Not sure why this is a secret, actually. Last I checked, Macrina Bakery was a business. But, regardless, they don't seem to bother advertising what is a very pleasant and nice and satisfying and cheese-filled experience that we think might possibly happen every Friday afternoon and early evening at the Belltown Macrina. We've seen the posted signs, though, so we're hoping it's on again this week. Though we also heard that they're thinking about doing something else they won't advertise now that fall is pretty much 100% here. $10 gets you a few yummy pours of fancy-pants wine and you also get to snack on Macrina breads and entertaining cheeses. They even brought us a little sliver of brownie to cap the event last time. Of course, we were the only people partaking -- probably because nobody knew it was happening. See the advertising note, above. Now you know. See you there.
-- j
Tags: uptown, seattle, belltown, macrinabakery, winetasting
Friday, September 09, 2005
Inside Seattle's pedestrian crime wave
The pro bloggers at the Seattle PI (are they still in that old newspaper biz?) report this morning on various Sim City scenarios that emerge from the light rail construction effort and the closing of the underground bus tunnel. Among the revelations:
But our favorite little tidbit is this meter maid's wet dream fantasy spun by Seattle DOT flack and parking police porn purveyor, Jon Layzer.
--snip--
For the week before the closure and the three weeks after, there will be nine additional traffic control officers patrolling downtown streets. For the next two years, that will drop to four added officers.
"More than ever, it's going to be important that when the lights start flashing red, people don't leave the curb," said Layzer. That's because if pedestrians continue crossing during the flashing "do not walk" phase, motorists will not be able to turn right, and that will hold up the buses behind them.
--un-snip--
Dude, we don't know where you come from but when the hand starts flashing it only means we don't actually start a cell phone conversation until we reach the other curb. He also fails to note our ability to stop multiple lanes of traffic with a simple, friendly wave and smile or, better yet, total and complete indifference to being struck by an automobile.
-- J
Tags: uptown, seattle, lightrail, pedestrian, crime, metermaid, wetdream
- To make room for the previously subterranean buses, 3rd Ave will be transit only between 6-9a and 3-7p
- 3rd and other key transit streets will extend parking restrictions an extra hour to 7p
- Parking has been removed from a few other stretches of downtown streets
- The official fun starts on Sept. 24 but many changes are already in place to help us 'practice'
But our favorite little tidbit is this meter maid's wet dream fantasy spun by Seattle DOT flack and parking police porn purveyor, Jon Layzer.
--snip--
For the week before the closure and the three weeks after, there will be nine additional traffic control officers patrolling downtown streets. For the next two years, that will drop to four added officers.
"More than ever, it's going to be important that when the lights start flashing red, people don't leave the curb," said Layzer. That's because if pedestrians continue crossing during the flashing "do not walk" phase, motorists will not be able to turn right, and that will hold up the buses behind them.
--un-snip--
Dude, we don't know where you come from but when the hand starts flashing it only means we don't actually start a cell phone conversation until we reach the other curb. He also fails to note our ability to stop multiple lanes of traffic with a simple, friendly wave and smile or, better yet, total and complete indifference to being struck by an automobile.
-- J
Tags: uptown, seattle, lightrail, pedestrian, crime, metermaid, wetdream
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Here's our chance to be Seattle's top foodies
Seattle BonVivant is on vacation! Too bad we have bad taste and aren't half as in-the-know as she is. Oh well. Off to Dick's for a burger.
-- J
Tags: uptown, seattle, food
-- J
Tags: uptown, seattle, food
Seven fun facts about the PI globe
If you live in Uptown it is hard not to notice the PI's revolving neon globe above it all. We like it, even though they can't seem to get all of the lights to work at the same time. Sometimes Asia is lit up, sometimes not. Sometimes it says "It's in the P-I", sometimes it says "I 's n the P- ". Here's a little history about Uptown's classic public landmark:
1. It was built in 1948 for $28,000.
2. For 40 years it was on the old PI building at 6th and Wall.
3. It was built by Pacific Car and Foundry and Electrical Products Consolidated. (Pacific Car and Foundry is still in business as PACCAR and manufactures heavy-duty trucks. It looks like Electrical Products Consolidated didn't make it.)
4. Capitol letters are 8 feet tall, small letters are 5 feet tall.
5. It weighs 18.5 tons.
6. It uses 38 kilowatts an hour when fully lit. (Which, as we already mentioned, is rare.)
7. The idea for the globe came from a promotional contest, which Jakk Corsaw won. He was a UW art student at the time. Jakk had an art gallery in Pike Place Market in the 1960s, and is now buried on Vashon Island. His real name was Jack, but he went by Jakk. We're guessing Jakk was very hip.
Sources: Seattle PI Globe history page, the Internet
-- K
Tags: uptown, seattle, seattlepi, jakk
1. It was built in 1948 for $28,000.
2. For 40 years it was on the old PI building at 6th and Wall.
3. It was built by Pacific Car and Foundry and Electrical Products Consolidated. (Pacific Car and Foundry is still in business as PACCAR and manufactures heavy-duty trucks. It looks like Electrical Products Consolidated didn't make it.)
4. Capitol letters are 8 feet tall, small letters are 5 feet tall.
5. It weighs 18.5 tons.
6. It uses 38 kilowatts an hour when fully lit. (Which, as we already mentioned, is rare.)
7. The idea for the globe came from a promotional contest, which Jakk Corsaw won. He was a UW art student at the time. Jakk had an art gallery in Pike Place Market in the 1960s, and is now buried on Vashon Island. His real name was Jack, but he went by Jakk. We're guessing Jakk was very hip.
Sources: Seattle PI Globe history page, the Internet
-- K
Tags: uptown, seattle, seattlepi, jakk
#1001: Rollingbay WA
We passed a milestone recently here on UptownSeattle (didn't hurt a bit!) -- visitor #1000 came to the blog last week. But we're a little lame so we missed recording who that was. Oops!
So, thanks to good folks at sitemeter, we present our 1k+1 visitor -- #1001, straight outta Rollingbay WA.
Where the heck is Rolingbay, you ask? We didn't know either. But the Internet, god bless it, did.
Rollingbay WA Internet Profile
Yahoo! map
Rollingbay flickr tag
Candlelight vigils scheduled for Rollingbay
Ok, we give up. We tried to find a damn punchline for this town, but jeesh! not much to work with so you get the lame candlelight link. Not even one single sex post to craigslist or goofy personal ad anywhere on the net. No wonder visitor #1001 is entertained by our silly little blog!
--J
Tags: uptown, seattle, sitemeter, rollingbay
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Seattle buses get wireless
Some of them, anyway. In the next couple of months, all the Metro buses on Route 197 between the U District and Federal Way and Route 48 between Loyal Heights and Rainier Beach will have free wireless service. There are no plans to install wi-fi on all the buses, but we hope they keep working on it. Sound Transit is getting into the game too - it's planning to set up wireless service on 5 buses that drive Route 545 between Redmond and Seattle. Redmond to Seattle, hmmm, I wonder why they picked that route...
-- K
Tags: uptown, seattle, wifi, publictransit, buses
-- K
Tags: uptown, seattle, wifi, publictransit, buses
The 100 most valuable blogs in Seattle
What are the 100 most valuable Seattle blogs? Cool geek-game Blogshares is also cool for normal folks who don't have time to research, buy and trade shares in a fantasy stock market for blogs. We are geeks so we're trading in the game (we're long Seattle Property News, thanks for asking). But we also like to dig through the listings to find new blogs -- especially good stuff that is home-grown and locally focused.Of course, UptownSeattle had to get in the game and just had its IPO so buy, buy, buy! Or, heck, go short -- we'll crush your doubting ass with our neverending supply of fascinating tidbits.
-- J
Tags: uptown, seattle, blogshares
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Follow-up: Cafe Darclee crepe class
We wrote about Cafe Darclee's food classes recently and promised a post-attendance follow-up. We're happy to report that the classy little cafe in the shadow of the Space Needle put on a pretty nice show for us and a small handful of interested crepe students last week in its first attempt at an 'Art of Crepes' event. More of a crepe seminar than a hands-on class, we were lectured on the finer points of pancake history and preparation and even got a nifty lesson in flambe. It wasn't exactly high science but we learned a bit and got to taste a few yummy creations. It definitely beat another night of Netflix or watching the Mariners lose (well, maybe not if King Felix is pitching) -- especially if you're the type that likes to watch the cook and pepper him with questions. Or, I guess, powder sugar him with questions depending if you're sweet, not savory.-- J
Cafe Darclee
Fisher Plaza
100 4th Ave N, Suite 165
Tags: uptown, seattle, crepe, class, CafeDarclee,
Uptown round-up: catching September
Holy berjezus, it's already the sixth freakin day of the month. Next week, we'll be 1/2-way done with September and it will be Halloween before we know it! Ack! Bumbershoot has passed, the Storm are out of the playoffs, and they've added a bunch of gravel and crap to the Olympic Sculpture Park construction site! Next thing you know it, the brats will be lining up at Nordstrom's to suck up to Santa and then we'll be sitting through another 6 months of drizzle!
Apologies for the freak-out -- good to get that out of our system. Now we can get back to living our days one post at a time. Thank you for your support.
Tags: uptown, seattle
Apologies for the freak-out -- good to get that out of our system. Now we can get back to living our days one post at a time. Thank you for your support.
Tags: uptown, seattle
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