Summer in France Wine Tasting

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French Countryside

This Saturday we’re pouring some wines from the sunny French countryside that fit perfectly with our lingering summer.  The wines are fresh and expansive and are quite suitable to the other seasons as well.  Come have a taste.

2012 Joseph Drouhin, Macon Villages  $12
Chardonnay
Joseph Drouhin is so renowned for their Cru Burgundies that it is easy to forget that they make some delicious everyday wines as well.  The Macon Village is lightly floral and fruity.  “Very straightforward and direct on the palate, as if biting into a grape. Fresh and light, with a very pleasant aftertaste”.

2012 D’or et de Gueules Les Cimels Rosé $13
34% Cinsaut, 33% Grenache, 33% Mourvedre
From the South of France, the Les Cimels is a dry and elegantly full blend with flavors of strawberry, mineral, and sweet herbs.  It is complex enough to drink year round.

2010 Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages  $12
Gamay
A truly convivial wine, with great charm, owing to the careful blending of various terroirs. The nose is both refined and intense, with notes of violet, peony and red fruit syrup. As you drink it, it feels fresh and silky. Both freshness and fruit remain for quite a long time on the palate”.

2010 Domaine de Piaugier, Sablet $15
75% Grenache and 25% Syrah
Domaine de Piaugier is located in the village of Sablet, in the southern Rhône valley. Jean-Marc Autran, whose father and grandfather before him were wine growers, and his wife, Sophie, cultivate 30 hectares of vines. The wine has lots of dark fruit, notes of smoked meats and herbs and a good tannic finish.

2009 Lyonnat Lussac Saint-Emilion $24
85% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc.
A long standing family estate in this satellite of St. Emillion Lyonnat is a classic right bank Bordeaux.  It has a nose of spice cake, licorice and red fruit.  The palate is powerful and smooth, with very elegant and blended tannins.

Sixth Son / Mandarin Dynasty / Greg Mullen @ Hollow Earth Radio

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Friday! $5. All Ages.

The Sixth Son (Los Angeles) – http://thesixthsonmusic.com/

Mandarin Dynasty – http://mandarindynasty.com/

Greg Mullen (Austin) – http://gregmullen.bandcamp.com/

Come support touring acts The Sixth Son and Greg Mullen as they bless Seattle with their sounds. Boogie down to the very soulful Mandarin Dynasty (the 6-member supergoup edition) for their first show as residents of the Northwest.

Plus, work from LA-based artist Luka Fisher (http://www.seditionart.com/luka_fisher) will be on display.

Learn more about Hollow Earth’s magic at http://hollowearthradio.org/

911 Call Center staff at 8/22 EastPAC Meeting!

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Please come to next Thursday’s (August 22nd) East Precinct Advisory Council Community meeting!  We are meeting at 6:30 PM at Seattle University’s Chardin Hall, at 1020 East Jefferson.

Several of you have had questions and concerns about if, when and what to say when calling 911.To address your concerns, we have invited Rob Montague, a 911 call center trainer, who will be able to address any issues and questions you may have. 

In other news, we’d like to thank and bid farewell to our operations Lt. Matt Allen, who’ll be leaving us to join the SWAT Unit.  Lt. Allen has been a dedicated presence, always taking the time to understand and care about the needs of our community!  Thank you, Lt Allen and best to you in your new assignment!

Our new Operations person is Lt. Bryan Grenon. Also just assigned to the East Precinct is Lt. Ron Rasmussen, the new 2nd watch commander.  Welcome to the East Precinct Lt. Grenon and Lt Rasmussen! Both Lt. Grenon and Lt. Rasmussen will be at next Thursday’s meeting, so here’s your chance to welcome them in person! 

EastPAC meetings are the perfect opportunity to meet face to face with police, city attorney precinct liaison and your fellow community members. Mark your calendar for next Thursday!

EastPAC Community Meeting

Thursday, August 22nd, 6:30 to 8:00 PM

Chardin Hall, Room 142, Seattle University

1020 East Jefferson

(Enter campus at 11th and East Jefferson, park free in the lot, enter the building and head to the right down the hall)

Thank you, Seattle University, for your partnership!

Kawabe House Summerfest 2013 – Sunday, August 25, 2013 11AM – 3PM

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Kawabe Summerfest 2013

 

Please come visit us at Kawabe House’s Summerfest 2013!

Sunday, August 25, 2013 (11AM – 3PM)

Come visit us at 221 18th Ave S.. We have closed off 18th Avenue for the festivities! Yummy food and snacks, dancing, music, prize drawings, entertainment, crafts, bake sale and fun!

All proceeds to benefit our Senior residents and our senior programs!

Please stop on by. Hope to see you there!

Upcoming 23rd Avenue Action Plan Open House & Community Workshop

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The city is hosting another 23rd Avenue Action Plan Open House and Community Workshop to allow interested parties to review and comment on the Draft 23rd Avenue Action Plan. The event will also include a Community Resource Fair, where participants can connect with organizations working in the neighborhood.

Event details:

Saturday, September 21, 2013
9 AM to 12 PM
Garfield Community Center
2323 E. Cherry Street

From 9 to 10 a.m., you’ll have an opportunity to review and comment on the Draft 23rd Avenue Action Plan, where you can let us know if it reflects your vision for the area. There will also be a Community Resource Fair happening during this time, where you’ll be able to connect with organizations already doing great work in the neighborhood.

During the workshop from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., you’ll learn about City departments, programs, and funds that can serve as resources for Action Teams. Actions Teams will then get to work discussing how to join forces with City staff and community partners.

 

A Neighbor’s Open Letter of Support for the More4Mann Coalition

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As neighbors we’ve noticed with curiosity the increased activity at the Horace Mann School over the past year. When we attended the August 8 public meeting at the school we were thrilled to learn that it has been transformed by community members to create a vibrant hub and resource with many types of programs for people calling it a community home. We feel deeply honored to bear witness and involve ourselves in a community connected to the powerful history of black organizing in the Central Area. We wholeheartedly back the More4Mann’s vision and actions that look forward to a future where children of African heritage are thriving and have equity in all realms. We urge you to support this too.

As white homeowners in the Central Area we know we are implicated in a racist system that devalues, dehumanizes and displaces children of African heritage and their communities.  We also know that we have a responsibility to stand up against deepening of racial disparities that result in so many youth denied their enormous potential and funneled into the criminal justice system. It is the alleviation of these disparities around which the strong community space has formed at 24th and Cherry. The Seattle Public Schools have failed communities of color and specifically young people of African heritage, as the people at the community meeting at Horace Mann on August 8 so clearly and eloquently stated. We need no more proof that a different tack must be taken.

As white people and as newcomers to the Central Area, we’re aware of our role in gentrification. On top of the history of redlining, the painful last few decades of working class black families being pushed out and priced out of this neighborhood has had untold impact. Henry W. McGee, Jr., a Seattle University Professor of Law and Central District resident writes that “In 1990, there were nearly three times as many black as white residents in the area, but by 2000, the number of white residents surpassed the number of blacks for the first time in 30 years.” It is difficult to imagine what it would feel like to witness our neighborhood change in this fashion because we never have had to. We feel strongly the work being done at Horace Mann is a vital step towards a stronger, healthier and safer neighborhood for all people, including us.

We support the right of self-determination for communities, to foster healthy families and spaces that are relevant to all children of any race, culture or religion.  We have seen these values born out in the afro-centric community programming in the Horace Mann building. Seattle has surplus creativity and resources to contribute to the success of all the participating students and families at Horace Mann and we expect Seattle Public Schools to join this effort and encourage our neighbors to as well.

Sincerely,

Caitlin and Aaron

Super Summer Reader Party

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The Douglass-Truth Branch of the Seattle Public Library is hosting a party and awards ceremony for all children who read 10 books during the summer as part of the Summer Reading Program. Join us for cake and juice, a craft, and dancing. Each Super Summer Reader will receive an Olympics-style Champion Reader medal!

 

Sunday Sippers — Two From Washington

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This Sunday we will be tasting two lovely Washington wines. A moderately priced Walla Walla rosé and Columbia Valley Tempranillo.

The Hence cellars winery is located on the south side of Walla Walla on shared grounds with the Orchards personal residence. The estate vineyards provide the landscape between the two. Current production sits plus or minus 1,200 cases a year, with 90% of the fruit grown and managed Henderson, and my father Willis ”Papa” Orchard. The focus is on quality control, from the grape to the “Juice”. We take the fruit and extracts a concentrated delightful blend of fruit with 100% new oak, which is a mix of French, American, and a “sprinkle” of Hungarian Oak. The process is not one of speed, considering the wines avg. 24-28 months in barrel, which is critical in order to get that balance of fruit and barrel flavors.

2012 Hence Cellars Walla Walla Rosé        ($11)
Another wheat farmer turned wine maker, Hence Cellars producers small lot estate wine from their Wall Walla properties.  This on has a little bit of the whole vineyard in it.  It is bold and fruity, but has enough acid to hold it all together.

Kana is a native word for the spirit or the fire within a mountain, in reference to the perceived supernatural power of volcanic activity. The Yakima and Columbia Valleys are awash with volcanic soil influences, providing terroir from the millennia of ”Kana“ escaping from nearby volcanic mountains, to lay resting as soil for our world-class vineyards.

2008 Kana Tempranillo ($15) Sourced from Stone Tree (60%) and Elephant Mountain (40%) Vineyards and aged 3 years in French and American oak, 1/3 new, Kana’s Tempranillo shows beautifully intense aromatics and flavors of black cherry, raspberry and caramel almonds wrapped with chalky tannins and finishes long with a compact fruit finish and balanced acids.

Madrona Wine Merchants offers free wine tastings featuring 4-5 selections on a theme every Saturday from 2 until the bottles run out and on Sunday we offer a mini-tasting of two wines all day from 11-5. No matter what day you stop by we always have something open to sample.