days per week. The City Council earlier today approved a 13.8% increase in electricity rates to help offset the city's budget issues.
(Photo: It's My Darlin') This is my first Hill Style post for CHS. You may have read about my street fashion site when CHS wrote about it earlier this year. Dio caught my eye at the Walgreens on Broadway and Pine. I am such a big fan of throwing a bow tie into an everyday outfit. From the accessories to the well tailored coat Dio manages to look relaxed, dressy, dapper, and fun all at once. For more street style photos from Capitol Hill and the rest of the city see my website: www.itsmydarlin.com It's a federal holiday -- enjoy the free parking.
Also, it's my little sweetie's second birthday. Happy birthday, buddy. Let's go play.  Fast Food Lloyd Wright, originally uploaded by rutlo. It is our sad duty to inform you that the Madison branch of the Taco Time fast food restaurant chain is about to serve its last batch of Mexi-Fries. CHS received the following tip from neighbor Westley:
Note the panic -- Westley was so distraught he was unable to recount even what he had read on the heartbreaking sign. A quick phone chat with manager Rodney Keith confirmed the worst. The Madison Taco Time will close its doors on Sunday. Keith says he's moving on to a new gig. All other questions were referred to company HQ so no word on whether this was a surgical closure or part of a widespread downsizing for the chain. According to the Taco Time Web Northwest site, the Madison location is one of 75 in the state. Wikipedia says the chain has more than 200 franchises in the US and another 75 in Canada and Japan. The departure is also the latest in a long, slow exodus from the Hill for national fast food chains. Hill outlets of Taco Bell, Jack in the Box, and Kentucky Fried Chicken have all closed within the past three years. 
Capitol Hill, this might be our happiest holiday travel season... ever. By way of fellow community news site B-Town Blog covering lovely Burien, CHS has learned that we'll all get a great present from Uncle Google this year -- free wireless Internet at Sea-Tac:
We also talked to Bruce Gray of Sound Transit about the start of light rail airport service which is scheduled to happen 'late in 2009' according to the airport link project page. Gray says the announcement on the start of service will come later this week and said the trains will be continuing through to the Sea-Tac stop "in time for the holidays." "Which holidays?" CHS asked. Just wanted to be sure. Gray said we'll find out this week. CHS received this warning tonight in an e-mail forwarded to us from the Madrona Moms mailing list:
We'll see what we can find out about the report of a 'string of muggings' -- did find this incident at the end of September in which a pizza delivery employee was robbed near the location of this report. Flowers, candles and messages for Ben Hills decorate the Comet this morning in a tribute to the musician who died in Wednesday's tragic 11th Ave fire. A second man injured in the fire was treated at Harborview with non-life threatening injuries.
Some highlights from this second Thursday's Blitz Capitol Hill Arts Walk. Live music at some of the venues this time:
The Literary Death Match comes back to Seattle on Wednesday, November 11 at Re-bar. If you have ever thought to yourself "Why can't literary readings be thrilling, hilarious, and carry a tiny but real danger of death to all involved," then this is the reading for you. The lineup this time around is outstanding. Stacey Levine, recent winner of a Stranger Genius Award, will face off against Aaron Dietz of KNOCK Magazine, playwright Kelleen Conway Blanchard, whose play Small Town received rave reviews at Annex Theater, and Danbert Nobacon, lead singer of Chumbawumba, anarchist, and all-around lunatic. Judges Paul Constant (of The Stranger), Jonathan Evison (writer and radio personality), and Maria Semple (novelist and former writer for Arrested Development) will decide the winner. The price is $10 at the door, or $8 pre-sale. Proceeds benefit Opium Magazine. Re-bar is located at 1114 Howell Street, at Boren.
It's over. Mike McGinn is Seattle's new mayor. In the latest batch of nearly 20,000 ballots released today, McGinn took 56.5% of the count giving the candidate an insurmountable lead over Joe Mallahan. City Council president Richard Conlin this afternoon sent out an e-mail congratulating McGinn. The Mallahan camp has called a press conference this evening. Update: The Mallahan camp concedes. Today's update:
95% of votes based on King County's expected turnout are now tallied. McGinn's campaign was grassroots and 'open' format -- and very Capitol Hill. This news site spoke with him many times and received near-daily updates from his all-volunteer campaign team from the very first moments of the race. Here is CHS coverage of McGinn's announcement of his candidacy at Piecora's from back in March. McGinn also celebrated his victory in the primary and last week's election night on the Hill. The candidate also received the CHS endorsement voted on by members of this site.
The McGinn Campaign from David Albright on Vimeo. The Mallahan camp, meanwhile, ran a more traditional campaign and used tools like Twitter to lob taunts and criticism at their opponent. McGinn will inherit a city facing budget cuts as departments scramble to cover a $70 million budget gap due to falling tax revenues caused by the economic slowdown.
One thing is certain -- Seattle's next mayor (next results drop: 4:30 PM!) won't have the same old King County Metro snow plan to drag him down. Metro officials have unveiled two more components of an Emergency Service Route Network designed to
These initiatives plus the city's revamped snow plowing strategy -- check out which streets get cleared, which don't -- address a lot of the issues and ideas raised here when we went through a CHS groupthink on Metro's snow problems while the failures were still fresh in mind. And, if all of this doesn't work, there's always checking in with your friends and sharing information. Atlas Clothing celebrates the one year anniversary of the new location for its Capitol Hill store on November 11 at Sole Repair. It will be a Free "Mad Men"-themed party and fashion show between 8 and 11 pm. "We invite the Capitol Hill community to join us" says Holly Ricciardi, an Atlas Sales Representative.
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