Is this true?!??! A “GIGANTIC” new Subway sandwich sign on 15th Ave? I forking hate Subway sandwiches and their sour-y stinky “bread baking” smell. This is an outrage. There’s only one appropriate way to respond, dear readers. Vote Subway down in the 15th/19th Ave Popularity Contest. They are currently at #62 of 63 businesses on the list. This sign — if the report is true — should surely earn them the bottom ranking below even the now out-of-business Cypress.
–j
Long-time readers have probably noticed we like numbers, strange data sets and trending things that probably shouldn’t be trended. So we are really excited to note that we received our 50,000th visit to CHS last week since starting the site in January 2006.
As you can see above, we’ve seen a big jump in visits so far this year. It’s a lot of fun to have so many people reading, clicking on the latest dumb poll or leaving snarky and, often, useful comments. Thanks for being part of the fun. Oh, and if you’re wondering what all that traffic above is worth — 4,500 or so people visited the site in March 2 times on average, clicking on about 2 pages each visit. That’s about 19k pageviews showing advertisements — we made about 20 bucks. Woo hoo!
Thanks also to the traffic Gods — above you can see the top sites that sent us the majority of our visitors. About 17% of you came directly to CHS — the rest came in through Google searches or a link from the three big Seattle blogs: The Slog, Seattlest and Metroblogging Seattle. Thanks for the love, all — and a special huggy to Metroblogs for its mostly-regular “In other blogs” posts.
Where did all of you people come from? On the maps below, you can see that many of our visitors are located in Seattle, of course. You’ll also note that we get visits from around the world — about 5% of our visitors come from outside the United States. But we’re really all about Seattle — overall, about 75% of our traffic comes from visitors in the city.
**Update** Anonymous rightly asked, below, about RSS feed readers. While people who enjoy CHS via feeds aren’t included in the numbers above, we do know how many of you are out there — about 170 or so these days. You can see the growth as we started tracking the feeds via Feedburner. Part of the big jump is changes in how Feedburner works — part of it is our own awesomeness! Want to join the feed crowd?
Thanks for all the clicks! We’re looking forward to the next 50,000 visits.
–j/k
Since it finally looks like springtime out there, measured by the fact that it is finally above freezing at night, it’s time to enjoy the events of the season. Passover is in full swing, and if you missed Passover Seder on Monday, there is still time to eat a couple matzo. Also, we’re closing in on Easter weekend, otherwise know as the yearly opportunity to indulge in candy and eggs until you feel sick – also notable as the only time pastels get to go mainstream and aren’t relegated to baby’s rooms. Here is our quick guide to spring on Capitol Hill.
You can buy cheery tulips or daffodils at Flowers on 15th, City People’s is stuffed with Capitol Hill master gardeners looking to refresh their gardens, Walgreens has a whole aisle dedicated to pastel packaged candy, along with shredded paper grass and egg decorating kits, and Safeway can hook you up with some sweet but cheesy Easter egg wreaths for the front door. The North Hill Bakery website says they have hot cross buns, which we haven’t tried, but are excited about. As far as activities go, Capitol Hill already had its Spring Egg Hunt at Miller Park last weekend, but there are lots all over the city, including night time ones for older kids. The Seattle Times has a list. As for spring cleaning, we’ve got no advice. That’s all you.
Finally, if you’re heading for a twice annual trek to church, you can hit Catholic,
Baptist, (which has its own Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday) or United Church of Christ. If you’re pagan, you already missed the equinox, it was March 21.
–k
To launch the season and introduce the CHS Yard Sale Post — where you can post your neighborhood sales for all to see — we’d like to tout this intriguing rummage sale found on Craigslist Seattle.
Interior Design Market Saturday
RUMMAGE SALE on Saturday, APRIL 7th, 9am – 1pm
at MILLER COMMUNITY CENTER, 330 19th Ave.E
between E.Thomas & E.Harrison in SeattleFabulous DESIGNER PRODUCTS for sale including
~ accessories
~ carpets
~ ceramic tile
~ furniture
~ lighting
~ textilesThere will also be a raffle and silent auction. This event is a fundraiser with proceeds going to Rise n’ Shine, a program that supports children affected by HIV and AIDS.
Rise n’ Shine sound like good people and the sale sounds likely to be full of treasures. A nice way to start the season.
–j/k
We’ve created this post as a place to feature area Yard Sales — please add information about your upcoming event in the comments below and start getting rid or your junk treasures. Capitol Hill is the perfect area to target during Yard Sale Season. We’re ripe for recycled treasures!
Holding a sale? Make sure to include the key three: 1) Date, 2) time and 3) street info. Add a sale to comments
Looking for a sale? Scroll to the bottom of the list — the most recent posts will be at the bottom.
For tips on where to find the best stuff in the area, we recommend studying the hypothesis examined here. Also, here are some tips on how best to publicize your sale around the neighborhood. You can find a link to this post at the top of any CHS page throughout the Yard Sale Season.
We’re still digging through the final totals for 2006 but Capitol Hill Times has the scoop on the area’s crime statistics for the year.
The scrappy little neighborhood weekly shows the following year-over-year crime totals for the area:
Capitol Hill/All of Seattle
Rape +50% / -9%
Robbery +2% / +4%
Burglary -1% / +14%
Theft -8% / -12%
Here is our analysis of the first nine months of 2006. Hoping to have our full 2006 report soon. In the meantime, ambitious types can crunch the city’s data on their own. Find something interesting? Let us know.
–j
One of my very funny friends likes to tease us that we do not live in Capitol Hill. You live in Montlake, he says. Anything north of Aloha is Montlake, he says. Hey, Paul, THIS is Montlake. It’s very nice down there. But it is not us.
–j
The Capitol Hill Trader Joe’s is looking for a wine steward.
The ideal Wine Steward will be informative of the different types of wine, have a passion for people, be gracious and outgoing, and be a self-starter who’s organized and a team player.
Job pays 12 bucks per hour — about 10% more than a Capitol Hill barista and a whopping 50% more than a Hill bartender. Though probably no tipping at Trader Joe’s but you do get to wear a groovy shirt and, wow, will you be popular in New York City.
–j/k
Yelp is a suped-up Internet yellow pages type thing that lets people rate and leave comments about local businesses. They post the most “bookmarked” businesses as a way to keep track of Seattle’s hottest, news and most interesting restaurants, bars and etc. The only neighborhood business currently in Yelp’s vaunted most-bookmarked list?
15th Ave’s Remedy Teas, of course.
–j
These frosty “spring” mornings make it difficult to remember that last April we were on the hunt for gelato. Look back in hope, chilly neighbors, at what happened in the ‘hood (according to us) last April:
Here are the rest of April 2006’s sunshiny posts. Stay warm.
–j/k
