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February 2, 2011
Here’s a look at potholes the city currently knows about and is trying to fix in our area. Green means fixed in the last three months. Blue means new reports. Pink equals work in progress. The full map can be found here. Offhand, I’d say we need to report more potholes to the city. We …
February 2, 2011
A couple of weeks ago we noticed that some changes were coming to King County Metro’s bus service starting Feb. 5. But the downtown bus stop changes for routes 16 and 66, both which also stop at the Northgate Transit Center, didn’t seem drastic enough for a post in Maple Leaf Life. But we forgot …
February 1, 2011
This post thanks to Amy at My Green Lake. Sarah Bowen, a Maple Leaf resident and a ninth-grader at Roosevelt High School, will be discussing her book 5 Winds, 5 Dreams: The Guarders of Peace at Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave. N.E.) on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 at 3:30 p.m. From Mockingbird Books: This fantasy is a story about …
January 31, 2011
Last week new street food vendor Lumpia World visited the Maple Leaf neighborhood not just once but twice, and this week another new food truck is on its way to the Washington Dental Building, 9706 Fourth Ave. But first, Tuesday regular Got Soup? returns tomorrow (menu here), followed on Wednesday by newbie Curry Now! The menu will …
January 30, 2011
Four years ago my cell phone suddenly stopped working. Right here, in my own house. That service had worked for decades, starting when a mobile phone the size of a wine bottle cost $1,000, and a Personal Executive Assistant came out from US West Cellular to teach me how to use it. It worked as …