Walking along Union this morning I found what appears to be a valid Washington State EBT Card. The card says to mail it to Texas if found, but I figured the rightful owner probably needs it sooner rather than later and decided to try to find my neighbor who lost it.
If you can tell me the name on the back of the card, show me valid ID, and your signature matches, I’m happy to return it to you. Please call or text me at 206.240.6994.
I’ll mail it back tomorrow if I don’t get any responses.
Coming soon to a shipping container near you: Wood-fired pizza and beer on tap.
Brian Solazzi is hard at work designing and constructing a walk-up pizza restaurant at Rainier and Weller that he hopes to open by spring. The shop will have a fenced-in outdoor seating area, and Solazzi has lots of ideas for events, from music to movies to — if there’s room — bocce ball.
“Americans spend 90 percent of their time indoors,” said Solazzi, who thinks people will enjoy a pizza hangout focused on being outside (and yes, there will be covered space for rainy days).
Solazzi — who attended the Japanese School across the street from the future pizza joint — said he hopes to grow as many of the ingredients on the long-vacant lot as possible, and he already knows where the chicken run will go.
“Seeing alive things outside — plants and animals — will be nice,” he said.
The restaurant has very little overhead, which Solazzi hopes will let him keep prices low. His family has owned the lot for years, and he is the architect, builder and one of two employees for the project. He poured the foundation, hooked up the sewers and even operated the crane when putting the shipping containers in place.
As an architect, he has worked with shipping container homes. He has also worked in an Italian restaurant kitchen. The new endeavor puts the two together, he said.
The restaurant has Brandon Thompson — who has worked with wood-fired pizza before — lined up as the chef. Thompson and Solazzi plan to run the place together to get it off the ground this spring.
anyone recognize tihs dog? male chihuahua. unneutered, no tags. sweet temperament. Safe in our backyard until we figure out what to do with him.
The CDNews event calendar has a bunch of stuff to do this weekend. If you would like your event listed, mouse-over “Post” in the navigation bar and click “Post an Event.”
Here’s a look at what’s going on:
When: Saturday, February 4, 2012 09:00 AM – 02:00 PM
Where: Cafe Weekend – 851 Hiawatha Place S. Seattle, WA 98144
What: BIRTHDAY & ANNUAL PRE-VALENTINES CELEBRATION
Come and celebrate our 3rd birthday here at Cafe Weekend!
We will be hosting SWEETHEART valentine cookie decorating & craft table from 9am – 11am, while supplies last.
Listening to vintage soul & jazz 45’s by DJ Greasy and calling BINGO from noon – 2pm.
Come spend your Saturday morning with us at Cafe Weekend!
Usnaps will also be here for you and your valentine with our ‘sweetheart conversations’ photobooth!
When: Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:00 AM – 03:00 PM
Where: Immortal Dog Pet Supply and Bakery 1712 S Jackson St Seattle WA 98144
What: Join us as we host another amazing adoption event at Immortal Dog.
Salty Dog Rescue will be on hand with their precious pups ready for their forever homes.
Check the Immortal Dog website closer to the adoption to see some of the pups that will be at the event!
Many of you have pets and are not looking for another companion but you may have friends that are! Please share this among your friends so we can get all these pups homes!!! Immortal Dog thanks you for your support!!
When: Monday, February 6, 2012 06:30 PM – 09:00 PM
Where: Judkins Street Cafe 2608 S Judkins Street (On Judkins just west of MLK Way)
What: Judkins Street Cafe will host “Celebrating Roots” a Meatless Monday feast.
This reservations-only $20 prix fixe 3-course meal, will have a selection of offerings featuring root vegetables and other vegan and vegetarian delectables. The menu and other details are available at www.judkinsstreetcafe.com/meatless.
When: Monday, February 6, 2012 07:00 PM – 09:00 PM
Where: The Northwest African American Museum 2300 S Massachusetts Street
What: Rebecca Walker Presented by Elliott Bay Books and NAAM.
Co-presented with the NORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. Rebecca Walker has written insightful memoirs (Baby LOve, Black, White and Jewish)—and she has compiled lively, engaging anthologies – One Big Happy Family, and What Makes a Man. She is here this evening with another of the latter, Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness (Soft Skull Press).
The idea of voluntary meatless Mondays was started as a war conservation effort during World War I and has been revitalized in recent years as a national campaign that encourages people to cut out meat one day a week for their health and the health of the planet.
Senator Patty Murray will be on E Madison Friday to help rally support for Planned Parenthood following a decision by the Susan G. Komen Foundation to end its support of the women’s health service provider. The 11:45 a.m. rally comes just hours after the Komen Foundation reversed its decision and pledged to maintain support for the organization.
The senator will speak at the E Madison health center, one of four Planned Parenthood facilities in the city.
A fifth is planned for First Hill as part of a decision by Swedish Medical Centers to no longer provide elective abortion services.
The Murray appearance is slated for 11:45 a.m. at the 2001 E Madison Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest headquarters.
The Dallas Morning News has posted a statement from the Komen Foundation announcing that it is reversing the decision to drop Planned Parenthood funding:
We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.
The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize Planned Parenthood. They were not.Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by not funding grant applications made by organizations under investigation. We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. That is what is right and fair.
I found this sweet dog this morning on 26th and Spring. She has tags however none of them have a phone number or address.
“Jurisdictions across the nation are being besieged with proposals to privatize government services, assets, and functions. Everything from public schools, prisons, highways, bridges, military, Social Security, air traffic control, natural resources, national parks, tax collection to pension funds, voting machines, liquor sales, lotteries, worker’s compensation, welfare, and parks. And with very mixed results.”
Thursday, Feb. 2, 7:30 PM,Seattle First Baptist Church 1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle
Moderator – Eleanor Licata
Saturday, February 18 – On Your Mark, Get Set, Shop! …The Women’s Day Marketplace and Arts Fair! Unique gifts, Entertainment, Food, Fun for Everyone…you will find it all at the Mount Zion Women’s Day Marketplace and Arts Fair! Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 18th from 11AM to 5PM in the Jessie L. Sheilds Fellowship Hall. Vendors, the Marketplace and Arts fair is the perfect place to sell, sell, sell! Applications are available in the church lobby and at www.mountzionseattle.net. We are also still in need of volunteers to help with set up, break down, assistance with vendors throughout the day, etc. For additional information please contact Dr. Georgia McDade at [email protected] or by calling 206.322.6500. See you there!
“Jurisdictions across the nation are being besieged with proposals to privatize government services, assets, and functions. Everything from public schools, prisons, highways, bridges, military, Social Security, air traffic control, natural resources, national parks, tax collection to pension funds, voting machines, liquor sales, lotteries, worker’s compensation, welfare, and parks. And with very mixed results.”
Thursday, Feb. 2, 7:30 PM,Seattle First Baptist Church 1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle
Moderator – Eleanor Licata
A reporter from Seattle University’s student newspaper the Spectator attended a January 28 community meeting about crime in Yesler Terrace and said speakers expressed concerns that many crimes in the neighborhood go unreported due to language barriers and fears that calling 911 might not be anonymous and safe.
The Friday night shooting of a 20-year-old on 13th Avenue and Jefferson Street set the stage for an afternoon meeting in Yesler Terrace.
At the third Yesler Terrace Community meeting since November, community members spoke out against crime like the Friday night shooting.
Some of the solutions proposed included recruiting Seattle University students to volunteer as interpreters for the community where an estimated 26 different languages are spoken. Others included ways to confront the crimes by hosting parties or dinner in “neighborhood problem areas,” as well as a workshop to help the residents learn the importance of dialing 911.
Angela O’Brien, co-chair of the safety committee, said that she is “tired of griping and complaining.”
She wants solutions.
