Soho Coffee at 20th and Yesler is undergoing a make-over, and the new look and name will be revealed during an event Thursday evening at 7 p.m.
Barry Faught, who has owned the shop for the three years, said the changes will reflect how he has evolved over the years.
“My passion for coffee and coffee preparation has risen,” he said. “The new name and styles of coffee preparation will show that.”
Coffee items available today will still be available, and the shop will continue serving Stumptown coffee. However, they will also feature coffee from other providers at times and will offer pour-overs. Their sandwich provider is also switching to Molly’s Salads, which advertises sustainable and mostly-organic products.
The hours will also likely expand slightly, extending to 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Sunday hours will likely remain slightly shorter.
In the meantime, Soho is operating out of the entryway area of the shop with seating outside.
Soho Coffee is unveiling a brand new look, a new name and so much more! They will be featuring new brewing methods that will provide a wider selection of coffee’s to try, roasts from other fine roasters outside Seattle plus new exciting pastries and a new selection of sandwiches for breakfast and lunch. (Stumptown will still be Soho Coffee’s primary roaster and Macrina Bakery will still be the primary bakery.)
You’re invited to an exclusive unveiling of Soho Coffee’s new look! Here are the details…
Date: Thursday, October 20th
Time: 7:00pm
Address: 1918 E Yesler Way, Seattle WA 98122
What to expect: Lots of amazing coffee and conversation so come one, come all!
Special Note: Soho Coffee seating area will be closed Wednesday, October 19th and 20th however we will still be serving coffee. Soho Coffee will be fully open for business again on Friday, October 21st at 6:30am.
Proprietor Barry Faught has spent the past year making this dream of expanding Soho Coffee into a reality. Barry opened Soho Coffee over three years ago and has spent countless hours developing his knowledge of coffee, coffee preparation and fine tuning these skills.
He was in the basement of a house on the SW corner of 19th and Howell when the fire began. Seattle Fire determined the fire was started by “combustibles stored too close to a baseboard heater.”
SFD was called to the scene around 1:15 p.m October 16. They were able to put the fire out in 10-15 minutes, but Randall died on the scene.
The Medical Examiner determined Randall’s cause of death was smoke inhalation and thermal burns. It has been ruled an accident.
Fires started by heating equipment cause an average of 560 deaths a year and injure more than 1,600 Americans, the Seattle Fire Department said, citing statistics from the National Fire Protection Association.
Residents should check baseboard heaters often and remove objects — such as newspapers, furniture or blankets — that are on top of or near the heater, the department says.
In our previous post, commenter JR had the following to say about Randall:
Rest in paradise Taj “Tizzy T” Randall. You were a brother to many and you will truly be missed. Praying for your family and everyone who loves you.
Free trees are waiting for you! Do you have an empty space in your yard where a beautiful tree could thrive? Are you someone who appreciates trees? Do you like the way their leaves and needles flutter in the wind? Do you like how they smell? Do you think they help your neighborhood look more attractive?
If so, then Seattle reLeaf and Cascade Land Conservancy invite you to apply for up to 4 free trees to plant at home to help keep our city green and healthy.
Our trees are looking for tree-loving homes – but they’ll be gone soon! We have Western red cedars, Deodar cedars, tupelos, and shore pines remaining. Might you be the person for them? Please fill out the application, and select one of the above mentioned species to secure your free trees.
Lewis and Clark thought that Western red cedars were amazing enough to be called the “trees of life” -arbor vitae. Plant one in your backyard and you’ll be on your way to helping our cities be full of life
The gorgeous Deodar cedar is native to the Himalyan region, but grows wonderfully in the Pacific Northwest. It has a long history in India, where its Hindu name means “revered tree.”
The tupelo tree is a great medium-sized tree for a yard that is looking for some brilliant leaf coloring. Tupelo leaves are a dark glossy green in the spring and summer and turn bright colors- mostly red, but some yellow just as the gray skies come rolling in. Tupelo is used in the south to make the famous “Tupelo honey.”
Shore pines are quite the opposite of the straight and orderly pine you might imagine. As its scientific name, Pinus contorta ssp. Contorta, suggests, it can grow crooked branches – an attractive addition to your backyard.
Friends, family and neighbors of Dixie Mitchell joined her and Washington CAN at her 21st Ave home today to show their support for Dixie’s efforts to modify her home loan. She is facing foreclosure after she and her husband Luster ran into health issues. Dixie is a cancer survivor, and Luster has been paralyzed by a stroke.
Dixie has lived in the home 44 years, having raised several children and foster children during that time. She says she fell victim to a predatory loan shortly before the housing bubble burst, and has been fighting to keep her home for several years (see our post from March 2010). Her request today was simple: She wants to be able to pay back what she owes.
“I want to stay in my house,” she told reporters and supporters gathered on the front lawn of her home.
“I made that debt, and I’m not trying to get away from it.” She has gone through all the proper channels to get her loan modified, but responses from her ever-changing creditors have yielded no results. Her home is scheduled for auction October 28.
Today, shortly before the press conference on the Mitchells’ lawn began, members of a Washington CAN ally organization delivered a petition with over 7,000 signatures and the Mitchells’ reworked loan modification proposal to the Ocwen Financial headquarters in Florida.
With her home set to go to auction October 28, she has requested a loan mediation session under Washington’s Foreclosure Mediation Program, which went into effect in July. 500 homeowners have already applied for foreclosure mediation under the law.
The law requires lenders to have a face-to-face meeting with homeowners to discuss loan modifications and attempt to come to an fair, negotiated and voluntary agreement. Banks have 45 days to set up the mediation session.
“There’s no reason to put this woman out of her house,” said one neighbor. He and others said they had discussed renting a room in the home to help pay the loan, but two of Dixie’s children have already done so.
The city will host the first of five open houses about the Transit Master Plan (TMP), which will outline investments the city can make to improve transit speeds and reliability. This includes everything from bus-priority traffic signals and bus-only lanes to adding electric trolley bus lines and high capacity transit.
The draft of the TMP was released recently, and the city is looking for feedback from the public. The open house will be at Seattle Vocational Institute (2120 S Jackson St) from 6-8 p.m. October 18.
SDOT will be hosting 5 open houses this fall to share information about the TMP Draft Summary Report and to get feedback from the community. Please join us to learn about the draft plan and share your thoughts.
Open houses will run from 6-8pm and will include a brief presentation at the beginning. Each open house will cover the same information. Feel free to attend any/all of them regardless of what part of the city you live in.
Dixie Mitchell, who lives on 21st Ave just south of Union, is fighting to save her home of 44 years after getting caught up in a predatory lending scheme. To make matters worse, her husband Luster ran into health problems and was forced to quit working.
All she has asked of Ocwen Financial, an F-rated institution according to the Better Business Bureau, is for a mediation session to come up with a financing plan she can afford. They have repeatedly denied her request, even copying-and-pasting a rejection form letter without even filling in the placeholder details (“The loan originated on ORIGINATION DATE for $ORIGINAL PRINCIPLE BALANCE” etc).
As it stands, the Mitchell home is scheduled for auction October 28. Friends, family and neighbors will gather at her home to show their support for her. Meanwhile, a petition with thousands of signatures (over 7,000 as of Monday afternoon) will be delivered to Ocwan Financial’s Florida offices at the same time, along with Dixie’s modification paperwork.
You can join in support of Dixie, Luster and other people facing foreclosure Tuesday, October 18 at their home (which happens to be just a few houses away from CDN headquarters):
When: Tuesday, October 18th at 11:30 am
Where: The Mitchell residence, 927 21st. Ave, Seattle, WA
Who: Neighbors, family and local supporters of the Mitchells; anti-foreclosure community leaders.
Here’s a video of Dixie explaining her situation on MSNBC:
On Tuesday, October 18th at 11:30 am, neighbors, family and other local supporters will gather at the endangered home of Dixie Mitchell in Seattle’s Central District. While people in Seattle join together to fight to save Ms. Mitchell’s home; thousands of petition signatures and Ms. Mitchell’s modification paperwork will be delivered on the other side of the country to Ocwen Financial’s Florida offices in West Palm Springs.
The unified message from Seattle to West Palm Springs is that it’s time for Ocwen Financial and big banks everywhere to stop foreclosing on Americans; it’s time for big banks to Pay US Back.
Ms. Mitchell is a 71-year old cancer survivor. She and her husband have lived in their home in Seattle for the past 44 years and have raised nine children and fifty foster children in the home. Ms. Mitchell is currently facing foreclosure and Ocwen Financial refuses to work with her to modify her loan, saying they can’t seem to find her paperwork. Read her full story here.
After no luck dealing with Ocwen, Ms. Mitchell took her story national. With help from The New Bottom Line, she launched an online petition targeting Ocwen Financial. Since the launch of the petition in mid-September, 7,385 people from across the country have signed their names in support. Ms. Mitchell also appeared on the Up With Chris Hayes show on MSNBC to share her story (see clip here) and stand up for the millions of people across the country that are currently going through foreclosure.
Ms. Mitchell’s home could be auctioned off as soon as October 28th, and all Ms. Mitchell needs is a simple HAMP modification. But Ocwen can’t seem to find the modification paperwork that they’ve asked Ms. Mitchell to submit again and again. So we’ll deliver the paperwork to Ocwen, in person, in Palm Springs. While the petitions and modification paperwork are being delivered to Ocwen’s offices, Ms. Mitchell’s supporters will be gathering in Seattle to join their voices to the cause of saving Ms. Mitchell’s home and waiting in hopeful anticipation for a phone call from Ocwen.
Ms. Mitchell has requested a mediation session with Ocwen, thanks to the new Foreclosure Fairness Act which was enacted in Washington in July, 2011. If a mediation session is granted, the auction date of Ms. Mitchell’s home will be pushed back and she’ll have the opportunity to finally speak with Ocwen about modifying her loan. Ocwen has an F rating at the Better Business Bureau and they have around 890 complaints nationwide.
It’s time for banks to work with people who are in foreclosure instead of putting families like the Mitchell’s out on the streets.
When: Tuesday, October 18th at 11:30 am PST / 2:30pm EST
Where: The Mitchell residence, 927 21st. Ave, Seattle, WA / Ocwen Corporate Offices, 1661 Worthington Rd #100 West Palm Springs, FL 33409
Who: Neighbors, family and local supporters of the Mitchells; anti-foreclosure community leaders.
Is this the birth of “Occupy Central District?” Seems like fighting to let the Mitchells continue “occupying” their home could be a good place to start.
A 73-year-old woman was struck by a car at 18th Ave S and S Main St near Pratt Park. She was unconscious when medics arrived, and was transported to the hospital.
She was crossing in a marked crosswalk around 8 a.m. October 17 when the 29-year-old driver of a blue 2008 Smart Car struck her. The incident is under investigation.
On 10/17/11, at approximately 8:00 a.m., a blue 2008 Smart Car driven by a 29- year-old female was traveling southbound on 18
th Ave S, approaching S. Main St. At the same time, a 73-year-old female pedestrian was walking eastbound in the marked crosswalk on the north side of the intersection when she was struck by the Smart car.
The pedestrian was unconscious at the scene and was transported by Seattle Fire Department Medics to Harborview Medical Center for medical treatment for unknown injuries. A Drug Recognition Officer screened the driver at the scene and found no signs of alcohol/drug use. The driver was released from the scene pending further investigation.
Traffic Collision Investigators responded and processed the scene.
We reported last week that Swedish Health Services and Providence Health & Services are planning to “join forces” to form a new partnership. As part of the arrangement, Swedish, which has a facility on Cherry Hill, would remain a non-religious organization while Providence would keep its Catholic affiliation. But the Seattle Times also reports that Swedish will back a new Planned Parenthood facility in the Nordstrom Tower.
The Seattle Times reports that if the partnership goes through, Swedish will stop offering elective abortions at its facilities “out of respect for the affiliation” with Providence, Swedish Spokesperson Ed Boyle told the Times.
From the Seattle Times:
In 2000, when Swedish took over the former Providence Hospital in Seattle, now named Swedish/Cherry Hill, it stopped performing elective abortions. At that point, the hospital was doing fewer than 50 procedures annually at its First Hill and Ballard campuses.
The 2000 agreement was sought by Providence, which was founded by the Sisters of Providence, as a condition of the arrangement. At the time, Richard Peterson, then CEO of Swedish, said he realized the decision would be of “major concern to the community.”
Swedish continued performing other reproductive services, including tubal ligations, contraception and the morning-after pill. Providence’s stance at the time was to keep the procedures at arm’s length, saying it would not benefit economically from any of those services.
At some point, Boyle confirmed, Swedish restarted doing elective abortions in its facilities.
The Seattle Times also reports that Swedish will refer women to the First Hill Health Center of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest but will continue to provide reproductive emergency services and birth-control services. The center is expected to open in early 2012.
Swedish Medical Center, beset by mounting opposition to its decision to stop performing elective abortions if a pending alliance with a Catholic health system is approved, will help underwrite a Planned Parenthood center in the Nordstrom Tower adjacent to the hospital.
Swedish’s plan to refer patients to the center, which will provide a full range of reproductive-health services, including elective abortion, has been in the works for several months and was expected to be announced next week.
Currently, there are four Planned Parenthood clinics in Seattle including the health center at 2001 E Madison.
Update: Seattle Fire says the cause of the fire was “combustibles stored too close to a baseboard heater.” SFD investigators have ruled the fire accidental.
The damage estimate is $90,000 to the structure and $40,000 to contents.
When: Saturday, October 15, 2011 10:00 AM – 02:00 PM
Where: SE corner of 20th & E Union
What: FREE Plant Exchange Sat. Oct. 15th, 10am-2pm at the Copymaster parking lot, 20th & E Union: plants & garden-related items. Rain or shine, the Plant Exchange is ON.
Everyone is welcome and you don’t need to contribute something in order to take something. New gardeners welcome! Our goal is nothing left at 2pm, everything has found a home.
Come share your divisions, plants you no longer love, plant supports, seeds, useful garden bits and garden talk. Catch up with your neighbors, compare notes on your gardens, make new friends. We always have fun.
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UPDATE: One more event I almost forgot. Sunday is the monthly Seattle Rainbow Contra Dance at Washington Hall. For LGBTQ folks and friends. Free lesson at 3 p.m., dance from 3:30-6:30. Details:
