Remember the boyfriend and girlfriend who were breaking up and used Capitol Hill Community Garage Sale Day as a way to rid themselves of shared possesions? Here’s how it went from neighbor Amanda:

It went pretty well. We put up broken heart signs and sold &/or gave away most of our stuff. Most people that stopped by had CHS maps. Sunday we tried it again and didnt have nearly as many people.

Thanks for organizing at the perfect time. It turned a sad situation into a really fun event for the both of us!

Good to hear. That’s a nice way to put a bow on the whole event and a life lesson: always have a map when breaking up.

I’m impressed that our little library is churning out programs for kids/teens. There are three coming up in July.

Zinery 101
Make your own zine with Ong Ong Press.
Monday, July 14, 3pm-5pm

Save Our Amazing Raptors
The Woodland Park Zoo will be showing live birds of prey.
Wednesday, July 16, 11am-12pm

Family Anime Night
Showing: Princess Mononoke
Wednesday, July 16, 5pm-8pm

Chutney’s Grille on the Hill(e) has a large yellow banner advertising that they are now serving breakfast. Assuming they’re not serving pancakes, what’s likely to be on the menu? How many stars should I order?

Neighbor Elisa writes:

We saw caphilljed’s blog about the Google Street View car and were
interested in doing a story.

Can you ask him if he (assuming caphilljed is a “he”) would be willing
to do an interview and let us use his photos? We’d be happy to credit
the blog…

Elisa Hahn
Reporter
KING 5 News

Caphiljed, between this and Valleywag, you’re famous. I’ll hook you up with Elisa’s digits. Remember the little people, k?

We’re rolling out some new advertising code and our test period is your gain. Through the end of July, advertising in the new inventory is 100% free to help the Instant Journalist guys who power this site’s code work out any bugs in the system.

Of course, we also want you to witness the POWER of advertising on a neighborhood blog. Once you’re hooked, we’re sure you won’t want to quit.

Create your ad today — all you need is an URL and a message. After July 31st, we’ll begin charging for the space but your ads will keep running until we’re filled with paid ads. And it gets even better — CHS will always save 10% of its inventory for local small businesses to advertise for free. Good deal.

So give it a try and what you think.

Follow-up from a participant who was scheduled to be part of the community garage sale day at CHAC only to find the doors locked. Sounds like the day wasn’t a total bust for him after all.

I and two women had separate sales at CHAC at the bottom of the ramp leading to the lower level theater space. They showed up at 9:30 AM and I at around 10:30 AM. We set up and went to work without meeting anyone from CHAC. The door was open to go into the lower level theater, but it was too gloomy in there to set up. Eventually, when I saw it was not going to rain, I set up at the top of the ramp. Quite a few people showed up knowing that there was a sale going on due to seeing info on the garage sale website or other advertising. We also snagged a few people as they were walking by. I’d say it was a successful day. Later on the guy who seems to be in charge of CHAC came by and was very nice. We never even knew about the problem you mention. He also invited us to come back on Monday for their closing sale. I think the two women may take him up on it. It looks like CHAC will be gone from that location and will be searching for a new place in just a matter of days.

My project is a small business called Olive Branch Enterprises. I sell olive oil and other fair trade items from Israel Palestine. The main product is called Peace Oil, extra virgin olive oil from Palestinian farmers. It is exported by three fair trade groups, two of which are Israeli groups working with the farmers. I have been selling Peace Oil at Madison Market since October 2006. It is also carried at Whole Foods on Westlake, the Pike Place Grocery and Deli, and Big John’s PFI (Pacific Food Importers) on 6th, just below Dearborn at the old INS building. It also sells at food co-ops and natural food stores all over the state and a couple locations outside Washington. This year Olive Branch had a booth at University Street Fair and Northwest Folklife. Peace Oil is bottled in my home-based facility on Capitol Hill a block east of Meany Middle School. See www.peaceoil.net for more info.

This afternoon, I noticed a note on the windshield of my neighbor’s car parked on the street. I was flabbergasted (I am rarely flabbergasted so I’m taking the opportunity to use the word) when I read the note.

The text is as follows:
Neighbor –
Your car is continually improperly parked on 12th Ave. E. Also you have a parking spot in the ally [sic]. Please respect your neighbors by using it.
Thank you,
A neighbor

Here’s the deal. Not only is the note unsigned (the ultimate passive aggressive touch) but the dude who wrote this note is obviously clueless. Notice in the photo: there is a disabled parking permit hanging from the mirror. The woman who drives this car is elderly and has lived in her home for over 60 years. She enters her home from the front door instead of dealing with all of the stairs in the alley. And by the way, since when is it disrespectful to park on your own street.

I just don’t get the logic of this dude and his note.

Pitch by pitch coverage of Saturday’s big game from CHS flickr pool contributor ERIK98112. Thanks Erik.

I did bring home quite the haul though. For $35, I picked up a pound of cherries, turnips, radishes, sugar snap peas, 3lbs of fresh asparagus, kale, chard, lettuce, baby carrots, and the most wonderful smoothie I’ve ever had.

I saw that the markets would have cauliflower two weeks ago and strawberries this week, but both have been MIA. I asked the information desk at the Broadway Farmer’s Market and they hope to see them both in the next week or two but the weather is still causing problems. I talked to one of the farmer’s about beets, and they said the weather has also delayed that harvest as well. Tough beginning.