Drove past a guy standing next to the open door of a large white truck around 0045 but didn’t think it worth calling about (might’ve been someone getting home as late as I) but someone apparently thought it suspicious enough to call SPD — 15 minutes later I noticed 2 cruisers with flashing lights, and the officers out talking to someone sitting on the hood of one of the Crown Vics. Possibly a vehicle prowl, but it’s hard to say for certain.

Over our Dine Out for Life lunch, jseattle and I talked about the various ways to find out information about happenings in Our Fair City (other than reading the fabulous CHS blog, of course).

Twitter is all the rage these days. All the kids are doing it. Love it or hate it, it’s out there. I followed a handful of new accounts yesterday when I found that Volunteer Park Cafe, Poppy, and Coastal Kitchen all have Twitter accounts for their restaurants (though Poppy’s isn’t yet being used). This got me thinking that there are probably many other Capitol Hill-local businesses that I might be interested in but don’t know about, and maybe you all know them. Maybe you don’t know some of the ones I have. Shall we share?

I tried not to include accounts that are just headline feeds of blog posts. Some of these aren’t being used much yet (Poppy, SeattlePD/FD, etc) but might be soon. If I omitted your business it’s likely because I forgot or don’t know about it, so please, add it in a comment! I’d love to see this as a constantly-updated thread as more and more places use this service.

Coastal Kitchen: @coastalkitchen

Tidbit Bistro: @tidbitbistro

Jerry Traunfeld: @poppyseattle

Dana Cree (Poppy’s pastry chef): @deensie

Volunteer Park Cafe: @volunteerpark

Molly Moon Ice Cream: @mollymoon

Marination Mobile (future Korean Hawaiian food truck coming to CH): @curb_cuisine

Skillet Street Food: @skilletstfood

Boom Noodle: @BoomNoodle

Cupcake Royale: @CupcakeRoyale

Caffe Vita: @CaffeVita

Victrola Coffee: @VictrolaCoffee

Emerson Salon: @emersonsalon

The Calf and Kid (future cheese shop coming to the Hill): @calfandkid

Seattle University: @seattleu

Northwest Film Forum: @nwfilmforum

Central District News: @CDNews

CD News Scanner (East Precinct police activity): @cdscanner

City Stimulus: @citystimulus

Seattle PD (not yet used): @SeattlePD

Seattle Fire Dept (not yet used): @SeattleFire

Seattle City Light (not yet used): @SEACityLight

I wandered down to Pike Street Fish Fry today and was surprised to see four wooden two-person tables bolted to the building’s outside wall. While it was definitely nice to have seating options (the single indoor table was being used as a food-prep area), it isn’t the most pleasant sidewalk meal I’ve had — the street outside is always more than a little trashy, and I was just lucky that the wind was blowing the odor of roadside dumpster away from me and not towards me.

Is it just me? It seems like a less-than-desirable solution to the close quarters inside Fish Fry, though I’m sure the tables are a welcome outdoor escape spot for Moe Bar and Neumos customers.