February 8, 2011

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and the Northgate Community Center has activities to help you prepare for the big day. On Friday, Feb. 11, the whole family is invited to the center, located at 10510 Fifth Ave. N.E., for Valentine Cookie Decorating starting at 6 p.m. The center provides the cookies, frosting and other decorations, and you provide the

February 8, 2011

That cool white glow in tonight’s sky? No, not the moon. It’s the city’s new LED streetlights - not dissimilar to the icy white LED Christmas lights that predominated in stores this holiday season, but bigger. “Here are some pics of what may be the first of the coming LED streetlights to be installed in

February 8, 2011

That cool white glow in tonight’s sky? No, not the moon. It’s the city’s new LED streetlights - not dissimilar to the icy white LED Christmas lights that predominated in stores this holiday season, but bigger. “Here are some pics of what may be the first of the coming LED streetlights to be installed in

February 7, 2011

The street food vendors now making regular lunch stops at the Washington Dental Building, 9706 Fourth Ave., are sticking with the plan this week. Got Soup? returns on Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., offering Chicken with Wild Rice and Portobello; Curried Cauliflower; Celery Root with Shiitake and Cabbage; and Vegetable Pistou with Mussels. On Wednesday

February 7, 2011

Seven times in the last few months the sandwich-board sign for Avalon Massage has been tossed overboard into the ditch below. And seven times Laurel Haigh Gore has lugged it back up. “It’s heavier than heck and difficult to retrieve from the moat”, she writes, but she’ll keep doing it. “I hope to put an