- A couple of weeks ago we mentioned that Nancy Leson was looking for comments on “old-school” Chinese restaurants. Now she’s posted a review of several, including the former Beacon Hill landmark, Perry Ko’s South China Restaurant. (If you count Perry Ko’s old location, we’ve eaten at every one of these restaurants.) — Seattle Times
- Blogging Georgetown brings us news of a new grocery store at Carleton & Warsaw, rather closer for our west-slope Mid-Beacon Hill neighbors than Red Apple or Safeway, and perhaps worth a trip from further out.
- The Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack is today! There’s a lot going on, but we particularly noticed the exhibition, book signing, and slide talk by legendary underground cartoonist Bill Griffith (Zippy the Pinhead) at Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery — Blogging Georgetown
- Access to broadband has become a major factor when people decide where to live, and Central Seattle may be falling on the wrong side of the “broadband divide” — Seattle Tech Report/P-I
- A group of Mountaineers visited the Beacon Hill Library on Friday, as part of a series of hikes to every city library to celebrate completion of the “Libraries for All” campaign. — P-I
Category Archives: Beacon Bits
Beacon Bits: Election day montage
- The Strange Bedfellows blog recently ran a short interview with Grant Johnson and Illume Miller of Grown Folks Coffeehouse, in which they discuss Barack Obama, the costs of health insurance, and the transformation of American society — P-I
- Dan Bertolet tells a tale of the sounds of sadness versus the sounds of hope in the CD — hugeasscity
- Check out these wonderful photos of our neighbors in Columbia City on Election Day — Columbia City Blog
Beacon Bits: donuts (free), turkey (not free), gas (cheap)
- Did you vote yet? Krispy Kreme in Sodo will give you a free donut on Election Day. Starbucks will give you free coffee. And other folks have giveaways too, even though it’s technically against the law — The Big Blog, the P-I
- Culinary Communion is brining and applewood-smoking heritage Narragansett turkeys for your Thanksgiving meal. Want one? $75 per turkey, and you should reserve it now — Devouring sEATtle, the P-I
- A couple of weeks ago we mentioned gas at the Arco on 4th was (barely) under $3/gallon. Now, the cheapest gas near Beacon Hill is at the Costco on 4th: $2.39! The average price of Seattle gas has dropped more than $1/gallon in the last four weeks — SeattleGasPrices.com
- Police seek your help in finding a suspect in a sexual assault at Swedish Hospital. A very clear security camera photo is here; do you know this man? — Central District News
Halloween Beacon Bits: BRAAAAINS… and Jamie Moyer
- This Halloween, it is very important to Know Your Zombies and keep your brain safe from zombie attack! Southeast Seattle residents Lee and Sachi LeFever made a great little video explaining Zombies in Plain English — Columbia City Blog
- The SPD has safety tips for trick-or-treaters and those of us who give out the candy (including suggesting that kids only go out in the daytime if they aren’t accompanied by an adult — does anyone actually do that? Often no one’s home to give out the candy then!) — Rainier Valley Post
- Again in the RVP, a great column about the value in Halloween’s “hokey rituals” — Rainier Valley Post
- Not Halloweeny, but this made me smile: a heartwarming post and screen capture, at least for us Mariners fans — Seattlest
Beacon Bits: Camp Fire, Comet Lodge, and Déjà Vu
It’s a slow news week on the Hill (I think everyone’s enjoying our late October sunshine) but there are a few things we wanted to mention:
- As an ex-Camp Fire Girl myself, I must pass this on: Families with children three years of age or older are invited to a Camp Fire USA Information Night on November 5 at the Douglass-Truth Library on 23rd and Yesler. More info here. Camp Fire is not just girls any more, and it is lots of fun — Rainier Valley Post
- A Déjà Vu strip club is proposed for a Sodo location just 400 feet from Safeco Field… and the Mariners aren’t happy. If this opens, I believe this would become the closest strip club to Beacon Hill, wouldn’t it? — Seattle Times
- KUOW ran a story on the Comet Lodge Cemetery today, which you can hear on their website if you missed it earlier — Mid Beacon Hill
Beacon Bits: Georgetown Morgue controversy, Ken Mochizuki, and gun bloggers
- The other day we expressed skepticism about the Georgetown Morgue story; Benjamin Lukoff has done the homework to explain why — Examiner.com
- …but A.M. Moscoso thinks Benjamin, by debunking the story, “didn’t prove anything other then the only story he could come up with was the deconstructing of another writer’s work.” (I disagree, but decide for yourself.) — Anita’s Owl Creek Bridge
(Edited at 1:08 pm on 10/27 to add the following: Since we linked to Anita’s Owl Creek Bridge last night, she has changed her post to remove the link to the Examiner entirely, changing it to a KUBE promotional link, and also to remove her link to the Beacon Hill Blog. See the cached version on Google, for as long as it lasts.)
- Beacon Hill native Ken Mochizuki, author of Beacon Hill Boys
, gave a couple of interesting online interviews last month: here and here — Flamingnet Young Adult Book Blog and ALSC Blog
- A “gun blogger” meet-up is planned at La Cabaña at 6:00 pm on November 9 – The View from North Central Idaho
Beacon Bits: Blog love, salad love, touchdown!
- Columbia City hearts Mid Beacon Hill — Columbia City Blog
- Grown Folks Coffee has “the best spinach salad… in Seattle, and it costs only $4.95” — Seattle P-I
- The Times buried their “‘Beacon Hill Groper’ released” story deeply within their “Local Digest” while headlining a Totem Lake story on that digest page instead; this is one of the reasons I prefer the P-I — Seattle Times
- In a Rainier Valley high school football battle for the ages, Franklin beat Rainier Beach 22-21 on a last second touchdown pass, ensuring that both teams (along with, ahem, my alma mater Nathan Hale) will play a mini-tiebreaker next week for Metro playoff berths. — Seattle P-I
Beacon Bits: Diner rebirth, streetlights, and stories
- This time, it’s the Bus Bitch giving his take on the proposed SE Seattle bus changes, with clear explanations of what each option will mean to you — Rainier Valley Post
- Andy’s Diner re-Oriented: Clark Humphrey brings some good news: Andy’s Diner on Fourth Avenue South is reopening as the Orient Express! Permit data here. — via Blogging Georgetown
- Now that the days are getting shorter, the broken streetlights in our neighborhood are becoming more noticeable. Here’s how to report a broken streetlight in your neighborhood. Hint: lights that go on and off are broken; report them! — Central District News
- The UW Daily has a morbid — and probably entirely made-up — tale of ghoulish deeds and tragedy at the Georgetown Morgue. It’s not entirely false, though. There really was an earthquake in April, 1965 — via Blogging Georgetown
- Super Saturday at Seward Park is tomorrow, October 25, with fun family activities including pumpkin carving, storytelling, a bat-themed nature walk, and more! — Rainier Valley Post
Beacon Bits: Buses, speeding tickets, cheap(er) gas
- Erica C. Barnett has more to say about Southeast Seattle bus service changes — The Stranger Slog
- Emphasis patrols are in place on I-5 for the next couple of days — watch your driving! — Seattlest
- Joel Connelly uses an anonymous elderly Beacon Hill couple as poster children for an anti-tax editorial — Seattle P-I
- As of last night, regular unleaded gas was $2.99/gallon at the AM/PM on Fourth Avenue South
Beacon Bits: Buses, Chinese food, and crime
Beacon Bits are collections of useful or interesting links that we’ll post periodically.
- Erica C. Barnett weighs in on the proposed SE Seattle bus changes — The Stranger Slog
- Nancy Leson at the Times is asking readers to post about their favorite “old-school” Chinese restaurants. At least one reader has posted a comment about Beacon Hill’s late, lamented Perry Ko’s South China Restaurant — Seattle Times
- Columbia City residents met with Councilman Tim Burgess on Monday to discuss their concerns about crime and a lack of police presence in the area — Seattle P-I
- If you’re an absentee voter and you want to drop off your ballot early without having to put it in the mail, you can — but not in Southeast Seattle. Downtown, Renton, Delridge, and the U District are your options until Election Day, when you can also take the ballot to your local polling place — King County Elections