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November 30, 2010
This is from Marina at our sister site My Wallingford: The 23,000-square-foot wine store that replaces Office Max at 400 N.E. 45th St. in Wallingford will open as planned on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Wine World owner and sommelier David LeClaire, a Maple Leaf resident, told us last month that the enormous store will “blow people away.” “There’s …
November 30, 2010
The Seattle Public Library has greatly increased its online offerings with an additional 15,000 digital E-books, as well as free access to The Seattle Times historical archives from 1900-1984. The archive is in addition to the Library’s subscription to digitized copies of the Seattle Times from 1985 to the present. NewsBank, publisher of the Seattle …
November 30, 2010
If you’ve been curious about the benefits of sending your child to The Perkins School, 9005 Roosevelt Way N.E., a couple of opportunities to learn more about the private, non-profit school are coming up. This Sunday, Dec. 5, as well as on Sunday, Jan. 23, parents are invited to attend an open house at the Maple Leaf school …
November 29, 2010
You’re invited to shop for unique hand-crafted holiday gifts while kids enjoy a play area and crafts table during the Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center’s third annual holiday arts and crafts sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. The sale features an expanded roster of artistic offerings including ceramics, hand-stitched and hand-woven goods, wood cutting boards, candles, …
November 28, 2010
We don’t know exactly why, but metal grates and grills on streets and sidewalks are extremely slippery right now. Do not walk on them! It’s true in Maple Leaf and - we just got back - also in Victoria, B.C. In both places they’ve nearly sent us sprawling. The suspicion is it’s connected to last …