A conversation with Seattle
Seattle Public Library has gone, well, public with their streaming media partnership with Hoopla. The collection — of movies, TV shows, albums, and audio books — is Hoopla’s, which is why I’m watching African Queen. They have 10,000 films and TV titles, Netflix has 60,000. Continue reading Seattle Public Library Has Got Your Netflix-Style Streaming Right Here
The Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project would like to invite you to join them this Saturday at Alki Beach for a two-hour clean-up, from 10 a.m. to noon. KOMO 4’s predicting partly cloudy and a high of 77. Continue reading Saturday, Alki is Going on a Beach Cleanse
The Sky View Observatory taking up the 73rd floor of the Columbia Center — more than 900 feet up in the sky — now offers a 360ish-degree view of the Puget Sound region for $12.50, adults. Continue reading Seattle Sight-Seeing from the 73rd Floor
We wanted to leave you with something topical for the July 4th holiday, and stumbled across this video ride-along of the Ladder 10 firetruck responding to a call. Perfect! Someone’s bound to set something on fire for the Fourth. Continue reading YouTube Lets You Ride Along with SFD’s Ladder 10
“There are no less than five college and university graduation ceremonies taking place in Seattle over the coming weekend, June 14 … Continue reading Reminder: Seattle Graduates this Weekend
Astronauts are visiting Seattle next week to publicize a NASA exhibit — Destination: Station — on view at Pacific Science Center now through September 2. It’s a multimedia exhibit that tells the story of the International Space Station, its space-based research, and the partnership of five space agencies, representing 15 countries, that runs it. Continue reading Pacific Science Center Hosts NASA’s “Destination: Station” Exhibit this Summer
Nordstrom and JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) are your hosts for the 31st annual Nordstrom Beat the Bridge race-slash-fundraiser at Husky Stadium this Sunday, May 19. But first, the traffic. Expect Montlake Boulevard NE between NE 44th Street and NE Pacific Street to be closed by 7:30 a.m. for staging. Continue reading “Beat the Bridge” Diabetes Fun Run-Walk-Roll Hits Montlake Sunday